OSHKOSH, Wis.- UW-Oshkosh baseball won the third game of its series against UW-River Falls before falling in the fourth as the WIAC opponents completed their series at Tiedemann Field on Saturday (April 19).
 
The Titans (21-9, 12-6 WIAC) collected 18 hits against the Falcons' (12-18, 5-13 WIAC) 20, registering seven extra-base hits and eight RBIs.
 
Connor Brinkman (Sr. • New London) started on the mound in the first game of the day, going 6.1 innings and striking out four batters. He allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits and a walk. Ryan Richter (Fr. • Waukesha) threw the final 2.2 innings and held the Falcons scoreless with a strikeout, earning his third win of the season.
 
Owen Housinger (Jr. • Hawthorn Woods, Ill.) hit 2-for-4 with a triple, two runs, and an RBI. Logan Schill (So. • Pewaukee) tallied two RBIs on 1-for-3 with a walk and Mason Kirchberg (Sr. • DeForest) hit a double in three at-bats with an RBI.
 
Housinger tallied Oshkosh's first run of the game in the bottom of the second inning. He reached on a single up the middle and moved to second on a Jack McNamara (Jr. • La Grange, Ill.) walk before scoring when Schill legged out an infield single.
 
River Falls tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the fourth inning with a single before Carter Stebane (Sr. • Brillion) reclaimed the lead in the sixth. He stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error by the catcher and scored when the center fielder overthrew third.
 
A Falcon three-run home run made the score 4-2 in the seventh.
 
Braydon Skenandore (So. • De Pere) scored in the eighth, reaching home on Housinger's triple after walking. Housinger tied the score at 4-4 two batters later when Schill hit a sacrifice fly to right field.
 
After Richter forced three straight flyouts in the top of the ninth inning, the Titans earned their fifth walk off win of the season and third consecutive in the bottom half of the frame. Nick Shiu (Sr. • Gurnee, Ill.) drew a leadoff walk and Jack McKellips (Jr. • Oshkosh) came out to pinch run. McKellips then scored from first base when Kirchberg doubled to left field.
 
UW-Oshkosh recognized its 11 seniors between the first and second games as part of the Senior Day celebration.
 
The Titans' starter for the series finale was Connor Walters (Jr. • Libertyville, Ill.). He went 4.1 innings and struck out six while allowing five runs on seven hits. Parker Thompson (Jr. • Wauwatosa) came in for the next three innings, allowing two runs on two hits and a walk with a pair of strikeouts. Vann Olson (Fr. • Maple Grove, Minn.) faced one batter, allowing a hit before Nick Rector (Sr. • Sewell, N.J.) threw the following 1.1 innings. Rector struck out one batter and allowed five runs (four earned) on two hits, three walks and a hit batter before Richter closed out the game with the final out.
 
Shiu went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two runs, and an RBI in the second game. Zach Taylor (Grad. • Long Grove, Ill.) and Stebane both hit 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
 
The Falcons jumped out to a 5-0 lead by the fifth inning of the nightcap with an RBI single, a three-RBI home run, and a solo home run before Oshkosh got on the board.
 
Shiu scored on an error in the bottom of the sixth before Kirchberg reached home on Taylor's double later in the inning.
 
River Falls scored twice more in the top of the eighth inning on a pair of doubles before Oshkosh did the same in the bottom half to make the score 7-4.
 
After a five-run ninth inning for the guests, Housinger walked to lead off the last half inning. He advanced to second and then third on two wild pitches, scoring when Shiu doubled to right center.
 
The Titans will return to Tiedemann Field on Wednesday (April 23) for the second of a pair of doubleheaders with No. 1 UW-Whitewater (25-2, 16-2 WIAC). In the first doubleheader on April 10, Oshkosh took game two by a score of 6-3 to hand Whitewater its first loss of the season.