PITTSBURGH, PA – The Wright State baseball team fell short to the University of Pittsburgh 22-4 on Wednesday afternoon. The Raiders are now 27-20 on the season and will play again this weekend in a three-game series at Youngstown State.
 
Wright State finished with four runs on nine hits with three walks against their eight strikeouts. Julian Greenwell led the team with two hits on the day, followed by Luke Arnold, Drew Baker, Andrew Patrick, JP Peltier, Sammy Sass, Boston Smith, and Ben Vore all recording one hit. Wright State had four extra-base hits, with two doubles from Greenwell, one from Patrick, and a homer by Sass.
 
Greenwell opened the day reaching on a double down the left field line in the first inning. Sass followed with a homer to center field, earning two RBI. Smith reached base on a single to right center, stealing second, and scoring on a Patrick double. Wright State added their final run in the top of the second, as Arnold first reached on a single to center field. He advanced to third on a double by Greenwell, scoring on a sacrifice fly by Sass.
 
The Panthers took an early lead, adding 20 runs in the first three innings, aided by an 11-run first inning. Pitt added eight runs in the second, and one run in the third, fourth, and fifth innings.
 
Starting pitcher Ty Roder (1-3) was charged with the loss, after allowing seven runs on six hits with one walk and two batters struck out in two thirds of an inning on the mound. Closing pitcher Chris Gallagher put in one inning of work, allowing no runs with only one hit, striking out one batter.
 
Matt Porter (1-0) was awarded the win after putting in three innings of work, allowing no runs with two hits and one walk, striking out three batters. The Panthers finished with 22 runs on 21 hits with eight walks and seven batters struck out. They were led by CJ Funk's three hits, all being home runs, tallying nine RBI.