WSU Baseball - 2007 Season

[nybuckeye]

The Raiders (2-1) opened the season winning 2 of 3 from #24 ranked Mississippi (4-2). Wright State travels to Tulane next weekend for a 3 games series. This was the first opening weekend series win for WSU since 1995. What a great way to start after the outstanding season last year.



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[swimwsu]

I am sure they will dominate the league. How is tripod doing nybuckeye?

[Raiderfan]

Again, it is great to see all our sports teams doing well. After last years trip to the NCAA baseball tournament it is good to see the boys get off to a nice start this season.

Win is becoming contagious around campus!

[Bomber]

Coach Cooper sure has been impressive since taking over as Coach.

[wsu97]

Baseball Falls to #16 Tulane in Thirteenth Inning
Holleran Posts Second Straight Quality Start Against Tulane

March 3, 2007


Metairie, LA - For the second time in as many weeks, the Wright State baseball team dropped a game in the final at-bat. This time the Raiders lost to #16 Tulane 5-4 in thirteen innings at Zephyr Field.

Ross Oeder started the game off with a double down the right field line. Dan Biedenharn then reached on a throwing error by the pitcher, moving Oeder to third, to put runners on the corners with no outs.

Tulane answered with a run of their own in the opening frame on an RBI single by Brad Emaus.

The Green Wave took the lead in the fourth inning when Jared Dyer drew a two-out walk and scored on a double by Tim Guidry. Guidry was thrown out attempting to advance to third, but Tulane went ahead 2-1.

The Raiders tied the game when Oeder struck with his second extra-base hit of the game, a triple down the left field line. Biedenharn then grounded out to the second baseman, scoring Oeder. Jeremy Hamilton followed that with a double and scored when Brian Shoup flew out to left field. Hamilton was tagging to move to third base when Scelfo, the Tulane left fielder, mistakenly thought it was the third out and allowed him to score from second.

The Wave tied the game in the seventh when Emaus struck again. Emaus took a 1-0 pitch and sent it 390 feet over the right field fence to tie the game at 3-3.

Holleran was relieved by Jason Bennion after retiring the first batter of the eighth inning. Holleran posted 7.1 innings of work, allowing five hits and three earned runs. Holleran struck out five and walked only one in the no decision. Bennion coaxed the next to batters to fly out and the game headed to the ninth tied at three.

In the Raiders half of the ninth, Aaron Field singled and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt from pinch hitter Stephen Marquez. The Raiders, however, couldn't push the run across the plate, leaving the door open for Tulane.

In the tenth, Oeder laced another lead-off double into the left field corner and motored into second. A one-out ground out by Hamilton moved him to third and a Shoup single allowed him to cross the plate, giving WSU a 4-3 advantage.

Seth Henry led off the Tulane tenth with a hit by pitch, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a single to knot the game at 4-4 in the first extra frame.

Nate Stevens threw three scoreless innings, allowed only the one earned run and struck out five batters. Jon Durket made his first appearance as a Raider, facing one batter in the game.

In the thirteenth inning, the Green Wave pushed the winning run across the plate with a one-out single that landed just fair down the left field line. Erich Schanz took the loss for the Raiders, throwing 1.1 innings and allowing only one earned run. Schanz walked three and allowed two hits, falling to 0-2 on the season.

The Raiders fall to 2-2 overall in 2007 and look to avenge the loss to Tulane tomorrow. WSU will square off with the Green Wave at 4:00 Dayton time tomorrow at Zephyr Field.

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[Doliboabros]

Baseball's Comeback Bid Falls Short at #16 Tulane

March 3, 2007


METAIRIE, LA - The Wright State baseball team dropped a 9-8 decision to #16 Tulane Saturday afternoon at Zephyr Field. The Green Wave put up six runs in the fifth inning, but WSU plated seven in the ninth before Daniel Latham recorded the final out to spoil the comeback bid.

The Green Wave loaded the bases in the fourth inning, chasing WSU starter Dan Barker (1-1), and plated the first run of the day. After retiring the first batter of the inning, Barker walked the bases loaded. Freshman Jordan Wolfe came on in relief and allowed only one run in the inning.

