DAYTON, Ohio - Jay Peters allowed just one run in a complete-game effort to help the Milwaukee baseball team to a doubleheader split with Wright State University Saturday afternoon at Nischwitz Stadium.
 
The Panthers (29-22, 15-10 Horizon League) topped the Raiders (38-14, 21-5 Horizon League) by a final score of 5-1 in the opener. WSU turned the tables in game two, claiming a 6-1 victory.
 
Peters (4-5) was efficient in slowing down one of the hottest teams in the region, allowing just four hits and one earned run in his 101-pitch nine-inning effort. He walked a pair and struck out two, retiring nine of the final 10 batters of the game.
 
The result snapped Wright State's winning streak at seven games. The Raiders came into the day averaging over nine runs per game over their past 14 outings, a stretch in which they went 13-1 and claimed the regular-season league title.
 
"It was a crazy game," Milwaukee head coach Scott Doffek said. "There were a ton of hard-hit outs for both teams. We were fortunate to get a few to fall with men in scoring position and grind out the victory."
 
The opener was played quickly into the fourth and the Raiders looked to be in business after a walk, hit batter and base hit loaded the bases with nobody out. But, Peters escaped with almost no damage, allowing a sac fly in front of a double play to make it just 1-0 on the scoreboard.
 
Milwaukee went ahead in the sixth inning. Aaron Buban led off with a single and went to second after Daulton Varsho was hit by a pitch. Luke Meeteer came through again, lacing an RBI-single to center that plated Buban. Varsho also came home on the play when the throw in from the outfield got past third base.
 
It stayed 2-1 until the ninth when the Panthers added some key insurance runs. Dan Barwick led off with a double and was sacrificed to third. Following a long at bat from Varsho where he drew a walk, Meeteer was intentionally put on to face Nick Unes. He immediately made them pay, singling through the right side to drive in two runs. Cole Heili plated another when he beat out an infield hit to shortstop.
 
Barwick paced the offense with a 3-for-4 day, tying his career high for hits in a game. Unes had two hits and Varsho recorded his league-best sixth triple of the season.
 
Game two went to the home team despite a pitcher's duel early with Austin Schulfer throwing well. Down just 1-0 into the fifth, the Panthers could not stack hits against WSU starter Trevor Swaney, who improved to 8-1 on the season after allowing one run in 6.0 innings.
 
"I thought for the most part, we swung the bats well," Doffek said. "We just hit a ton of balls right into the defense. You have to give them credit for executing to get outs. It was just the opposite of game one in that they got a couple big hits with men in scoring position and pulled out the win."
 
The Raiders added two in the fifth and three more in the sixth to take a commanding 6-0 lead. Milwaukee attempted a comeback in the top of the seventh, loading the bases on a Varsho walk and back-to-back singles by Meeteer and Unes. Logan Blair came up big in relief, however, ending the rally after just one run was scored.
 
Mitch Roman led the WSU offense with three hits. No Panther had more than one. Meeteer went 1-for-4, bringing his career hit total to 266, just one behind Jesse Hart's (2005-08) school record of 267.
 
Up next, the Panthers close the regular season with four games, including one final midweek matchup at home. The week starts with a Tuesday matinee against Northern Illinois and closes with a three-game set at Oakland Thursday through Saturday. Game time against the Huskies Tuesday is 3 p.m. for the first pitch in a game that will be televised live on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel with Bob Brainerd and Scott Warras on the call.