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May 15, 2005
Flames Complete Sweep of Penguins
Chicago --
Youngstown State left nine runners
on base in a 3-2 loss in game one
and fell behind early in game two as
Illinois-Chicago swept a
doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at
Les Miller Field.
The Flames improved to 33-18-1 overall and 14-6 in the
Horizon League and secured a bye in
the Horizon League Tournament. The
Penguins dropped to 25-22 overall
and 7-5 in the league, and they must
win three games next weekend against
UW-Milwaukee to receive one of the
top two seeds and a bye in the
tournament.
UIC got off to fast starts in both games, scoring two runs in
the first inning in game one and
four in the first in game two.
In game one, Youngstown State cut UIC's lead to one in the
top of the second when Brent Parks
hit a two-out triple and Brandon
Caipen singled. YSU tied the score
in the fifth when Jim Phillips
singled home Charles Schultz, but
UIC answered with a run in the
bottom half of the inning. Jason
Gremely reached on an infield single
with one out, and Shane Crowder
followed with a bunt single to put
runners on first and second. After a
double steal, Bryan Russo hit a
sacrifice fly to bring home Gremely
with the eventual game-winner.
Ryan Zink, who threw a complete game in game one on Saturday,
came in and retired the Penguins in
order in the sixth, and after
Phillips doubled with one out in the
seventh, got a groundout and a
strikeout to pick up the save.
In game two, UIC jumped out to a 7-0 lead and hit five home
runs en route to a 12-4 win.
YSU cut the lead to 7-2 with two runs in the sixth on
back-to-back sacrifice flies from
Schultz and Caipen, but the Flames
scored five runs in the bottom of
the inning to go up 12-2. Erich
Diedrich hit a two-run home run in
the seventh for the final tally.
Tom Szalewski went the distance for the Flames while Lucas
Engle was tagged with the loss for
YSU.
The Penguins will play Kent State at 1 p.m. at Cene Park on
Tuesday and at Pittsburgh on
Wednesday before their weekend
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