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May 7, 2004
Penguins Top Detroit 6-5 in 10 Innings
Detroit -- Youngstown State scored
an unearned run in the top of the
10th inning to defeat the Detroit
Titans 6-5 in a Horizon League
contest at James K. Campbell Complex
Friday afternoon.
Youngstown State (14-23, 4-6) overcame an early 3-0 deficit
and took a 5-3 lead through five
innings, but the Penguins allowed
Detroit (10-32, 4-9) to score once
in the eighth and once in the ninth
to send the game into extra frames.
Jim Lipinski led the Penguins with three hits and two RBIs
while Justin Banks had two hits and
two RBIs. Andy Svitak picked
up his second win of the season as
he surrendered one run in two
innings of relief. Justin
Thomas went eight innings and struck
out 11 but did not factor in the
decision.
Down 5-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth, the Titans got
their first two runners on as Jamey
Embree reached on an error and
Charlie Anderson walked. Tim
Poley then stepped up and ripped a
single off of Svitak's leg, but
catcher Adam Cox picked up the
ricochet and nailed Embree, who had
rounded the bag at third, for the
first out of the inning.
Svitak then forced a pop-up, but
J.D. Leichtman drew a walk and pinch
hitter Tim Georgewas hit by a pitch
to bring home the tying run.
Cox was hit by a pitch to lead off the 10th and Brent Parks
walked to put the go-ahead run in
scoring position. After a
pitching change, UDM's Ben Darga
retired Cox on an attempted
sacrifice from Jim Phillips and got
J.J. Newman to ground out for the
second out. Kendall Schlabach
then hit a grounder to short that
Alex Martin couldn't handle to plate
Parks as the eventual winning run.
Svitak retired the Titans in order in the bottom of the 10th.
Detroit scored three runs right off the bat against Thomas as
the first four Titans of the game
reached safely. Jason
Chapieski was hit by a pitch to
start the first and Embree followed
with a walk. Anderson then
cleared the bases with a three-run
bomb to right for his 11th home run
of the season that gave the Titans a
3-0 advantage. Poley doubled
to right center to keep the attack
alive, but Thomas got Martin to hit
into a fielder's choice and mowed
down Leichtman and Daniel
Dobberowsky on strikes to end the
inning.
YSU got on the board with two runs in the fourth when Banks
and Brian Boone walked with the
bases loaded to score Schlabach and
Charles Schultz.
The Penguins then scored three runs in the fifth to take its
first lead of the contest at 5-3.
After Schlabach singled to left and
stole second, Schultz drew a two-out
walk to put runners on first and
second. Lipinski then ripped a
two-run double to left and Banks
recorded a double of his own to
score Lipinski.
Detroit cut the lead to one in the eighth when Mark Moehlig
singled home Kyle Crepeau with one
out.
The Penguins and Titans will continue their four-game series
Saturday with a doubleheader
beginning at 1:30 p.m. EST. |
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