Wright State, Milwaukee and Oakland Collect Victories on #HLBASE Championship Day Two
Kobe Mosley
INDIANAPOLIS (May 22, 2025) – The 2025 #HLBASE championship continued Thursday with Wright State, Milwaukee, and Oakland moving on to Friday’s slate.
Dig Deeper:
- No. 1 seed Wright State protects home field with 8-2 win over No. 5 seed Oakland.
- Both teams were held scoreless until a sac-fly from Wright State’s Gus Gregory brought in Conlan Daniel to score in the bottom of the third.
- The Raiders increased their lead to five in the fourth inning, kicked off by an RBI triple from Luke Arnold.
- Oakland scored two runs in the fifth inning courtesy of a ground out RBI by Sam Griffith and a throwing error that allowed Trent Rice to cross home plate.
- Boston Smith homered in the fifth inning, tying the League’s single-season home run record at 22.
- Oakland’s Carter Hain and Jack Lux both recorded extra-base hits.
- Wright State pitcher Cam Allen earned the win with a strong 5.0 innings, allowing only five hits, one earned run, and striking out eight batters.
- No. 3 seed Milwaukee defeats No. 2 seed Northern Kentucky, 8-6.
- Milwaukee started off hot with back-to-back homers in the first inning from Gabe Roessler and Charlie Marion.
- With a 3-1 lead entering the fourth inning, the Panthers tacked on three more runs on a walk and two hits by Thomas Otto and Bradyn Horn.
- Northern Kentucky responded in the bottom of the fifth with a three-run homer by Gabe Miranda, cutting the lead to 7-4.
- Miranda finished the game 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a home run.
- Riley Peterson earned the win on the mound for the Panthers while #HLBASE Reliever of the Year Logan Snow got the save.
- The Panthers draw No. 1 seed Wright State at 11 a.m. ET on Friday.
- No. 5 seed Oakland outlasts No. 4 seed Youngstown State, 22-18.
- The first inning saw six runs between the two teams, with Oakland leading 4-2.
- The Penguins responded in a big way in the second, with Kyle Fossum sending a three-run shot out of the park for a record-breaking 23rd home run this season.
- Oakland earned three more in the third from Carter Hain and Trent Rice singles.
- Both teams traded runs during the fourth and fifth innings and started the sixth tied at 10.
- Youngstown State used a five-run seventh inning to up their lead to 16-10.
- Oakland once again fought back, tying the game up at 16 with a six-run eighth inning.
- Down to their last out, Nathan Beckley lasered a hit out the park to tie the game at 17 and force extra innings.
- In the 10th, Oakland scored five runs with Ben Clark scoring the eventual game-winning run.
- Fossum ended the game going 4-for-4 at the plate with four RBIs and four runs scored.
- Brady Fahnestock claimed the pitching win for the Golden Grizzlies.
- Oakland will face No. 2 seed Northern Kentucky at 3 p.m. ET on Friday.
- For complete information on the 2025 #HLBASE Championship, visit championship central.
- Every game of the championship will be streamed on ESPN+.