DAYTON, Ohio- The Northern Kentucky University baseball team fell 16-7 to Wright Sate in game two of a three-game series with the Raiders on Saturday. The Norse fell to 13-36 overall and 11-15 in Horizon League play while the Raiders moved to 36-15 and 18-8 in league play.
 
At the plate

• Griffin Doersching led the way at the plate for NKU going 3-4 on the day with two RBI and a walk.
• Noah Fisher accounted for one Norse run with a solo-homerun in the top of the second inning.
• Jake Murray contributed with a pair of Norse hits going 2-4 with one RBI.
• Preston Pilat and Andrew Bacon each had a hit a piece for Northern Kentucky with each collecting one RBI.

On the mound

• Bradley Brehmer (7-0) got the win for Wright State.
• Kyle Service (1-6) took the loss for NKU.
• Richardson, Kaleb Meeks, Joe Martin, Gunnar Barnard, Tyler Murphy and Tyler Ollier all saw action on the mound for NKU.

Key moments

• The Norse got off to a fast start in the top of the first inning, with the bases loaded Andrew Bacon popped a sacrifice fly to right field scoring Sam Hedges to take the lead 1-0.
• Later in the Norse half of the first with two on, Jake Murray singled to right field scoring Will Haueter for a 2-0 lead.
• Wright State responded in the bottom half of the first putting up five runs to take the lead on six hits.
• The Norse battled back with a solo-shot to left field by Fisher, cutting the Raider lead to three.
• NKU tallied another run in the top of the third. After Doersching singled to right field, Bacon reached on a fielder's choice but a throwing error allowed Bacon to reach second and Doersching to score.
• Wright State responded again in the third inning platting two runs in the bottom half of the inning to push its lead 7-4.
• The Norse kept the fight alive in the top of the fourth with Doersching slapping a two-run double pulling NKU within one run of the 7-6 Raider lead.
• Wright State exploded for six runs in the bottom half of the fourth tacking on one more run in the fifth and two runs in the sixth.

Up next

• The Norse will close out the final game of this road series with Wright State on Sunday with first pitch set for 1 p.m. (ET) at Fifth Third Field in Dayton. An audio broadcast of the game will be available through Gem City Sports Network at https://www.gemcitysports.com.