Following a 7-4 win, the Red Wolves (7-4) played Milwaukee (2-9) in their third game of the weekend. They secured a series win with an 8-1 victory, in which six different players had RBI hits.

In the second inning, Matt Burgess smacked a leadoff double down the right field line, then was brought in by Jake Bakamus to put the Red Wolves on the board. Ty White then hit a sacrifice fly to foul territory, and that brought home Garrett Rucker to push the lead to 2-0.

The Red Wolves got on the board again in the third, as a passed ball advanced all runners with the bases loaded, scoring Burgess.

Jeremy Brown took a trip around the bases in the fourth, getting on base after being hit by a pitch, then advancing to third on a wild pitch and a passed ball. Joe Schrimpf brought him home with an RBI single, then Tanner Ring sent Schrimpf home with a line drive to the shortstop. A wild pitch then sent runners to second and third. Garrett Rucker drove both runners in with an RBI double.

The Red Wolves loaded the bases in the fifth inning for Tanner Ring, but he sent one straight to second base to end the inning.

The Panthers got on the board in the following inning on an RBI double to cut the Red Wolves lead to 7-1. Frankie Alvarez answered in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI single, just a day after getting the his first hits of the season.

Tanner Kirby relieved Grantham in the seventh, and finished with five strikeouts and one earned run in six complete innings. Kirby threw three strikeouts in two shutout innings before Zachary Patterson was subbed in to close the game.

Patterson allowed two base hits, but didn’t allow a run to earn the save.

Grantham (1-1) earned his first win of the season, as Milwaukee’s Austin Schulfer took his second loss of the season.

The Red Wolves conclude the weekend series Sunday afternoon, with the first pitch set for 1pm.