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April 20, 2003
Penguins Complete Four-Game Sweep Over CSU, 16-14
Euclid, Ohio -- The
Youngstown State baseball team
(19-17, 7-5 Horizon League) battled
back from a 14-8 deficit by tallying
seven runs in the top of the eighth
and adding an insurance run in the
ninth to complete a four-game sweep
of the Cleveland State Vikings
(7-20, 1-6), 16-14, at Memorial
Field #1 on Sunday afternoon.
Freshman Justin Banks led the Penguins with four hits,
including his second home run in as
many days, and three RBIs.
Charles Schultz had three hits,
including his second home run, while
scoring four times and driving in
four runners while Adam Cox hit his
ninth home run of the season.
Paul Yates picked up his first
victory of the season in relief
while Josh Wells earned his second
save.
The Penguins got out to an early 2-0 lead on the first inning
when Schultz singled up the middle
to score Brandon Caipen and Lipinski
grounded out, scoring Schultz.
YSU increased their lead to four in the top of the second
when Ty Furino singled home Jim
Phillips and eventually scored on a
wild pitch.
Cleveland State got on the board in the bottom of the second
when Doug Besozzi doubled home Brian
Beaumier, but YSU answered right
back in the top of the third when
Cox drove a 1-1 pitch from Jimmy
Gulden over the centerfield wall to
regain their four-run advantage.
The Vikings knotted the score at five with a four-run third
inning that was keyed by a three-run
home run by Beaumier.
The Penguins scored twice in the top of the fifth to grab a
7-5 lead on RBI doubles from Banks
and Jim Lipinski, but CSU plated
four runs in the bottom of the sixth
to take a 9-7 lead, then grabbed a
14-8 advantage by scoring five runs
in the bottom of the seventh.
However, Yates and Wells held the Vikings scoreless in the
final two stanzas while the Penguins
rallied with seven runs in the
eighth and one more in the ninth to
claim the 16-14 victory.
Justin Thomas pitched 6.1 innings for the Penguins and struck
out five hitters, but did not factor
in the decision.
Cox's homer was the 17th of his career, which ranks him
fourth in career home runs in school
history.
The Penguins will host Toledo on Wednesday at 3 p.m. |
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