The first seven Tulane batters of the fifth inning reached base and six runs crossed the plate in the inning to give TU a 7-0 lead. In the inning, the Raiders used three pitchers and Tulane benefited from five walks, two wild pitches and a balk to extend their lead.

In the seventh inning, Nick Allsop drew a two-out walk and John Kopilchack ripped a double into the right-center field to get the Raiders on the board.

Tulane (8-4) added a run in the seventh and a run in the eighth to make the score 9-1 in favor of the Green Wave.

In the ninth, the Raiders opened the inning with six straight hits, including three doubles, and cut the deficit to 9-6. Claibrone came on to record two outs, with WSU plating two more runs, before handing the ball to Daniel Latham who struck out Kris Steffen to end the game.

Oeder collected two hits in contest, raising his average to .450, driving in two RBI and scoring once in the contest. Biedenharn and Allsop each collected two hits in the contest and six other Raiders accounted for rest of the Raider offense.

The Raiders fall to 2-3 overall in 2007 and will wrap-up the three game series with Tulane on Sunday, March 4. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 Dayton time.


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[nybuckeye]

Baseball Drops Finale, 4-1, at #16 Tulane

Parker Collects Second Multi-Hit Game of `07

March 4, 2007

METAIRIE, LA - The Wright State baseball team dropped their third straight game to Tulane on Sunday, March 04 at Zephyr Field. The Raiders took an early lead, but single runs in four separate innings doomed the Green and Gold in the 4-1 loss.

The Green and Gold jumped out to an early 1-0 lead against Tulane starter Shooter Hunt. Ross Oeder and Dan Biedenharn were each hit by a pitch and stole a base to put runners on second and third with one out. Oeder then dashed home after a passed ball to score the games first run.

Tulane (9-4) answered with single runs in their half of the first and third innings to take a 2-1 lead. Cat Everett and Warren McFadden each drove in an RBI for the Green Wave to give them the early lead.

In the bottom of the fifth, WSU starter Kyle Kearcher walked the first two batters of the inning and McFadden struck with a one-out sacrifice fly to center field. Brad Emaus then sent a ball sailing towards the right-center field gap, but John Kopilchack made a diving catch to keep the Tulane lead at 3-1.

A fifth inning, Nate Simon home run capped the scoring for Tulane.

Kearcher (1-1) threw six innings in the contest and allowed four runs on six hits. He walked two and struck out one in the loss. Jason Bennion and Nate Stevens combined to throw the final two innings scoreless for the Raiders.

Oeder extended his hitting streak to six games with a fifth inning single and Justin Parker went two-for-four, collecting the only extra base hit for WSU in the contest. Four other Raiders collected hits in the game and WSU drew two walks in the contest.

The next action for the Raiders, now 2-4 on the season, will be their home opener against Wilmington College. The Raiders and the Quakers will square off on Tuesday, March 6 at 3:00 p.m. at Nischwitz Stadium.

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[nybuckeye]

Wright State crushed Air Force over the weekend sweeping all four games. The Green and Gold posted a 9-2 win in the finale against Air Force on Sunday afternoon at Falcon Field. The Raiders posted 16 hits in the finale and swept the series from the Falcons, outscoring them 52-11 in four games.

The Raiders are now 6-4 overall and head into their Horizon League opener against Butler on a four-game winning streak. The Raiders and Bulldogs will kick off their series at Bulldog Park on Friday afternoon at 3:00.

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[Retired Coach]

Baseball Splits League Twinbill with Butler

March 17, 2007

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - The Wright State baseball team took an early lead in game one at Butler, but fell 3-1, and fell behind early in game two before rallying for an 11-5 victory. The Green and Gold scored nine runs in the fifth inning of the second game to take the series from Butler at Bulldog Park.

A pair of doubles got the Raiders on the board in the first inning of game one. Dan Biedenharn sent a one-out double into center field and Jeremy Hamilton sent a double over the head of the left fielder to give WSU a 1-0 lead.

Wright State starting pitcher Erich Schanz walked the first two batters of the third inning and that enabled Butler to score two runs. Nate Hart sent a Schanz pitch back up the middle, just missing the glove of Schanz, to score two runs and give BU a 2-1 lead.

Raiders threaten in the fifth, putting two runners on base with singles by Nick Allsop and Ross Oeder, but couldn't push a run across the plate.

