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April 18, 2006
Boone Pitches Penguins to 5-1 Victory Over Cleveland State
Niles, Ohio -- Senior Brian Boone
allowed one run in seven innings and
Youngstown State benefited from six
Cleveland State errors en route to a
5-1 victory Tuesday afternoon at
Eastwood Field.
Boone, who also allowed one run in five innings against the
Vikings a week ago, allowed seven
hits and struck out five in his
longest outing of the year.
The Penguins improved to 15-21 overall and 7-8 in the Horizon
League with the win. The Vikings
fell to 6-23 and 5-10 after entering
the contest winning four of their
last five games.
Cleveland State's pitching tandem of Josh Hungerman and Brian
Long held the Penguins to five hits
but were victimized by four unearned
runs.
Josh Page and Brandon Caipen had two hits apiece at the top
of the order for YSU, and J.D.
Hannan added a double. Steve Chinn
had three hits and Marc Sikora had
two for the Vikings.
The Penguins took a 2-0 lead in the third on three of their
five hits in the game. Hannan hit a
leadoff double and scored two
batters later on Page's RBI single.
After Page advanced to second on a
failed pickoff, Caipen doubled to
right center for his second hit of
the game.
The Vikings scored a run off Boone in the fourth by posting
three hits of their own. Chinn hit a
one out single and scored one batter
later when Michael Babin doubled
down the right field line. Sikora
hit what appeared to be a game-tying
single two outs later in the inning,
but right fielder Brent Parks gunned
Babin at the plate to preserve the
lead.
The Vikings threatened again in the seventh as Sikora
singled, stole second and advanced
to third on a wild pitch, but Boone
struck out the next two hitters to
end the inning.
YSU then got two runs without recording a hit in the seventh
and added an insurance run in the
eighth for the final tally.
Since returning from a hand injury that he suffered at
Wofford on March 5, Boone has
allowed three runs in 12 innings of
work. He also struck out 10 hitters
in 11 innings against the Vikings.
The Penguins will return to action tomorrow with a 7 p.m.
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