May 27, 2004

Detroit Eliminates Wright State With 7-3 Victory

    Niles, Ohio -- Detroit's Tim Poley had two hits, scored a run and drove in another while also pitching his way to his second win as the Titans topped Wright State 7-3 in an elimination game of the Horizon League Championship on Thursday afternoon at Eastwood Field.
    The Titans (19-37) advance to play the winner of the Butler and UW-Milwaukee game Friday at 2:30 p.m.  The Raiders finish the season 22-34 and bid farewell to head coach Ron Nischwitz, who coached the final game of his 30-year career.
    Jason Chapieski had three hits to lead Detroit's 13-hit attack while Matt Barhorst, Chris Jergens and Dan Biedenharn had two hits apiece for the Raiders.
    Poley threw the first 5 1/3 innings as he allowed three runs on six hits while Daniel Dobberwosky and Adam Myers combined for 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.  Kyle Kearcher was tagged with the loss for the Raiders as he allowed six runs over the first 4 1/3 innings.
    Detroit scored twice in the second to go up 2-0 as Mark Moehlig singled home Poley and scored on a single from Dustin Wiley.
    Wright State cut the margin in half in the bottom half of the frame when Jergens singled and scored on a sacrifice fly from Justin Wilson.
    The Titans got the run back in the top of the third on an RBI single from Charlie Anderson and tallied three more in the fifth on a two-run double from Jamey Embree and Poley's RBI single to take a 6-1 lead.
    After Detroit added another run in the top of the sixth, the Raiders tallied two runs in the bottom half of the inning when Jergens connected for an RBI single and Ross Oeder was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded for the final tally.
    The Raiders had chances in the final two innings to chip away at the lead, but they stranded two runners in each frame and 12 runners overall.