Joe Pauley singled to start the inning and scored on a Tony Barnes double to right-center field, pushing the BU lead to 3-1. Schanz was relieved by Scott Ruthven after the run scored, ending his day after 5 1/3 innings of work.

Schanz falls to 1-3 on the season and allowed three runs on five hits, walked three and struck out one batter. Ruthven threw the final 2.1 innings scoreless and hasn't allowed a run in his last 3.2 innings of work.

Brian Bokowy (3-1) threw all nine innings for the Bulldogs and walked only one batter in the victory. The Raiders collected six hits off the left-hander but couldn't capitalize on their opportunities, leaving eight runners stranded.

In game one, Allsop and Oeder each collected two hits and Hamilton drove in his 15th run of the season. Three other Raiders collected hits, but the Green and Gold struck out eight times in the contest.

The Bulldogs jumped on top of the Raiders early in game two when a pair of Justin Parker errors led to two unearned runs. Butler added another run in the third on an RBI double off the bat of Joel Matheny to extend their lead to 3-0.

The Green and Gold broke through in the fifth inning, ending the day of BU starter Jeff Sinkiewicz, sending 12 batters to the plate and scoring nine runs. J.C. Ramatowski got things started with an RBI single, while Aaron Fields, John Kopilchack and Biedenharn each collected a pair of RBI's in the inning.

John Kopilchack kept things going in the sixth inning with a one-out walk. Oeder followed that with a single to right field to extend his hitting streak to twelve games, before Biedenharn plated Kopilchack with a single of his own. Hamilton then plated Oeder with a double to right-center field to extend the WSU lead to 11-3.

Kyle Kearcher threw six innings before being relieved by Greg Robinson. Kearcher allowed three runs, only one earned, and struck out four in the contest. In relief, Robinson allowed two runs in an inning of work, Dan Barker completed a scoreless inning and John Lambert threw a scoreless ninth.

Biedenharn belted out three hits, stole a base and drove in three runs in game two. Fields, Kopilchack each posted two hits and drove in a pair of RBI's, while Hamilton posted two hits, extending his hitting streak to four games.

The Raiders improve to 8-5 overall on the season and sit atop the Horizon League standings with a 2-1 record. The Green and Gold will square off with SEC foe Tennessee at 7:00 on Tuesday evening in Knoxville, TN.

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[Retired Coach]

Baseball Downed 16-4 at Tennessee
March 20, 2007

Box Score

KNOXVILLE, TN - The Wright State baseball team dropped a 16-4 decision to Tennessee at a soggy Lindsey Nelson Stadium on the UT campus. Jeremy Hamilton collected three of the nine Raider hits in the game and four players collected RBI's in the contest.

The Volunteers (14-9) raced out to an early 3-0 lead on WSU starter John Lambert (0-1) after one inning of play. Lambert, who was making his first collegian start, allowed four hits and hit a batter in the first inning and Tennessee capitalized with three quick runs.

The Vols would add three more runs in the second inning, ending Lambert's outing, and would add multiple runs in each of the next three innings.

In the fourth, Hamilton tripled to straight-away center field and Parker singled to put the Raiders on the board.

The Raiders put another run on the board in the sixth when Hamilton struck with a towering home run off the scoreboard in right-center field. It was the second home run of the season for Hamilton and his third hit of the game.

The Green and Gold used eight pitchers in the contest, allowing 16 runs on 18 hits and striking out eight batters. Jon Durket, Nate Stevens and Jason Bennion combined to thrown the final three innings scoreless, the only scoreless innings for the Green and Gold.

Wright State posted two runs in the ninth inning on RBI singles by John Kopilchack and Sam Mote to make the final margin 16-4.

Hamilton led the way for WSU at the plate with a home run, two triples, two runs scored and an RBI. Dan Biedenharn, Aaron Fields, Kopilchack, Stephen Marquez, Mote and Parker each collected one hit against the Volunteers. Ross Oeder had his 13-game hit streak snapped, going 0-for-three with a walk.

The next action for the Raiders (8-6) will be a Horizon League series with Cleveland State. The Green and Gold open their home slate at 6:30 on Friday evening against the Vikings at Nischwitz Stadium.

