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April 26, 2002
Penguins Win Series Opener at Butler, 5-2 in 10 Innings
Indianapolis, Ind. --
The Youngstown State baseball team
pulled out a dramatic 5-2 victory in
10 innings over Butler on Friday
afternoon at Bulldog Park to take
game one of the four-game Horizon
League series.
The Penguins (12-17 overall and 6-4 in the Horizon League)
tied the game 2-2 in the top of the
ninth on a one-out double by Clint
Ford and scored three times in the
10th on a two-run double by Jim
Phillips and a single by Ross
Buttle. The Bulldogs (23-17 and 5-8)
led 2-1 after the second inning and
starter Pat Neshak held Youngstown
State to just five hits in eight
innings. But the Penguins tagged
reliever Corey Kugle (2-3) with the
loss scoring once in the top of the
ninth and three times in the 10th.
Three YSU pitchers combined to allow just seven hits in the
10 innings. Jonathan Smart, who
pitched seven innings against
Cleveland State in his last outing,
tossed a career-high 7.1 innings
against Butler. Smart allowed five
hits and two runs -- one earned --
while walking four and striking out
two. However, he left the game in
the bottom of the eighth trailing
2-1. Mike Abdalla (1-1) earned the
victory pitching 1.2 innings and
Yates earned his second save of the
year pitching the 10th.
YSU took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Kendall
Schlabach singled, stole second and
scored on a double by Jim Lipinski.
In the second, the Bulldogs scored
twice with two outs and had the lead
until the ninth inning.
In the Penguin ninth, Kyle Penrod reached on an error with
one out to start the rally. Kyle
Smith pinch ran for Penrod and
promptly stole second. Clint Ford
doubled to left center plating the
tying run in Smith. In the bottom of
the ninth, Butler had runners at
first and third with no outs before
Abdalla worked out of the jam.
In the 10th, Ty Furino opened the inning singling to right
and stoled second. After Tim Stacey
struck out, Lipinski was
intentionally walked. Furino and
Lipinski moved up when Adam Cox
grounded out to third. Phillips
followed with a double to right
center scoring Furino and Lipinski
and Buttle, who entered the game in
the ninth, hit a single that scored
Phillips and knocked Kugle from the
game.
The Penguins and Bulldogs play two seven-inning games on
Saturday at Bulldog Park. The first
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