{"id":256644,"date":"2026-04-08T00:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256644\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T00:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:33:10","slug":"golden-grizzlies-strike-early-hold-off-toledo-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256644\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Grizzlies Strike Early, Hold Off Toledo 4\u20132"},"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\/2026\/04\/RCU Winged Warrior.png\" alt=\"Rochester Christian\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Rochester Christian<\/p>\n<p>4\/8\/2026 | 3 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Apr. 08 (Wed) \/ 3 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\/2026\/04\/RCU Winged Warrior.png\" alt=\"Rochester Christian\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Rochester Christian&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/rochester-christian\/42\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    ROCHESTER, Mich. \u2014 Oakland (7-19, 4-5 HL) secured a 4-2 victory over the Toledo (15-16, 11-4 MAC) on Tuesday to stay a perfect 2-0 in midweek games this season. The Golden Grizzlies jumped to an early lead with three runs in the first inning, capitalizing on a two-out rally before\u00a0adding a critical insurance run in the fifth inning. The pitching staff limited Toledo to two runs despite allowing 10 hits, effectively stranding nine runners on base.<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sam-patton\/12531\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12531\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Patton<\/a> contributed two hits, including a triple, and drove in three runs. Fifth-year <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kyle-revere\/12728\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12728\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Revere<\/a> scored twice and hit a double in four plate appearances 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> showed his running\u00a0agility with two successful stolen bases. Grad senior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ethan-glassman\/12529\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12529\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Glassman<\/a> delivered a strong performance on the mound, pitching five innings with four strikeouts and earning the save.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland set the tone early with a three-run first inning. Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ben-clark\/12509\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12509\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Clark<\/a> was hit by a pitch, and Revere walked, setting the stage for Patton&#8217;s two-RBI triple into right field, scoring both. Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/aidan-schuck\/12525\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12525\" target=\"_blank\">Aidan Schuck<\/a> then grounded out to second base, allowing Patton to score, giving Oakland a 3-0 lead after the first inning.<\/p>\n<p>Toledo responded in the second inning with an RBI single, before both teams added to their totals in the fifth inning. For Toledo, a\u00a0sacrifice fly plated a run in the top of the frame, while Oakland extended its lead with Revere doubling to left center and later scoring on Patton&#8217;s groundout to second. Both teams held scoreless through the final four innings as the Black and Gold secured the 4-2 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland&#8217;s pitching staff delivered a solid performance against the Rockets. Freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/josh-rosenblitt\/12536\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12536\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Rosenblitt<\/a> garnered his first career start and pitched 3.1 innings, allowing one run on six hits while picking up three strikeouts to earn the win. Glassman followed with a strong relief appearance, throwing five innings without giving up a run and striking out four, after redshirt-sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/luke-riggs\/12523\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12523\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Riggs<\/a> pitched 2\/3 inning in relief, but allowed one earned run on no hits.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Grizzlies are back on the field at The Den to take on Rochester Christian tomorrow,\u00a0April 8. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m. ET on ESPN+.<\/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: Rochester Christian 4\/8\/2026 | 3 PM ET &#13; Apr. 08 (Wed) \/ 3&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-256644","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\/256644","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=256644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}