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May 18, 2005
Pitt Jumps On YSU Early; Penguins
Lose 16-2
Pittsburgh, Pa. – The
Youngstown State baseball team
trailed Pitt 12-0 after four innings
and never recovered losing 16-2 on a
sunny Wednesday afternoon at Trees
Field in the final non-conference
game of the year for both teams.
The Penguins (25-24) have lost eight straight games and have
dropped nine of their last 10
overall contests. The Panthers
(28-20) snapped a two-game losing
streak with the win over the Guins.
Pitt greeted YSU starter Matt Gnacinski (1-1) with a pair of
doubles to open the game tallying a
run in the first when Jimmy Mayer
knocked home Ben Copeland. Mayer
finished the contest with three
doubles and six RBI. Copeland scored
four runs on three hits, including
two doubles.
In the second, the Panthers scored five runs to go ahead 6-0.
In the third, the onslaught
continued as Pitt scored three more
runs and knocked Gnacinski from the
contest after he surrendered eight
runs on seven hits and four walks.
Freshman Joe Johnson came in to
relieve Gnacinski and allowed four
runs on five hits in 1.2 innings.
Freshmen Chuck Schiffhauer (two innings pitched) and Joe
Antinone (one inning pitched) were
YSU’s most effective pitchers of the
afternoon allowing only two hits in
three scoreless innings to keep the
Panthers at bay. Freshman Ryan
Sellman pitched the eighth allowing
four runs, but just one was earned.
YSU avoided the shutout with two outs in the top of the ninth
when Jason Coffey doubled to left
center scoring Eric Diedrich and
Dustin Thomas.
The Penguins finished with seven hits on the afternoon, two
of which were by Diedrich.
Pittsburgh finished with 18 hits on
the afternoon, nine of which were
doubles.
The Panthers’ Chad Baker improved to 2-0 with the win
pitching six scoreless innings while
surrendering just four hits.
Youngstown State will look to get back on track this Friday
when it begins a key four-game
Horizon League series against
UW-Milwaukee at Eastwood Field. YSU
must win three of four from the
Panthers to secure a first-round bye
in the Horizon League Championships
which start May 25 in Indianapolis.
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