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May 7, 2005
Banks' Three Doubles, Five RBIs Lead YSU to Split With Kent
State
Kent, Ohio --
Justin Banks went 4-for-5 with five
RBIs in game two of a Saturday
doubleheader to lift Youngstown
State to a 10-6 victory over Kent
State at Schoonover Stadium.
The Penguins, who dropped game one 2-0, banged out 14 hits
and came back from a 5-2 deficit in
the game to manage the split with
the Golden Flashes. YSU moved to
25-16 on the season while Kent State
goes to 28-16.
Matt Gnacinski threw three innings of scoreless relief to
pick up his first win of the season.
The Golden Flashes scored their six
runs in the first three innings off
starter Andy Svitak, but Gnacinski,
Ryan Sellman and Kevin Libeg allowed
only one hit in a combined six
scoreless innings of relief.
YSU got two runs on four hits in the top of the first as J.D.
Hannan hit the game's first pitch
down the right field line and scored
two batters later when Dustin Thomas
doubled. Banks then hit his first of
three to plate Thomas and put the
Penguins up 2-0.
Kent State answered with three runs on four hits and an error
in the bottom of the inning and
plated two more in the second to go
up 5-2.
Brandon Caipen doubled home Hannan and scored on a Brent
Parks single in the third to pull
the Penguins within one at 5-4, but
Kent State answered once again with
a run in the bottom of the third.
From that point it was all YSU as the Penguins scored two in
the fourth to tie the score and two
more in the seventh and eighth
innings for the final tally.
Hannan finished with three hits and three runs scored while
Parks had two hits and two RBIs.
In game one, Kent State scored two unearned runs in the
bottom of the fourth en route to a
2-0 victory.
Justin Thomas allowed both runs and gave up six hits in six
innings of work in his first loss
since March 12 at Missouri.
Jason Brunke went the distance in the seven-inning affair,
holding the Penguins to just three
hits in his picking up his first
career shutout.
Will Vazquez went 3-for-3 with a runs scored in game one
while Michael Obyc went 2-for-2 with
an RBI.
Justin Thomas held the Golden Flashes to just one hit in the
first three innings, but KSU banged
out three singles and benefited from
two YSU errors in the fourth to go
up 2-0. Kurt Eichorn was hit by a
pitch to start the inning and
advanced on a Gregg Hiller sacrifice
bunt. Vazquez then singled off of
Thomas' pitching hand and Eichorn
came around to score when Charles
Schultz's throw to first was wide.
After another error on a pickoff
play, Obyc singled to center to
bring home Vazquez for the second
run.
YSU put two runners on in the third and fourth innings, but
Brunke induced a fielder's choice in
both innings.
Banks' three doubles tied the school record and was the first
time a Penguin accomplished the feat
since Jim Lipinski hit three
two-baggers against Akron on April
10, 2001.
The Penguins and Golden Flashes will play another
doubleheader Sunday beginning at 1
p.m. at Eastwood Field.
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