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May 2, 2003
Defensive Blunders Hurt Penguins in 9-7 Defeat
Niles, Ohio -- The
Wright State Raiders (17-27, 8-9
Horizon League) overcame a 7-3
deficit by tallying five runs in the
top of the eighth inning in a 9-7
victory over the Youngstown State
baseball team (20-23, 8-9 Horizon)
on Friday evening at Cafaro Field.
After Bryan Vickers hit a two-run home run in the eighth to
bring the Raiders within two, the
Penguins committed two defensive
miscues that led to three unearned
runs and gave the Wright State an
8-7 lead. The Raiders added
another unearned run in the ninth to
seal the victory.
Kevin Kuntz earned his sixth win of the season for the
Raiders, allowing one run in 3.2
innings of relief while Travis
Koehler picked up his firs save.
Eric Shaffer scattered five hits and
surrendered four runs in seven
innings for the Penguins, but he did
not factor in the decision.
Kevin Libeg allowed four runs in
relief, three of which were
unearned, in his third loss of the
season.
YSU got out to an early two run lead in the bottom of the
first when Kendall Schlabach reached
on one of Wright State's six errors
to lead off the inning.
Brandon Caipen followed with an RBI
triple down the right field line and
then scored on a groundout from
Charles Schultz.
The Raiders, however, answered with three runs of their own
in the top half of the second.
With two outs and runners on first
and second, Justin Wilson ripped a
two-run double to rightcenter to tie
the game at two. Two batters
later, Trent Matthews singled home
Wilson to give Wright State a 3-2
advantage.
Shaffer kept the Raiders scoreless for the next five frames
while the Penguin offense scored the
next five runs to take a 7-3 lead.
YSU plated a run in the bottom of the third when J.D. Hannan
scored on a throwing error then
erupted for three runs in the bottom
of the third. With two outs
and runners on first and second,
Schlabach ripped a two-run double
down the leftfield line to give the
Penguins a 5-3 advantage.
Then, two batters later, Schultz
drove home Schlabach on an RBI
single to right to give YSU a 6-3
lead.
The Penguins tacked a run on in the seventh when Caipen
scored on one of three Raider errors
in the inning.
Schultz and Caipen each had two hits to lead the
Penguins while Schlabach finished
with two RBIs and two runs scored.
Wilson paced Wright State with two
hits and three RBIs.
The Penguins and Raiders will continue their four-game series
tomorrow when they square off in a
doubleheader at noon at Cafaro
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