YSUsports.com - Panthers Hold Off Penguins to Earn 7-6 Victory

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May 10, 2002
Panthers Hold Off Penguins to Earn 7-6 Victory
    Niles, Ohio -- The Youngstown State baseball team mounted another late comeback bid, but came up just short losing the first game of a key four-game series to Horizon-League leader UW-Milwaukee 7-6 on a brisk Friday night at Cafaro Field.
    The Penguins (16-22 overall and 10-7 in the league) trailed 7-0 before scoring five runs in the sixth and one in the seventh, but UWM's Matt Freisleben retired all seven batters he faced to earn his 14th save and preserve the one-run win. The Panthers (28-14 and 13-4) have won a school-record 13 consecutive games.
    For the first half of the game, YSU struggled to get things going. In the second, UWM scored twice and in the third, Dave Pudlosky belted a two-out three-run homer, his first of the year, to put UWM ahead 5-0. Steve Guden followed with a two-out double and Shane Davis singles and scored Guden to put the Panthers ahead 6-0. In the sixth, YSU starter Jonathan Smart allowed an unearned run on a grounder by David Michna to score Troy Doering that Ty Furino couldn't handle.
    Smart (3-2) tossed six innings suffering the loss. He allowed seven hits and seven runs -- just four earned -- while walking five and striking out one. Two of his walks came with two outs in the third before Pudlosky hit a homer to right field.
    YSU battled back in the sixth scoring five runs off three UWM pitchers. Starter Quintin Oldenburg (7-2) was solid for the first five innings before the Penguins tagged him for four runs in the sixth. Ben Stancyzk relieved Oldenburg but did not retire any of the two batters he faced. Cory Kleeba recorded the final two outs of the inning, the second when Jim Phillips moved to second and Mark Nightingale tried to score on a wild pitch but was thrown out at home.
    In the seventh, Schlabach singled and after advancing to second on a ground out by Furino scored on a two-out double by Jim Lipinski. After the double, Freisleben shut the door retiring all seven batters he faced, including striking out three.
    Youngstown State and UW-Milwaukee return to action on Saturday when both teams meet in a doubleheader at Noon at Cafaro Field.