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April 15, 2006
Six-Run Eighth Leads YSU to Split at UW-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wis. -- Youngstown State
scored six runs in the top of the
eighth inning of game two to salvage
a doubleheader split with
UW-Milwaukee on Saturday afternoon
at Henry Aaron Field.
The first eight of YSU's 11 hitters in the inning reached in
the inning as the Penguins won the
nightcap 12-10. The Panthers took
the first game of the twinbill 7-4.
In game two, the Panthers jumped on YSU starter Eric Shaffer
early with three runs on five hits
in the first inning. The teams
traded runs in the fifth as UWM
pulled ahead 4-1, but YSU plated
three runs in the sixth to tie the
score 4-4. After John Koehnlein
reached on an error to start the
inning and Erich Diedrich was hit by
a pitch, Lou Gattozzi hit a
three-run homer to left.
Brandon Caipen scored on a Brent Parks sacrifice fly to put
YSU up 5-4 in the seventh, but Mike
Goetz hit a three-run homer in the
bottom of the inning to give the
Panthers a 7-5 advantage. YSU's
six-run eighth, which was
highlighted by Caipen's three-run
double, and a run in the ninth put
the Penguins up 12-7.
The Panthers scored three runs off of reliever Ryan Sellman
in the ninth for the final tally.
Gattozzi finished with three hits, three runs scored and
three RBIs to lead YSU while Parks
had two hits and two RBIs. Goetz
went 4-for-6 with four RBIs and
three runs scored for the Panthers.
Sellman improved to 3-0 for the Penguins, allowing five runs
on three hits in three innings. Rob
Brockel was charged with the loss
for UWM, allowing all six runs in
the eighth.
YSU led only once in game one despite outhitting the Panthers
14-12. Josh Page hit a leadoff
single and scored on a Diedrich
double in the first, but the
Panthers scored three runs in the
bottom of the first on two sacrifice
flies and a Zak Rivera homer.
The Panthers blew the game open with three runs in the eighth
to go up 7-2 on a three-run homer
from Brockel. Koehnlein and Diedrich
had run-scoring hits for YSU in the
ninth.
Lucas Engle was tagged with the loss for YSU, allowing all
seven runs in 7 2/3 innings. Aaron
Sorenson allowed two runs on nine
hits in seven innings to earn the
win for UW-Milwaukee.
The teams will play the series finale Sunday at 1 p.m.
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