University of Toledo
15-17
Wright State
17-16
Toledo Falls to Wright State, 18-4
4/12/2023 7:20:00 PM | Baseball
Rockets will play next eight games on the road
TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo baseball team hosted in-state foe Wright State at Scott Park on Wednesday and fell to the Raiders by a score of 18-4.
A day after plating 18 runs at Youngstown State, the Rockets (15-17) were on the wrong end of a slugfest vs. Wright State (17-16). The Raiders scored two runs in the first and a run in the second to take an early lead. WSU then plated five runs in the top of the third to blow the game open. Toledo put up a crooked number in the bottom of the fourth, scoring three runs, but couldn't keep pace with Wright State's offense.
Sophomore Brayden White had a strong day at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a pair of home runs and three RBIs. Wednesday's performance was the first multi-homer game for the sophomore catcher.
Sophomore Owen Jackson drove in the other Toledo run on a base hit in the fourth inning.
Junior Jeron Williams stole two bases to bring his season total to 27. Entering play Wednesday, 27 stolen bases would put Williams in a tie for second place in the country in that category and one off the national leader (Randy Florida, Alabama State).
Toledo takes a break from Mid-American Conference play this weekend, heading to Samford for a three-game series.
How it Happened
- Wright State scored twice in the top of the first, opening the scoring with a solo homer and bringing home another run on a bases-loaded walk.
- A sac fly in the top of the second put the Raiders ahead, 3-0.
- Five more Wright State runs came in to score in the top of the third, four of which were scored with two outs, to put the score at 8-0.
- Owen Jackson laced a single through the right side of the Raider infield to bring home Mason Sykes and get Toledo on the board. Four pitches later, Brayden White's two-run home run made the score 8-3.
- Wright State added three runs in the top of the sixth on a bases-clearing double and plated three more in the top of the seventh to make it 14-3.
- Two more Raider home runs left the yard in the top of the eighth to make it 17-3.
- White lifted a 1-2 pitch over the center-field fence in the bottom of the eighth for his second home run of the game.
- The Raiders' final run came on a leadoff home run in the top of the ninth.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Roder, T (1-0)
L: Dillon, Patrick (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Greenwell, J 1 ; Smith, B 1 ; Arnold, L 1 ; Fisher, A 1
HR: Greenwell, J 1 ; Patrick, A 1 ; Sass, S 1 ; Luikart, J 1 ; Fultz, P 1
RBI: Greenwell, J 3 ; Patrick, A 3 ; Smith, B 3 ; Sass, S 1 ; Luikart, J 1 ; Fultz, P 2 ; Thomas, D 1 ; Arnold, L 3
SH: Smith, B 1
SF: Patrick, A 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Greenwell, J 2 ; Patrick, A 3 ; Smith, B 2 ; Sass, S 2 ; Luikart, J 2 ; Fultz, P 2 ; Johnson, L 1 ; Thomas, D 1 ; Fisher, A 3
SB: Patrick, A 1 ; Smith, B 1 ; Thomas, D 1 ; Fisher, A 1
HBP: Sass, S 1
Batting:
2B: Sykes, Mason 1
3B: Sudbrook, Troy 1
HR: White, Brayden 2
RBI: Jackson, Owen 1 ; White, Brayden 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Sykes, Mason 1 ; Jackson, Owen 1 ; White, Brayden 2
SB: Williams, Jeron 2 ; Sykes, Mason 1
HBP: Sykes, Mason 1 ; DeCello, Daunte 1
