OSHKOSH, Wis.- UW-Oshkosh baseball dropped both games of its doubleheader on Wednesday (April 23) against top-ranked UW-Whitewater. The Warhawks won game one, 11-5, and game two, 10-7.
 
After a 30-minute rain delay, the doubleheader began at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon. With the wins, Whitewater (28-2, 18-2 WIAC) went up 3-1 in the season series over the Titans (21-11, 12-8 WIAC). Oshkosh won its only game over the Warhawks this season in Whitewater on April 10 by a score of 6-3.
 
Both teams eclipsed double-digit hits in game one as the Titans tallied 13 and the Warhawks had 15. Logan Schill (So. • Pewaukee) led the way for Oshkosh in the first contest as he was 3-for-5 with a double and triple, along with an RBI and two runs. Jake Surane (Grad. • Lincolnshire, Ill.) was also solid in game one, going 3-for-5 with a triple, an RBI, and a run. 
 
Hoyt Keller (Jr. • Wautoma) started on the hill for the Titans this season and tossed 4.2 innings with a strikeout. He allowed four runs on eight hits, and two walks. He was assigned the loss and moved to an 0-1 record. Cooper Kamlay (Fr. • Franklin) came in for relief and pitched the next 1.2 innings while striking out three and giving up two hits, two walks, and hit a batter for four runs. Michael Hughes (Jr. • Lockport, Ill.) and Aaron Huibregtse (Sr. • Oostburg) each tossed 1.1 innings and struck out one batter each. Huibregtse held the Warhawks scoreless on two hits while Hughes allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits and two hit batters.
 
The Warhawks pushed across two runs in the top of the first inning on a double and a single before and the Titans answered in the bottom half of the inning when Surane drove in Schill with a triple to right field.
 
Whitewater extended its lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly to put the Warhawks ahead, 3-1.
 
With one out in the third, Schill tripled to center field with one out on the board and pulled the Titans within a run a batter later on Nick Shiu's (Sr. • Gurnee, Ill.) groundout.
 
Keller sat the Warhawks down in order in the top of the fourth inning but was pulled with two outs in the fifth after allowing Whitewater to take a 4-2 edge.
 
Kamlay fanned the first two batters of the sixth inning and induced a foul out to Zach Taylor (Grad. • Long Grove, Ill.) at first base, holding the score steady. The Warhawks tallied four runs in the seventh inning on a two-RBI single and a two-RBI double.
 
Schill drove Owen Housinger (Jr. • Hawthorn Woods, Ill.) home with a double in the seventh to bring the score to 8-3.
 
In the eighth inning, the Warhawks plated three runs on a two-RBI triple and an error before UW-Oshkosh tallied two runs in the bottom half. Carter Stebane (Sr. • Brillion) singled to left to drive Surane home and Housinger singled to left, scoring Taylor for an 11-5 score. A strikeout and two fly outs held Oshkosh scoreless in the bottom of the ninth.
 
In game two, Jack McNamara (Jr. • La Grange, Ill.) led the way for Oshkosh, hitting 2-for-5 with a double and triple to go along with an RBI and a run. Shiu went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs. 
 
The starter in game two for the Titans was Ryan Richter (Fr. • Waukesha). He threw four innings and struck out one batter against five runs on seven hits and a walk. Josh Jansen (Jr. • DeForest) came into the game and tossed the next two innings. He gave up three hits, a walk, and hit two batters for three runs. The Warhawks claimed the lead while he was pitching, and he dropped to 5-2 on the year. Nick Rector (Sr. • Sewell, N.J.) relieved Jansen and tossed two innings with two strikeouts. Whitewater tallied two runs off Rector on three hits. Brett Gaynor (So. • Long Grove, Ill.) pitched the last inning for Oshkosh and struck out one batter, holding the Warhawks scoreless on two hits, a walk, and a hit batter.
 
The Titans struck first in game two. Shiu singled and Surane walked to put two runners on the bases, and both tagged up when Kirchberg flew out to left field. Taylor then sent both across the plate with a single up the middle, securing the Titans' first lead of the day.
 
The Warhawks briefly took the lead with a three-run homer in the top of the second inning. The Titans then drove in four of their own in the bottom half. Housinger doubled to left field and scored on McNamara's matching double. McNamara was plated when Shiu single through the middle of the infield. Kirchberg singled through the left side, scoring Schill who reached on a walk, and Shiu put the Titans up 6-3 on a fielder's choice for Stebane.
 
A pair of solo home runs for the Warhawks made the score 6-5 in the third inning.
 
UW-Oshkosh added another run in the fourth inning after Kirchberg hit a leadoff single. He moved to second on a passed ball, third on a fielder's choice, and ran home when Braydon Skenandore (So. • De Pere) laid a sacrifice bunt down the first base line.
 
Whitewater scored one run in the fifth and took an 8-7 lead in the sixth with another pair of runs. The Warhawks then stretched the lead in the eighth on a two-run homer.
 
In the bottom of the ninth and down three runs, Stebane reached first when he was hit by a pitch, Skenandore reached on an error, and Housinger singled to load the bases with one out, but McNamara went down swinging and Schill popped out to wrap up the day.
 
Oshkosh is scheduled to take on UW-Stevens Point (15-16, 10-10 WIAC) on Saturday (April 26) for a doubleheader. The games are set for noon and 3 p.m. at Zimmerman Field in Stevens Point.