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[nybuckeye]

Raiders take two of three from Cleveland State to improve to 10-6 overall and 4-2 in league play on the season.

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[Retired Coach]

Baseball Out-Slugged By Bowling Green, 11-1

March 27, 2007

DAYTON, OH - The Wright State baseball team dropped an 11-1 decision to non-conference foe Bowling Green on Tuesday evening. The Raiders collected only eight hits and made three errors as they dropped their second straight non-conference tilt.

The Falcons raced out to an early lead, tallying five runs in the first five innings off of WSU starter John Lambert. Lambert surrendered five runs on eight hits and struck out two batters, falling to 0-2 on the season.

The Green and Gold got on the board in the fifth inning when Ross Oeder smacked a lead-off home run over the left field fence. It is the third home run of the season for the senior, a career high, and he now leads the team in ten offensive categories.

BGSU, now 11-11, would add six runs in the seventh inning, five off of WSU reliever Greg Robinson and one off of Jon Durket. Dan Barker and Jordan Wolfe would each throw a scoreless inning to close out the contest for Wright State.

Offensively, Oeder was two-for-five with the homer and a double, while Jeremy Hamilton singled and drew the only two walks of the game for WSU. Five other Raiders collected hits in the contest as WSU left nine runners on base.

Wright State falls to 10-8 overall this season and will travel down I-75 tomorrow to face off with Cincinnati at Marge Schott Stadium. The Raiders and Bearcats will take to the field at 6:30 in a single game.

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[Raider Country]

Baseball Drops 9-5 Decision at Cincinnati

March 28, 2007

Box Score

CINCINNATI, OH - The Wright State baseball team dropped their second straight contest, an 9-5 decision to Cincinnati at Marge Schott Stadium. The Raiders took an early lead on the host Bearcats, but six WSU pitchers issued seven walks and UC posted runs in five innings to defeat the Green and Gold.

Jeremy Hamilton continued battering opposing pitchers, getting the Raiders offense started in the first inning with a double off the center field wall. Hamilton advanced to third on a balk by UC starter John Baird and scored on an RBI single by Justin Parker. Casey McGrew followed that with his first career home run, a 395 foot shot to left-center field, to give WSU an early 3-0 lead.

Jordan Wolfe took the mound against the Bearcats in his first career start and after the lead-off batter reached on an error, the next three batters walked to push the first run across for UC. Wolfe then struck out a batter and then coaxed the following batter to pop out to first base, holding the Raiders lead at 3-1.

In the third inning, a record fell when senior Ross Oeder walked and was moved to second by a Dan Biedenharn sacrifice bunt. The sacrifice hit was the tenth of the season for Biedenharn and the 31st of his career, passing Dan Bassler for the most sacrifice hits in a career at WSU.

After the sacrifice bunt, Hamilton was hit by a pitch and the two base runners moved to second and third on a passed ball. After a walk to Justin Parker loaded the bases, McGrew hit a sacrifice fly to right field to push WSU's lead to 4-1.

Wolfe lasted only two innings, allowing an unearned run and striking out two batters. The freshman walked three batters before giving way to Dan Barker to start the third inning.

Cincinnati got their offense started in the third inning as the first two batters walked and the next two singled to score a run and load the bases. With no one out and the bases full of Bearcats, Barker was replaced by junior Scott Ruthven. Two more runs scored in the inning, all charged to Barker, and the two teams were tied at four runs apiece.

Chris Nighland game on to start the fourth inning for the Raiders and threw a scoreless frame.

The Bearcats took a 5-4 lead in the fifth inning when Tony Campana tripled to start the inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by Josh Harrison.

The Raiders evened the game at 5-5 in the sixth inning after Parker doubled, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a wild pitch.

Cincinnati took the lead for good in the sixth inning when Cameron Satterwhite tied the game with a home run to start inning. After a single from Ryan Baker, Nighland (0-1) was replaced by Nate Stevens and the Bearcats added two more runs.

Jason Bennion threw the final 1 1/3 innings scoreless, extending his streak of scoreless innings to 12.2 innings this season.

Offensively for WSU, Parker collected two hits, drove in an RBI and scored a pair of runs, extending his hitting streak to 11 games. McGrew added three RBI's in the game, while Aaron Fields, Hamilton and Brian Shoup rounded out the hits for the Raiders offense.

