The UW-Oshkosh baseball team closed out its 2026 home schedule with a sweep against UW-Stout over the weekend after getting swept in a doubleheader against No. 4 UW-Whitewater earlier in the week.
In the Titans’ series against the Warhawks on April 22, UWO was swept with scores of 14-2 in game one and 7-5 in game two.
Despite the score, game one was close for seven innings. The Titans’ pitching from starter Cooper Kamlay and Hoyt Keller kept the game in reach for the Titans as it was only 5-2, Whitewater going into the eighth.
Unfortunately for the Titans, it was the eighth inning for Whitewater that blew it open as UWW put up nine to take a 14-2 lead and shorten the game to only eight innings. Then in game two, it looked to be another Warhawk blowout as UWW held a 7-0 lead. That was until a combined five unanswered runs from the sixth made it a 7-5 game, not allowing UWO get any further.
UWO went into the first doubleheader against the Blue Devils by making a statement. In game one behind a six inning, two hit and one run performance from Josh Jansen. The Titans were able to win game one with a score of 6-1.
Then in game two, behind a complete game shutout from Brett Gaynor, the Titans put up 10 runs behind a three run first and a four-run eighth inning to win 10-0 in eight innings.
On Sunday, UWO opened up the second doubleheader with a 7-1 win. Connor Walters pitched a complete game, going all nine innings while allowing only one run with 15 strikeouts. For the most part of game one, it was close as it was only a 3-1 UWO lead going into the eighth.
But a four run inning for the Titans behind a Danny Connelly RBI double helped UWO pull away to a 7-1 lead and ultimately the win. The series finale was the closest one of the weekend. UWO won in a 3-2 game over the Blue Devils behind a Brayden Skenadore RBI single in the first and a Connelly RBI ground out in the second. Owen Housinger also scored a run with an RBI double in the sixth that ended up being the winning hit with UWS scoring a run in the ninth inning.
UWO heads to UW-La Crosse for the final regular season series of 2026 at UWL over the weekend of May 1-2. The Titans as it stands right now are in a tiebreaker with UW-River Falls for the last spot in the WIAC Tournament with UWRF owning it. If the Titans want to continue on, they just need to win one more game than the Falcons in their respective series’ this weekend.
The Titans series against UWL will begin on Friday with game one beginning at 1 p.m. and game two at 4 p.m. Then on Saturday, game one will begin at noon with game two at 3 p.m.
