Wright State, Milwaukee and Oakland Collect Victories on #HLBASE Championship Day Two
Sa'Mone Winters
DAYTON (May 21, 2026) – The 2026 #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 7-5 win over No. 5 seed Oakland.
- The two teams combined for three runs in the first inning, with Oakland taking a 2-1 lead.
- The Golden Grizzlies extended their advantage to 5-1 in the third inning highlighted by an RBI from Lucas Day.
- Wright State’s Gus Gregory drove in JP Peltier with a home run in the bottom of the fourth.
- After two scoreless innings, Wright State scored three runs in the seventh. Braylen Blomquist and Keegan Holmstrom each recorded an RBI, while a throwing error also contributed to Patrick Fultz, Zac Butler and Hunter Warren crossing the plate.
- Wright State pitcher Cam Allen earned the win after tossing 8.2 innings, allowing nine hits and five earned runs while striking out six batters on 125 pitches.
- Wright State’s Andrew Duncan went 3-for-4 with a double.
- No. 2 seed Milwaukee defeats No. 3 seed Northern Kentucky, 14-2.
- Northern Kentucky’s Pierce Bauerle scored the game’s first run in the top of the first inning.
- Milwaukee’s Grant Ross answered with a homerun in the bottom of the first to tie the game.
- NKU’s Alex Brazer drove in Landon Springmeyer in the top of the second inning to give the Norse a 2-1 lead.
- After two scoreless innings, Ross tied the game in the fifth inning on an RBI from teammate Charlie Marion.
- Milwaukee broke the game open with an eight-run fifth inning to take a 10-2 lead.
- The Panthers added four more runs across the sixth and seventh innings.
- Ross finished 2-for-4 with five RBIs and a home run.
- Milwaukee’s starter Aric Ehmke earned the win pitching 7.0 innings, allowing seven hits and two earned runs while striking out four batters.
- The Panthers draw No. 1 seed Wright State at 9 a.m. ET on Friday.
- No. 5 seed Oakland outlasts No. 3 seed Northern Kentucky 5-3.
- The game remained scoreless through the first two innings until Oakland’s Ben Clark crossed the plate on an RBI from Lucas Day in the third.
- Oakland added three more runs in the fourth inning, aided by Tony Konopiot reaching on a fielder’s choice, a single from Boston Halloran and a Norse error.
- Northern Kentucky responded in the fifth inning, scoring three runs after drawing three walks and capitalizing on the opportunity.
- Oakland answered in the bottom half of the inning when Aidan Schuck drove in Konopiot with an RBI sacrifice fly.
- Ethan Glassman and Jordan Dahlof combined to earn the win on the mound for the Golden Grizzlies.
- Oakland will face the loser of Game No. 5 at 12:30 p.m. ET on Friday.
- For complete information on the 2026 #HLBASE Championship, visit championship central.
- Every game of the championship will be streamed on ESPN+.