YSUsports.com - YSU Climbs to Fourth With Two Wins

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May 6, 2001
Baseball: YSU Climbs to Fourth With Two Wins
    Rochester, Mich. -- The Youngstown State baseball team had a good day on Sunday beating Oakland 10-6 and 29-2 in both games of a doubleheader at OU Baseball Field. While the Penguins won twice, IUPUI dropped two games allowing Youngstown State to move into fourth place in the Mid-Con Conference race.
    The Penguins (22-26-1 and 10-13) own a game-and-a-half lead over the Jaguars with the team's concluding league regular-season play next weekend. YSU plays host to second-place Southern Utah while IUPUI plays at Chicago State. The top four teams in the Mid-Con qualify for the conference tournament set for May 17-19 at Tulsa, Okla.
    On Sunday, the Penguins began the day with 10-6 game-one win and in the night cap set a school record for runs scored with 29. The previous school record was 25 set in 1965 against Hiram.
    In game one, Frank Santore pitched three scoreless innings of relief as the Penguins rallied from 6-4 deficit scoring six runs in the final three innings. Santore allowed only three hits and struck out two to earn the win.
    Youngstown State was on fire at the plate in game two. Jim Lipinski, who homered in the first game, hit three home runs and had eight RBI to break school records in both categories. Adam Cox finished the game with seven RBI and Joe Marzano had six RBI. Both Cox and Marzano homered while Steve Mefferd hit his first home run of the year. Marzano had four hits to lead YSU in game two as he and Lipinski each scored five runs.
    The Penguins scored the first 29 runs of the game, including 10 in the fifth and eight in the sixth, pounding out 19 hits. Jonathan Smart earned the win allowing just two hits in five innings.
    Oral Roberts beat IUPUI 9-4 and 21-0 on Sunday to help YSU move into fourth place. The Golden Eagles won the regular-season league crown with the victories.
    The Penguins won three of four games against the Golden Grizzlies. YSU is off until Saturday, May 12, when it plays host to Southern Utah at Cafaro Field.