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May 20, 2005
Thomas' Gem, Five-Run Seventh Lead Penguins to 9-1
Win Over Panthers
Niles, Ohio --
Justin Thomas threw a complete-game
five-hitter and Brandon Caipen went
2-for-4 with four RBIs to lift
Youngstown State to a 9-1 victory
over UW-Milwaukee on Friday evening
at Eastwood Field.
Thomas struck out 10 hitters did not allow a run through 8
1/3 innings before pinch hitter
Shane Davis hit the first pitch of
his at bat over the wall in left
field to spoil the shutout.
With the win, the Penguins improved to 26-24 overall and 8-5
in the Horizon League while the
Panthers fell to 22-27 and 11-6 in
league contests. The teams will
square off in a doubleheader
tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Eastwood
Field. YSU can clinch a first-round
bye in the league tournament with a
sweep or a split and a win on
Sunday.
Caipen hit a three-run triple to blow the game open in YSU's
five-run seventh inning and was one
of four different Penguins to hit a
three-bagger. Charles Schultz had
two hits and two runs scored while
Brent Parks also scored twice for
the Penguins, who snapped an
eight-game losing skid.
Turjanica put the Penguins on the board in the second with a
two-out, two-run triple to center.
Jim Phillips drew a one-out walk and
advanced to third on a Charles
Schultz single to right two batters
later. Turjanica then ripped a 1-0
offering over centerfielder Mike
Goetz for his first career extra
base hit to give YSU a 2-0 lead.
Panthers' starter Aaron Sorenson settled down and did not
allow a hit to the next 10 hitters
after Turjanica's triple until J.D.
Hannan led off the sixth with a
triple to the gap in right center.
Caipen then singled to right to
bring in Hannan to make the score
3-0 in favor of the Penguins.
Sorenson, who had won his last seven starts and had not lost
since March 11 at Oklahoma State,
could not make it through the
seventh as the Penguins scored five
runs on four hits, two walks and a
hit batsman. After Phillips flied
out to start the inning, Dustin
Thomas was hit in the shoulder on a
1-0 pitch and Schultz singled to
send pinch runner Brent Parks to
third. After an intentional walk to
Turjanica to load the bases, Josh
Page hit a check-swing single to
right to bring home Parks and
advance everyone up a base. Sorenson
fanned Hannan on a 2-2 pitch for the
second out of the inning, but Caipen
ripped a 3-2 triple to left center
to clear the bases and put YSU up
7-0. Justin Banks followed a walk to
Erich Diedrich with an RBI single to
center that made the score 8-0.
Parks led off the eighth with a triple to left center off
reliever Jed Dolske and scored one
batter later when Schultz hit a
sacrifice fly to right to make the
score 9-0.
Thomas improved to 7-5 on the year and 3-1 in Horizon League
contests. In league bouts, he has an
ERA of 2.00, has thrown three
complete games and has struck out 33
hitters in 27 innings.
Parks' triple in the eighth extended his hitting streak to
nine games.
Phillips, the squad's lone active senior, will be honored
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