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May 9, 2003
Panthers Score Five in Third, Top Penguins 8-3
Milwaukee, Wis. --
The UW-Milwaukee Panthers scored
five runs in the bottom of the third
inning to spark an 8-3 victory over
the Youngstown State baseball team
on Friday evening at Henry Aaron
Field.
Mikel Schaefer picked up his sixth win of the season for
the Panthers (22-20, 10-7 Horizon),
throwing a complete game while
scattering seven hits and striking
out six. Adam Cox had two hits
including his tenth home run of the
season on a two-run blast in the top
of the seventh to lead the Penguins
(23-24, 11-10).
UW-Milwaukee got on the board first in the bottom of the
third by tallying five runs on six
hits and three YSU errors. The
Panthers added another run in the
sixth to take a 6-0 lead.
The Penguins got on the board in the seventh when Justin
Banks scored on a sacrifice fly from
J.D. Hannan. Banks led off the
inning with an infield single, then
stole second and advanced to third
when the catcher's attempt sailed
into centerfield.
The Panthers scored two more runs in the bottom of the
seventh on one hit and two more
Penguin miscues to take an 8-1 lead.
Kendall Schlabach singled to lead off the eighth and scored
on Cox's blast, which cut the
Panther lead to five.
Eric Shaffer threw six innings for the Penguins in a losing
effort. Mike Hosterman pitched
a scoreless seventh and recorded two
strikeouts while Paul Yates struck
out the side in a scoreless eighth.
UW-Milwaukee's Steve Sanfilippo finished with two hits and
two runs scored to pace the Panthers
while Matt Alexander hit a two-run
single in the third.
Cox's homer was the 18th of his career and puts him third in
school history. He is also
tied for second in season home runs
with teammate Jim Lipinski and is
one bomb short of tying the school
record.
The Panthers and Penguins will continue their four-game
series tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m.
in a doubleheader at Henry Aaron
Field.
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