YSUsports.com - Golden Flashes Sweep Double Dip From Penguins, 5-4 and 5-3

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May 8, 2005
Golden Flashes Sweep Double Dip From Penguins, 5-4 and 5-3
    Niles, Ohio -- Kent State overcame a three-run deficit in game one and got solid relief pitching all day to sweep a doubleheader from Youngstown State on Sunday afternoon at Eastwood Field.
    YSU led 4-1 through five innings in game one before Kent State rallied for a 5-4 win, and KSU relievers combined to allow only two hits in 11 1/3 scoreless innings.
    With Kent State's 5-3 win in game two, the Golden Flashes improved to 30-16 on the year while Youngstown State fell to 25-18.
    In game one, Kent State came back from a 4-1 deficit with two runs in the sixth and one more in the seventh to force extra innings. After YSU loaded the bases with one out in the eighth and failed to score, Gregg Hiller hit a pinch-hit single off of Ryan Sellman to bring home Kurt Eichorn with the game-winner. YSU was retired in order in the bottom of the ninth.
    The Golden Flashes got a run on three hits in the first inning when Drew Saylor singled home Joe Tucker, but the Penguins scored the game's next four runs to pull ahead 4-1. Erich Diedrich hit a solo homer in the second to tie the score, and he and Charles Schultz hit RBI singles in the fourth to put YSU up 3-1. Justin Banks singled home Brent Parks in the fifth to give YSU a three-run advantage.
    KSU cut the margin to one in the sixth when Andrew Davis and Eichorn run-scoring hits, and Greg Rohan scored on a double-play groundout in the seventh to knot the score at 4-4.
    Andrew Davis went three scoreless innings to pick up his first win of the season for the Golden Flashes while Josh Wells was charged with the loss for YSU. Eric Shaffer allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings and left with the lead but did not factor in the decision.
    Both teams scored a run in the first inning of game two before Kent State pulled ahead 3-1 with a run in the second and another in the fourth. The Penguins tied the score in the bottom of the fourth when Mike Turjanica singled home Schultz and later scored on a balk.
    The Golden Flashes scored two runs on three hits off of Brian Boone in the sixth for the final tally.
    The Penguins will break during the upcoming week for finals before traveling to UIC for a four-game series with the Flames. The Flames currently sit in third place in the Horizon League standings with a league mark of 10-6 and an overall record of 29-17-1.