The UW-Oshkosh baseball team’s season wrapped up as they lost three out of four against UW-La Crosse to finish its season 16-23, and 12-16 in WIAC play becoming their worst season since 2012 where they only won 15 games.
UWO split a doubleheader against UWL (28-10) in the final regular season weekend match-up, winning the first game 8-3, while losing the second game 4-1 at Copeland Park in La Crosse on May 1.
The bats were potent as the Titans scored a run in at least six different innings, collecting 11 total hits in the game. Logan Schill got the scoring started in the third, knocking in Jack McNamara and Gavin Persson with a single to the right side. Later that inning, Trevor Morris sac-bunt scored Owen Housinger. In the fourth, Aaron Davis doubled before scoring on a base hit to center off the bat of Brenden Max. Persson crushed a home run in the sixth inning, before Oshkosh scored two more insurance runs in the seventh and ninth innings as Oshkosh cruised to victory.
Josh Jansen shut down the Eagles, going seven innings, giving up two unearned runs (Jansen had two fielding errors), allowing five hits, walking three, and striking out nine. Ryan Richter allowed one run off four hits in one inning of work, while still managing to strike out three. Ben Buehring struck out the side to end the game.
In the afternoon game, both teams dealt for five scoreless innings before the Eagles opened the floodgates with one in the bottom of the sixth, and the Titans promptly tied the game on a balk, allowing Braydon Skenandore to score after he led the inning off with a double.
However, La Crosse responded with three in the bottom of the frame, which would end the scoring. Oshkosh had four hits in the game, two from Skenandore, Max had a hit and a walk, and Morris collected a knock.
Brett Gaynor went 6 1/3 innings before being taken out after he started to unravel. He allowed four runs, three earned, on four hits, five walks, while striking out six. Benje Hencke went 1 2/3 innings, allowing two hits and striking out one.
Oshkosh lost the second double header 14 to one, and 3-1 on May 2 to La Crosse to effectively end their season.
The first game ended in seven innings highlighted by UWO allowing eight runs in the sixth inning. Housinger, who had two of Oshkosh’s five hits on the day, singled to left field and scored McNamara in the fifth inning which was the lone bright spot of the game.
Connor Walters went five innings, and allowed eight runs, seven earned, off seven hits, four walks, and finished with five strikeouts.
Hoyt Keller and Parker Thompson each gave up three runs, while Kael John finished it off with 2/3 of an inning of scoreless in relief.
In the final game of the season, Baris Brua went a solid 6 2/3 innings of three run ball, allowing six hits, walking two, and striking out eight. Michael Hughes recorded an out to finish the inning, and Cooper Kamley got a scoreless appearance to close the season.
McNamara single to left center scored Schill in the sixth to put the Titans on the board, Schill had three hits in the game, and Oshkosh got eight total, but didn’t capitalize on their opportunities.
