Saturday, April 27
Dayton, Ohio
2 PM
Purdue Fort Wayne
15-27, 0
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Wright State
23-18, 0
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Purdue Fort Wayne
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Photo by: Mikayla Hogan
Saturday Game goes to Wright State
4/27/2024 5:21:00 PM | Baseball
DAYTON, Ohio - Purdue Fort Wayne was unable to overcome an early deficit to Wright State in Saturday's (April 27) 11-4 loss in Horizon League play.
Wright State scored five runs in the first inning to jump out to an early lead. The 'Dons were able to get a run back in the sixth and brought across three more in the eighth, but weren't able to come back.
With two outs in the sixth, Brooks Sailors hit a single up the middle that scored the 'Dons first run of the afternoon. It was his second of two hits on Saturday as he and Nate Simpson each collected two hits.
The Mastodons started off the eighth inning with back-to-back walks before Simpson's single brought in a run. After Sailors walked, Nick Sutherlin drove in two more runs with a double. Ben Higgins' two-out walk loaded the bases, but the 'Dons were unable to cash in.
Garret Simpson (4-1) got the win for Wright State with five scoreless innings on the mound and five strikeouts. Carter Sabol (4-5) took the loss after striking out two in 4.2 innings.
Jay Luikart had a home run for the Raiders.Â
The 'Dons square off with Wright State in game three of the series on Sunday (April 28) at 1:00 P.M.
~ Feel The Rumble ~
Wright State scored five runs in the first inning to jump out to an early lead. The 'Dons were able to get a run back in the sixth and brought across three more in the eighth, but weren't able to come back.
With two outs in the sixth, Brooks Sailors hit a single up the middle that scored the 'Dons first run of the afternoon. It was his second of two hits on Saturday as he and Nate Simpson each collected two hits.
The Mastodons started off the eighth inning with back-to-back walks before Simpson's single brought in a run. After Sailors walked, Nick Sutherlin drove in two more runs with a double. Ben Higgins' two-out walk loaded the bases, but the 'Dons were unable to cash in.
Garret Simpson (4-1) got the win for Wright State with five scoreless innings on the mound and five strikeouts. Carter Sabol (4-5) took the loss after striking out two in 4.2 innings.
Jay Luikart had a home run for the Raiders.Â
The 'Dons square off with Wright State in game three of the series on Sunday (April 28) at 1:00 P.M.
~ Feel The Rumble ~
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Garret Simpson (4-1)
L: Sabol, Carter (4-5)
Batting:
2B: Walker, Jacob 1 ; Sutherlin, Nick 1
RBI: Sutherlin, Nick 2 ; Sailors, Brooks 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Miles, Luke 2 ; Chargo, Dylan 1 ; Simpson, Nate 1
SB: Miles, Luke 1
HBP: Sutherlin, Nick 1 ; Higgins, Ben 1
Batting:
2B: Julian Greenwell 1 ; Boston Smith 1 ; Patrick Fultz 1 ; Luke Arnold 1
HR: Jay Luikart 1
RBI: Jay Luikart 3 ; Ben Vore 2 ; Andrew Patrick 1 ; Patrick Fultz 2 ; Luke Arnold 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Julian Greenwell 3 ; Sammy Sass 1 ; Jay Luikart 1 ; Boston Smith 3 ; Andrew Patrick 2 ; Patrick Fultz 1
SB: Andrew Patrick 2
Game Leaders
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RBI
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4
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1
RBI
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AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
2
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