FAIRBORN, Ohio – The Wright State offense got hot and rallied to knock off the Milwaukee baseball team in back-to-back games on Saturday.
Mike Edwards held the Raiders in check in game one until the fourth inning when WSU totaled 13 runs on 10 hits to build a big lead.
In the fifth,
Marcus Cline doubled in a pair of runs but the Raiders piled on eight more in the sixth to come away with a 24-2 victory in the opener.
A similar story in game two, it was
Matt McCarty on the hill for the Panthers keeping to game close until the Raiders again broke through in the fourth.
WSU piled on 15 runs in the inning to come away with a 20-5 victory.
Quinton Morris drove in
Jack Cavanaugh to cut the MKE deficit in half in the top of the fourth before the big Raiders' rally.
In the ninth,
Thomas Otto singled in
Nate DeYoung who had tripled to lead off the frame.
Mitchell Buban and
Zach Nogalski then brought in runs but it was too little, too late for the Panthers.
Milwaukee will return to Franklin Field for a four-game series against Northern Kentucky beginning on Friday, May 14 at 5:00 pm. Live coverage links can be found on
MKEPanthers.com.