Friday, April 11
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Photo by: Jordan Wommack
Cook Walks It Off as Raiders Win Series Opener Against PFW
4/11/2025 6:30:00 PM | Baseball
DAYTON – The Wright State baseball team took the series opener against Purdue Fort Wayne, 4-3, on Friday afternoon thanks to a walk-off single by junior Will Cook. The Raiders will continue the series on Saturday at 2 p.m. Fans can catch the action in person with free admission or virtually via live stats and the ESPN+ livestream.
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It was a cold Friday that got off to a slow start, with neither team scoring through the first four innings. Wright State broke through in the fifth, plating three runs. Luke Arnold was hit by a pitch to bring home Patrick Fultz, followed by RBI groundouts from Will Cook and Hunter Warren.
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The Mastodons responded with a run in the seventh on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch, then tied the game at three in the ninth with a solo home run and a sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the ninth, Fultz doubled down the left field line, Cam Gilkerson drew a walk, and Braylen Blomquist laid down a bunt single to load the bases for Cook. On the first pitch he saw, Cook sent one to the warning track to walk it off for the Raiders.
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Wright State is now 19-13 on the season and 11-2 in Horizon League play as Warren Hartzell was awarded the win, throwing 2.0 innings and striking out three batters.
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It was a cold Friday that got off to a slow start, with neither team scoring through the first four innings. Wright State broke through in the fifth, plating three runs. Luke Arnold was hit by a pitch to bring home Patrick Fultz, followed by RBI groundouts from Will Cook and Hunter Warren.
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The Mastodons responded with a run in the seventh on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch, then tied the game at three in the ninth with a solo home run and a sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the ninth, Fultz doubled down the left field line, Cam Gilkerson drew a walk, and Braylen Blomquist laid down a bunt single to load the bases for Cook. On the first pitch he saw, Cook sent one to the warning track to walk it off for the Raiders.
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Wright State is now 19-13 on the season and 11-2 in Horizon League play as Warren Hartzell was awarded the win, throwing 2.0 innings and striking out three batters.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hartzell, Warren (4-0)
L: Trent Murphy (1-1)
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Batting:
2B: Kevin Hall 1
HR: Kevin Hall 1
RBI: Kevin Hall 1 ; Dylan Chargo 1 ; Ryan Jenkins 1
SF: Ryan Jenkins 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Justin Osterhouse 1 ; Kevin Hall 1 ; Garrett Maish 1
SB: Justin Osterhouse 1
CS: Brooks Sailors 1
HBP: Nick Hockemeyer 1 ; Dylan Chargo 1 ; Augusto Schroeder 1
Batting:
2B: Fultz, Patrick 1
RBI: Warren, Hunter 1 ; Arnold, Luke 1 ; Cook, Will 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Fultz, Patrick 1 ; Clark, Carson 1 ; Gilkerson, Cam 1 ; Blomquist, Braylen 1
CS: Blomquist, Braylen 1
HBP: Blomquist, Braylen 1 ; Arnold, Luke 1
Game Leaders
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