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May 3, 2003
Penguins Sweep Doubleheader Over Wright State; 8-1, 5-3
Niles, Ohio -- Kyle Sobecki and Corey
Ohalek each threw a complete game
victory while Brandon Caipen had
five hits on the day as the
Youngstown State baseball team
(22-23, 10-9 Horizon) swept the
Wright State Raiders (17-29, 8-11
Horizon), 8-1 and 5-3, in a Saturday
doubleheader at Cafaro Field.
In game one, Sobecki earned his fourth win while Ohalek
picked up his fifth win in game two,
allowing seven hits and striking out
six in his sixth complete game of
the year. Caipen led the
offensive attack for the Penguins
with three hits and two RBIs in the
first game and two hits in game two.
With the doubleheader sweep, the Penguins pulled two games
ahead of the Raiders for sole
possession of fourth place in the
Horizon League standings.
In game one, YSU jumped out to early an 3-0 advantage by
plating three runs in the first on
two hits. With one out and the
bases loaded, Justin Banks singled
home Kendall Schlabach to put the
Penguins on the board. One
batter later, Gary Hinkson reached
on a fielder's choice to bring home
Charles Schultz while Adam Cox
scored on a wild throw.
The Penguins tacked on four more runs in the fourth inning to
take a 7-0 lead, highlighted by a
three-run triple by Caipen.
Wright State got on the board in the
top of the sixth on an RBI single
from Adam Morton, but YSU answered
right back in the bottom half of the
sixth by tallying a run on another
wild throw.
Wright State got on the board first in game two by tallying
three runs in the top of the third
on RBI singles from Kofi Gyima and
Matt Barhorst, but the Penguins
scored five unanswered runs for the
win.
The Penguin offense ignited in the fourth when Schultz and
Banks started the inning off with
back-to-back hits. Brian Boone
followed with a a sacrifice fly to
bring home Schultz and Banks scored
on an RBI single from J.D. Hannan to
get YSU within one.
Down one in the fifth, Caipen got the offense going again
with a one-out triple, his second of
the day. One batter later,
Schultz singled through the right
side of a drawn-in infield to bring
home Caipen and tie the game at
three.
The Penguins pulled away in the sixth with two runs on a
two-out RBI triple from Schlabach
and an RBI single from Caipen.
Banks provided three singles for the Penguins in game one
while Hannan had three singles in
game two. The top three spots
in the lineup for the Penguins
accounted for six of the team's 13
hits in game two.
The Penguins and Raiders will conclude their four-game series
tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. at
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