{"id":261946,"date":"2026-04-11T00:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/261946\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T00:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:55:10","slug":"golden-grizzlies-drop-series-opener-to-milwaukee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/261946\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Grizzlies Drop Series Opener to Milwaukee"},"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\/Milwaukee_Panthers.png\" alt=\"Milwaukee\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Milwaukee<\/p>\n<p>4\/11\/2026 | 2 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Apr. 11 (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\/Milwaukee_Panthers.png\" alt=\"Milwaukee\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Milwaukee&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/milwaukee\/69\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    ROCHESTER, Mich. \u2014 The Oakland Golden Grizzlies (8-20, 4-6 HL) fell to Milwaukee (7-23, 4-6 HL) 12-4 for the Horizon League series opener on Friday at Oakland Baseball Field. The Golden Grizzlies picked up two home runs and recorded a total of seven hits. However, a big five-run eighth inning secured the victory for the Panthers.<\/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> made a notable impact by hitting a home run and picking up a run. Grad senior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/carter-hain\/12530\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12530\" target=\"_blank\">Carter Hain<\/a> contributed with two RBIs and a double as fifth-year\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kyle-revere\/12728\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12728\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Revere<\/a> also showcased his power\u00a0hitting with his fifth home run of the season. Redshirt-sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/lucas-day\/12510\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12510\" target=\"_blank\">Lucas Day<\/a> was solid at the plate, going two-for-three in the box\u00a0with a\u00a0run scored.<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee opened the scoring with an RBI double and single to put them ahead in the opening frame. Revere responded in the bottom half\u00a0with a solo home run down the right-field line.<\/p>\n<p>In the fourth inning, the Golden Grizzlies took the lead as Hain doubled to left center field, driving in redshirt-sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tony-konopiots\/12538\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12538\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Konopiots<\/a> and Day, as Oakland looked ahead 3-2.<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee regained control in the fifth inning, scoring four runs off of a bases-loaded walk, two-RBI double, and wild pitch. A solo home run by Charlie Marion in the sixth extended Milwaukee&#8217;s lead to 7-3.<\/p>\n<p>Clark&#8217;s home run to deep left field in the seventh narrowed the gap, but the Panthers remained in front.<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee&#8217;s offense surged in the eighth, scoring five runs with the final score landing at 12-4.<\/p>\n<p>Junior left-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/george-hansen\/12537\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12537\" target=\"_blank\">George Hansen<\/a> started on the mound for Oakland, pitching 4.1 innings while allowing four earned runs on three hits while picking 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> contributed 1.2 innings of relief, giving up one run on one hit with two strikeouts, as junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/owen-thomson\/12535\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12535\" target=\"_blank\">Owen Thomson<\/a> and sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/daniel-duley\/12727\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12727\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Duley<\/a> provided scoreless relief, with Duley striking out one in his inning and Thomson allowing no hits.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Grizzlies and Panthers will meet again for game two of the series tomorrow, April 11. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET at the OU Baseball Field and will be available to stream 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: Milwaukee 4\/11\/2026 | 2 PM ET &#13; Apr. 11 (Sat) \/ 2 PM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-261946","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\/261946","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=261946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}