Raiders take series opener over Milwaukee 8-4

Friday, March 20

Dayton, OH

3 PM

Wright State University

6-12, 1-0

Milwaukee

4-16, 2-2

Milwaukee

WRIGHT STATE

Photo by: Addyson Olsen

3/20/2026 7:30:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

DAYTON- The Wright State baseball team picked up a big 8-4 win over Milwaukee in Friday afternoon's series opener. The win moves the Raiders to 1-0 in Horizon League play, their third consecutive season starting conference play with a win.

Wright State (6-12, 1-0 HL) will be back in action tomorrow afternoon for game two of its three-game set with Milwaukee. First pitch at Nischwitz Stadium is slated for 2 p.m.

Cam Allen got the start on the mound for the Raiders, pitching five innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on three hits while striking out five Panthers.

After two scoreless frames, Andrew Duncan opened the scoring on Friday afternoon with a little league home run in the bottom of the third inning. The centerfielder ripped a two-run triple into the gap in left-center that scored Patrick Fultz and Hunter Warren. After an error by the Panther third baseman, Duncan was able to come home and give the Raiders a three-run lead.

Milwaukee would get one run back in the top of the fourth on a Dom Kibler opposite-field home run. The Raiders would answer right back in the bottom half of the frame when Gus Gregory came in to score on a Braylen Blomquist RBI single.

The Panthers would come back to tie the game with two runs in the fifth and one more in the sixth to tie the game at four entering the final three innings.

JJ Thompson would pitch three stellar innings of relief to pick up his second win of the season. The left-hander allowed just one run on one hit while striking out three Panthers.

JP Peltier would regain the lead for the Raiders in the bottom of the seventh inning with a two-run double that scored Duncan and Fultz.

Fultz would give the Raiders some much-needed insurance in the bottom of the eighth, roping a two-run single through the left side of the infield to score Zac Butler and Cam Gilkerson.

Michael Zielinski came on to pitch the ninth for the Raiders. The freshman pitched a clean inning with two strikeouts to help seal the Wright State win.