OSHKOSH, Wis.- The UW-Oshkosh baseball team concluded its 11-game trip outside of Wisconsin with a 4-1 win over Transylvania University (Ky.) on Monday (March 17).
 
The Titans (8-3) recorded eight hits including three doubles at the Pioneers' (7-6) Legends Field while holding the hosts to four. Transylvania also committed a pair of errors while Oshkosh turned in a clean fielding sheet.
 
Zach Taylor (Grad. • Long Grove, Ill.) went a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate, driving in a run and scoring one himself. Jake Surane (Grad. • Lincolnshire, Ill.), Carter Stebane (Sr. • Brillion), and Mason Kirchberg (Sr. • DeForest) each hit a double.
 
Connor Brinkman (Sr. • New London) moved to 2-1 on the season in a seven-inning outing, striking out five batters while allowing one run on three hits and three walks.
 
Scoring kicked off the fourth inning as Stebane scored on a Taylor single after reaching on a double down the left field line.
 
UW-Oshkosh added three more runs in the top of the seventh. Taylor hit a single before advancing to third base on Kirchberg's double and scoring on a wild pitch. Kirchberg then scored on Owen Housinger's (Jr. • Hawthorn Woods, Ill.) fielder's choice and Housinger reached home on an error.
 
Brett Gaynor (So. • Long Grove, Ill.) came in to throw the last two innings. He allowed just one hit in his first save of the season.
 
The Titans will return to Wisconsin to face Carthage College (10-4) at the Firebirds' Augie Schmidt Field on Saturday (March 22) at 1 p.m.