Wright State falls to 10-9 overall this season and head into a pivotal weekend series with Horizon League foe UW-Milwaukee this weekend. The Green and Gold will take on the Panthers in a single game on Friday evening at Nischwitz Stadium starting at 6:30.

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[Raider Country]

From Wright State to the majors in 9 months
Pitcher Joe Smith makes the Mets roster thanks to a great spring training.
By Marc Katz
Staff Writer

Friday, March 30, 2007

A year ago at this time, Joe Smith was still pitching for the Wright State Raiders on their way to the Horizon League tournament championship in late May and an early June NCAA tournament berth in Corvallis, Ore.

Sunday night, Smith may be pitching for the New York Mets against Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals.

"It hasn't set in yet," Smith said Thursday after being told he made the Mets roster. "Maybe it will when I get to St. Louis. I'm packing tonight."

Smith, a third-round, amateur draft pick by the Mets in 2006, started his pro career just after the NCAAs with Brooklyn of the Class A New York-Penn League (0-1, 0.45 ERA), then moved to Binghamton of the Class AA Eastern League (0-2, 5.68).

Invited to the major-league camp this spring, Smith, a sidearm reliever, pitched 13 1/3 innings, struck out 15, walked only three and posted a 1.35 ERA. Mets manager Willie Randolph called Smith into his office and told him the good news.

"It's a little different," Smith said of playing in college and playing for the Mets. "I just knew they were bringing me into camp and giving me an opportunity to pitch."

At Wright State last spring, Smith was 3-0 with 13 saves and an 0.75 ERA in the regular season.

He will become the third WSU player to appear in the major leagues, following outfielder Keith Gordon (Reds, 1993) and pitcher Brian Anderson (Angels, Indians, Diamondbacks and Royals since 1993).

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[Retired Coach]

Baseball Spilts Twinbill with UW-Milwaukee
March 30, 2007

DAYTON, OH - The Wright State baseball team out-hit UW-Milwaukee 30-17 in two games on Friday evening at Nischwitz Stadium, but dropped game one 13-6 before rebounding with a 12-3 victory.

In game one, Garret Holleran got the start for WSU and threw 6.1 innings and allowed six runs, only three earned, on seven hits.

The Panthers scored a pair of runs in the first inning, both unearned, and added a run in the fifth inning to push their lead to 3-0.

The Raiders would respond with three runs in their half of the fifth inning with three runs, with RBI's coming from Ross Oeder, Dan Biedenharn and Jeremy Hamilton.

The Panthers took the lead for good with a run in the sixth inning and added six runs in seventh, a run in the eighth and two runs in the ninth.

In game one, five different Raiders drove in RBI's and Justin Parker went three-for-five at the plate. Biedenharn and Hamilton each collected two hits in the game and Oeder scored twice for the Green and Gold.

In game two, the Green and Gold got their offense started early with five runs in the second inning. In the inning, the first five batters reached base for WSU with the first run coming on a walk to John Kopilchack.. Oeder followed that with a two-RBI double, Biedenharn added a sacrifice fly and Hamilton an RBI ground out to cap the scoring and give WSU a 5-0 lead.

The Raiders added two runs in the third inning, while UWM got on the board in the fourth with a single run off of WSU starter Erich Schanz.

Hamilton drove in another RBI with a double and Casey McGrew's sacrifice fly pushed the Wright State lead to 9-1 after four inning of play.

Hamilton would provide the rest of the Raiders offense on the evening, with an RBI double in the sixth and a two-RBI double in the seventh to extend the lead to 12-1.

On the game, Hamilton was three-for-five, all of his hits doubles, and drove in five RBI's. Oeder plated a pair of runs with a double and scored twice, while Biedenharn and Aaron Fields each chipped in two hits.

Schanz threw eight solid innings for the Raiders, allowing only three hits, issuing two walks and striking out four batters. The senior allowed only one run to improve to 2-3 overall this season.

The Green and Gold are now 11-10 overall in 2007 and sit at 5-3 in the Horizon League. Wright State and UW-Milwaukee will tangle in a single game on Saturday, March 31 with first pitch scheduled for Noon at Nischwitz Stadium.

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