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April 21, 2002
Long Turns Tables on Youngstown State in 3-1 CSU
Win
Niles, Ohio -- A day after two Youngstown State
pitchers combined to throw complete
games -- including a one-hitter by
Matt Brumit -- CSU's Jerry Long
turned the tables on the Penguins
tossing a complete-game nine-inning
one-hitter in a 3-1 victory over
YSU.
Long (2-4) allowed a first-inning run and held the Penguins
(11-16 overall and 5-4 in the
Horizon League) without a hit until
Clint Ford beat out an infield
single to second with two outs in
the seventh. Cleveland State (9-22
and 4-4) rallied scoring once in the
seventh and two in the ninth to pull
out the win and earn a split in the
series.
YSU jumped ahead 1-0 in the first thanks to some Long
wildness and poor Viking defense.
With one out, Ty Furino walked and
stole second. Long then walked Tim
Stacey and on a double steal, Furino
scored when Doug Besozzi's throw
sailed into left field. CSU
committed five errors in the first
three innings, before playing solid
defense the remainder of the game.
While Long was solid, YSU starter Jonathan Smart was just as
spectacular. Smart allowed a single
to open the game by Pat Smith and
did not allow another hit until the
seventh inning. CSU tied the game in
the seventh scoring a run. Ernest
Simpson walked to open the inning,
moved to second on a groundout and
third on a Smart wild pitch and
scored on a single by Brian
Beaumier.
Paul Yates (0-1) pitched a scoreless eighth for YSU before
giving up a lead-off triple to
Simpson in the top of the ninth and
was replaced by Clint Ford. Ford
struck out Dominic Erney before
hitting Beaumier with one out. Stipe
Miocic hit a soft grounder to Furino
who mishandled the ball allowing the
go-ahead run to score from third.
Jeff Katlen then hit a ground-rule
double to score Beaumier and put the
Vikings ahead by two.
In the bottom of the inning, Long retired the side in order
to end the game.
The Penguins return to action on Tuesday, April 23 when they
play host to Duquesne at 3 p.m. at
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