{"id":316633,"date":"2026-05-15T04:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316633\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T04:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:04:10","slug":"oakland-falls-in-wild-11-inning-heartbreaker-at-milwaukee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316633\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Falls in Wild 11-Inning Heartbreaker at 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>at Milwaukee<\/p>\n<p>5\/15\/2026 | 12 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    May. 15 (Fri) \/ 12 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                        at\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>                    FRANKLIN, Wis. \u2014\u00a0The Oakland Golden Grizzlies Baseball team (11-38, 5-17 HL) fell to Milwaukee (20-31, 12-10 HL) in a tight, 12\u201311 ballgame, in extra innings on Thursday evening\u00a0at Franklin Field. The Grizzlies&#8217; offense was highlighted by a three-run seventh inning, but the Panthers secured the win with a run in the eleventh.<\/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> impressed with three hits and three RBIs, contributing to the team&#8217;s offense as redshirt-sophomore\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/lucas-day\/12510\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12510\" target=\"_blank\">Lucas Day<\/a> recorded four hits and drove in four runs with strong performances at the plate. Redshirt-senior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jack-lux\/12519\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12519\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Lux<\/a> added to the scoring with a home run, collecting two RBIs, and crossing the plate three times. Grad senior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/carter-hain\/12530\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12530\" target=\"_blank\">Carter Hain<\/a> demonstrated his speed and plate discipline, scoring twice with a triple and drawing two walks in his at-bats.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland fell behind early as Milwaukee scored two runs in the first inning, with a two-run RBI\u00a0single.<\/p>\n<p>In the second frame, the Golden Grizzlies&#8217; offense responded back. Hain walked and advanced to third on a wild pitch, eventually scoring on another wild pitch. Lux and redshirt-sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/boston-halloran\/12517\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12517\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Halloran<\/a> also walked, setting up Clark&#8217;s double down the left field line, clearing the bases, bringing in three runs. Oakland led 4\u20132 after the second inning.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland added to their lead in the third inning. Hain was hit by a pitch and scored on Lux&#8217;s sacrifice fly, expanding the lead before Milwaukee narrowed the gap with a run in the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>The sixth inning saw both teams score. For Oakland, Day scored on a bases-loaded walk drawn by <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/aidan-orr\/12521\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12521\" target=\"_blank\">Aidan Orr<\/a> as Milwaukee countered with three runs, tying the game 6\u20136 in the bottom half.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland reclaimed the lead in the seventh inning when Lux solo homered to right-center. Day contributed with a two-RBI single lasered into right field, extending the lead to 9\u20136. Milwaukee managed two runs in the bottom of the inning, making it a 9\u20138 game.<\/p>\n<p>In the eighth, Oakland padded its lead as Day singled again and\u00a0brought home two more runs. Milwaukee mounted a comeback in the ninth inning with a three-run homer to tie the game at 11\u201311, sending the contest into extra innings. In the eleventh inning, Milwaukee delivered a walk-off single to shallow center field, bringing in a lone run.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ben-green\/12545\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12545\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Green<\/a> started and pitched 3.0 innings, allowing four hits and two earned runs, with two strikeouts and no walks on 53 pitches. Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jaxson-easterlin\/12513\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12513\" target=\"_blank\">Jaxson Easterlin<\/a> followed with 2.2 innings of work, conceding eight\u00a0hits and four earned runs, while also earning two strikeouts. Sophomore\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/andrew-landis\/12518\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12518\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Landis<\/a> took over for 1\/3 inning with no hits, as junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ryan-donley\/12512\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12512\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Donley<\/a> pitched an inning, giving up a hit and two\u00a0earned runs. Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jordan-dahlof\/12542\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12542\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Dahlof<\/a> threw 3.0 innings, surrendering three runs on\u00a0four\u00a0hits while recording three punchouts.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland and Milwaukee will play game two of the series tomorrow, May 15 at Franklin Field. First pitch is scheduled for 12 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: at Milwaukee 5\/15\/2026 | 12 PM ET &#13; May. 15 (Fri) \/ 12&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-316633","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\/316633","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=316633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}