DETROIT -- The Wayne State University baseball team (12-15 overall) trailed Findlay (15-11 overall) 3-1 halfway through the seventh inning on Tuesday in WSU's 2025 home opener.  The Warriors tied the score up at 3-3 in the home half of that frame, but the Oilers notched the go-ahead run in the ninth to spoil the day, 4-3.

Neither team got on the scoreboard until the bottom of the fifth when Mason McGuire (Lyon Twp., Mich. / Brighton [Mott CC]) singled in Caleb Sanders (Eastpointe, Mich. / Detroit Edison Public School Academy [Dayton]) with a base knock to the shortstop.

Findlay proceeded to tally two runs in the sixth and another in the seventh to make it a two-run game.

In the aforementioned bottom of the seventh, McGuire brought in Ty Garza (Grosse Ile, Mich. [Barton College]) on a groundout to the shortstop and Owen Tuccinardi (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Skyline) forced in Brady Blakita (Canton, Mich. / Detroit Catholic Central) thanks to a sacrifice fly to to right center.

Following the Oilers' half of the ninth, the Warriors made things interesting with just three outs to play with.  With only one of those outs recorded, the bases were loaded.  However, Tony Hatzigeorgiou (Oxford, Mich.) struck out swinging and Drew Hill (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. / Grosse Pointe North) grounded out to the second baseman to end it.

On the mound, five WSU pitchers combined to give up four runs, all of which were unearned.  Those five arms included Braylon Laroo (Canton, Mich. / Detroit Catholic Central), Macio Miller (Kimball, Mich. / Marysville [Jackson CC]), Coy Plummer (New Hudson, Mich. / South Lyon), Carson Tehan (LaSalle, Ont. / Sandwich S.S.), and Ethan Getting (Kalamazoo, Mich. / Portage Northern [Purdue Northwest]).

Laroo and Miller tossed three scoreless innings and two scoreless, respectively, while Getting was saddled with the loss to fall to 1-2 on the season.

Next up, Wayne State will host Roosevelt in a four-game GLIAC series on Friday through Sunday.