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April 30, 2002
Kent State Rolls Past Penguins 11-5
Niles, Ohio -- The Youngstown State baseball team
struggled out of the gate and by the
time the Penguins found some offense
it was too late in an 11-5 loss to
Kent State on Tuesday night at
Cafaro Field.
The Penguins (12-20) trailed 9-0 before breaking a 21-inning
scoreless drought in the bottom of
the eighth scoring five runs, but
KSU (26-12) held for its 10th
consecutive victory and win all
three games against YSU this season.
Shortstop James Swearengen was a key figure on the night for
the Penguins. Swearengen made his
first pitching appearance of the
year tossing 4.1 innings allowing
four runs on four hits. He walked
three while striking out three.
Chris Dennis (0-3) started and
allowed three runs on six hits in
3.2 innings while Mike Hosterman
allowed four runs in one inning of
relief.
Offensively, the Penguins had nine hits with two each by Kendall
Schlabach and Jim Phillips.
Kent State had 14 hits and left 15 runners on base in the
contest. Eric O'Brien belted a solo
home run and had a three-run double
to lead the onslaught. O'Brien also
scored three runs. Brady Glass had
three hits while four other Golden
Flashes had two hits.
KSU scored once in the second, twice in the third, fourth in
the fifth and two in the seventh to
take a 9-0 lead. YSU made things
interesting in the eighth scoring
five times. In the ninth, Eric
Holick added a couple of insurance
runs with a two-run homer to right
field
The Penguins play at Ohio State on Wednesday night at Bill
Davis Stadium. The first pitch, in a
game televised on the Ohio News
Network, is slated for 6:35 p.m. |
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