Raiders drop first #HLBASE tournament game Friday morning

Friday, May 22

Dayton, OH

9 AM

Wright State University

26-27

No. 2 Milwaukee (HL Championship)

24-31

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Milwaukee	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	0
WRIGHT STATE	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2

Photo by: Alexis Sherman

Raiders drop first #HLBASE tournament game Friday morning

5/22/2026 1:30:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

DAYTON- The top-seeded Wright State baseball team dropped its winners' bracket game to No. 2 Milwaukee Friday morning at Nischwitz Stadium, falling 4-1.

Wright State (26-27, 17-7) will face off against Oakland in an elimination game for a chance to play Milwaukee on championship Saturday. The first pitch for the elimination game against the Golden Grizzlies is TBA due to forecasted inclement weather in the area.

Griffen Paige got the start on the mound for the Raiders, pitching solid in a tough luck loss. The left-hander pitched a career-high 130 pitches across 7.2 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits, while striking out 10 Milwaukee batters. Paige's 10 strikeouts match his career-best set earlier this season against Indiana State.

Milwaukee would open the scoring with a pair of runs in the top of the first inning, giving them a lead they would never relinquish. Charlie Marion would come in to score on a throwing error, and Dominic Kibler would bring home Dylan O'Connell a few pitches later with an RBI groundout.

Keegan Holmstrom would get the Raiders on the board with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third inning, bringing home Braylen Blomquist.

Both teams' pitching staff continued to throw zeroes on the scoreboard, with the Raiders leaving a runner on base in seven innings, including leaving them loaded twice.

Milwaukee would find a pair of insurance runs in the top of the ninth inning when Marion parked a two-run homer over the wall in right field.

Milwaukee would turn the ball over to Horizon League reliever of the year, Camden Kuhnke, who pitched two shutout innings with a trio of strikeouts to secure the win for Milwaukee and his sixth save of the season.

Chet Lax was the lone man out of the Raider bullpen, pitching 1.2 innings, allowing two runs while striking out three Milwaukee batters.