{"id":287169,"date":"2026-04-26T19:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T19:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/287169\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T19:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T19:51:10","slug":"oakland-drops-final-game-at-nku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/287169\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Drops Final Game at NKU"},"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\/12\/2021_Toledo_200x200.png\" alt=\"Toledo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Toledo<\/p>\n<p>4\/29\/2026 | 3 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Apr. 29 (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\/2025\/12\/2021_Toledo_200x200.png\" alt=\"Toledo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Toledo&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/toledo\/50\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. \u2014 Oakland (10-29, 5-13 HL) dropped the series finale at Northern Kentucky\u00a0(20-22, 9-9 HL), 9\u20133, on Sunday at Bill Aker Complex. Oakland managed to score three runs on eight hits, with two runs in the seventh inning providing a brief offensive spark. The Norse secured the win with consistent scoring across the first five 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> collected two hits and scored a run in the game, as sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/aidan-schuck\/12525\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12525\" target=\"_blank\">Aidan Schuck<\/a> also added two hits and crossed home plate once. Redshirt-sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tony-konopiots\/12538\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12538\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Konopiots<\/a> tallied two hits, including a double, and drove in a run. Freshman right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ben-green\/12545\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12545\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Green<\/a> pitched 3.2 innings, recording two strikeouts while allowing seven earned runs.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Kentucky took the early lead, scoring in each of the first five innings, capitalized\u00a0by a pair of home runs.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Grizzlies got on the board in the sixth inning. A throwing error allowed Clark to score, who had singled to get on base.<\/p>\n<p>In the seventh inning, Oakland narrowed the gap further. An RBI double by Konopiots scored\u00a0Schuck, followed by an RBI single from grad senior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/carter-hain\/12530\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12530\" target=\"_blank\">Carter Hain<\/a> that brought home Konopiots. This cut Northern Kentucky&#8217;s lead to six runs, before the final out.<\/p>\n<p>Green started on the mound for Oakland, pitching 3.2 innings and allowing seven earned runs on seven hits, while striking out two. Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/blake-sehlke\/12526\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12526\" target=\"_blank\">Blake Sehlke<\/a> followed, pitching 1\/3 of an inning, giving up a hit, before junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/owen-thomson\/12535\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12535\" target=\"_blank\">Owen Thomson<\/a> pitched 2 innings in relief, allowing two earned runs on two hits, with two strikeouts. Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jaxson-easterlin\/12513\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12513\" target=\"_blank\">Jaxson Easterlin<\/a> and junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jordan-dahlof\/12542\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12542\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Dahlof<\/a> each pitched an inning of work, with each going scoreless and allowing only a hit.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Grizzlies are back to work on Wednesday, April 29, traveling to Toledo to take on the Rockets in midweek fashion. First pitch is slated for 3 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 Toledo 4\/29\/2026 | 3 PM ET &#13; Apr. 29 (Wed) \/ 3&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-287169","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\/287169","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=287169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}