Thursday, May 22
Dayton, OH
11 AM
Wright State University
35-18
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Oakland
18-40
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Photo by: Alexis Sherman
Raiders Open #HLBASE Tournament Play with 8-2 Win Over Oakland
5/22/2025 3:00:00 PM | Baseball
DAYTON – The Wright State baseball team opened play in the Horizon League Championship with an 8-2 win over Oakland on Thursday. The Raiders continue tournament play on Friday at 11 a.m., taking on the winner between the No. 2 seeded Northern Kentucky and No. 3 seed Milwaukee.
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WSU starting pitcher Cam Allen opened the day with six strikeouts over the first three innings, while Gus Gregory opened scoring with a sacrifice fly to drive in Conlan Daniel in the third.
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The Raiders put up four in the fourth, first scoring on a triple by Luke Arnold. Cam Gilkerson hit a single up the middle to drive in Arnold. Gilkerson scored on a passed ball before Patrick Fultz capped the inning with an RBI groundout to drive in Daniel.
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The Golden Grizzlies added their only two runs in the fifth, scoring on a groundout then on a single. Boston Smith responded in the bottom of the frame, hitting his 22nd home run of the season, matching the league's single-season record alongside Kyle Fossum of Youngstown State. The record was originally set by Jeff Haase of Cleveland State in 2000.
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WSU added two in the eighth, scoring on a double by Hunter Warren and on an infield fly by Peltier.
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Allen moves to 7-3 on the season, throwing 5.0 innings and striking out eight batters. Â
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WSU starting pitcher Cam Allen opened the day with six strikeouts over the first three innings, while Gus Gregory opened scoring with a sacrifice fly to drive in Conlan Daniel in the third.
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The Raiders put up four in the fourth, first scoring on a triple by Luke Arnold. Cam Gilkerson hit a single up the middle to drive in Arnold. Gilkerson scored on a passed ball before Patrick Fultz capped the inning with an RBI groundout to drive in Daniel.
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The Golden Grizzlies added their only two runs in the fifth, scoring on a groundout then on a single. Boston Smith responded in the bottom of the frame, hitting his 22nd home run of the season, matching the league's single-season record alongside Kyle Fossum of Youngstown State. The record was originally set by Jeff Haase of Cleveland State in 2000.
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WSU added two in the eighth, scoring on a double by Hunter Warren and on an infield fly by Peltier.
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Allen moves to 7-3 on the season, throwing 5.0 innings and striking out eight batters. Â
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Allen, Cam (7-3)
L: Grant Garman (4-5)
Batting:
2B: Carter Hain 1 ; Jack Lux 1
RBI: Sam Griffith 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Trent Rice 1 ; Jack Lux 1
HBP: Trent Rice 1 ; Matthew McGann 1
Batting:
2B: Warren, Hunter 1 ; Smith, Boston 1 ; Daniel, Conlan 1
3B: Arnold, Luke 1
HR: Smith, Boston 1
RBI: Warren, Hunter 1 ; Fultz, Patrick 1 ; Gregory, Gus 1 ; Smith, Boston 1 ; Arnold, Luke 1 ; Gilkerson, Cam 1
SH: Fultz, Patrick 1
SF: Gregory, Gus 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Warren, Hunter 1 ; Blomquist, Braylen 1 ; Smith, Boston 1 ; Arnold, Luke 1 ; Gilkerson, Cam 1 ; Daniel, Conlan 3
SB: Fultz, Patrick 1
HBP: Blomquist, Braylen 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
1
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