{"id":239978,"date":"2026-03-27T23:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T23:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/239978\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T23:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T23:26:11","slug":"golden-grizzlies-fall-in-series-opener-at-wright-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/239978\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Grizzlies Fall in Series Opener at Wright State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Wright_State_Raiders_200x200.png\" alt=\"Wright State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Wright State<\/p>\n<p>3\/28\/2026 | 2 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 28 (Sat) \/ 2 PM ET&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Wright_State_Raiders_200x200.png\" alt=\"Wright State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Wright State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/wright-state\/92\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    DAYTON, Ohio \u2014 The Oakland Golden Grizzlies (5\u201318, 3-4 HL) fell to Wright State (10\u201312, 4-0 HL), 12\u20134 in the series opener on Friday afternoon at Nischwitz Stadium. The Golden Grizzlies took an early lead with a run in the first inning and added three more in the third, but Wright State&#8217;s offense surged with 14 hits and was bolstered by a home run and three doubles. Despite Oakland&#8217;s initial scoring, the Raiders consistently expanded their lead, with scoring in all but two innings.<\/p>\n<p>Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ben-clark\/12509\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12509\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Clark<\/a> led with two runs scored and posted two hits, including a double, in his five at-bats. Fifth-year <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kyle-revere\/12728\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12728\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Revere<\/a> contributed with two hits and an\u00a0RBI while scoring once, to up the team&#8217;s\u00a0offense. Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/aidan-schuck\/12525\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12525\" target=\"_blank\">Aidan Schuck<\/a> recorded two RBIs on a sacrifice fly and a hit, as redshirt-junior\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sam-griffith\/12516\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12516\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Griffith<\/a> added a run and two hits, to round out the Golden Grizzlies&#8217; top performers.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland took an early lead in the first inning when Clark doubled down the right field line and was later driven in by Schuck&#8217;s single to left field. Wright State responded in their half with two runs, highlighted by a triple, followed up by an\u00a0RBI double.<\/p>\n<p>In the second inning, the Raiders extended their lead with two more runs. The Golden Grizzlies rallied in the third inning with three across the plate. Griffith doubled and scored on a single by Revere. Schuck&#8217;s sacrifice fly and redshirt-sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tony-konopiots\/12538\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12538\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Konopiots&#8217;<\/a> flyout added two more runs and the tie for Oakland. Wright State countered with three runs in the bottom of the inning, including an RBI double and a sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n<p>The Raiders added one run in the fourth inning on a groundout, making the score 8\u20134. Another run was added in the fifth off of a throwing error, before and RBI single pushed their lead in the sixth. WSU&#8217;s Braylen\u00a0Blomquist homered in the eighth inning, driving in two runs and sealing the home team&#8217;s\u00a0victory with a final score of 12\u20134.<\/p>\n<p>Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jordan-dahlof\/12542\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12542\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Dahlof<\/a> pitched 2.0 innings, giving up seven earned runs on six hits,\u00a0and struck out two\u00a0across 50 pitches. Grad senior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ethan-glassman\/12529\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12529\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Glassman<\/a> managed 3.0 innings of work, allowing just one earned run on three\u00a0hits, and also picked up two strikeouts. Senior\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jaxson-easterlin\/12513\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12513\" target=\"_blank\">Jaxson Easterlin<\/a> threw for an inning, allowing just a\u00a0run on two hits, and before freshman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/josh-rosenblitt\/12536\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12536\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Rosenblitt<\/a> saw his third visit to the mound this season, completing\u00a02.0 innings and earning three strikeouts on the day.<\/p>\n<p>Golden Grizzlies will take on Wright State for game two of the series at\u00a0Nischwitz Stadium on Saturday, March 28. First pitch is slated for\u00a0at 2 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>How to Follow Oakland Baseball: For complete information on Oakland Baseball, follow the team on X at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OaklandBSB\" rel=\"nofollow\">@OaklandBSB<\/a> and head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/coaches\/brian-nelson\/2964\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Nelson<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CoachNelly11\" rel=\"nofollow\">@CoachNelly11<\/a>. The team is also on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oaklandbsb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Wright State 3\/28\/2026 | 2 PM ET &#13; Mar. 28 (Sat) \/&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-239978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}