March 16, 2007

Morehead State Outslugs YSU 13-9; Game Two Postponed Until Saturday

    Morehead, Ky. -- Youngstown State allowed six unearned runs and came up short with a late rally in a 13-9 loss to Morehead State on Friday afternoon at Allen Field.
    Morehead State scored five runs in the first inning and plated four in the seventh after YSU worked its way to within one. Game two of the scheduled doubleheader was postponed until Saturday.
    John Koehnlein had three hits and scored three times while Sean Lucas had three hits and three RBIs for the Penguins.
    Trent Hanna hit a leadoff home run and Ryan Kinder hit a three-run homer as the Eagles scored four runs before recording an out in the first. Chris McCaslin followed with a single and came around to score on a double play that put MSU up 5-0.
    Lucas hit a two-run double in the third and Anthony Munoz doubled in Eric Marzec an inning later to get the Penguins within two, but the Eagles scored three unearned runs in the bottom of the fourth to go up 8-3.
    Another unearned run in the fifth put the Eagles ahead 9-3 before the Penguins scored five in the sixth to get within one. YSU loaded the bases on Ryan Dunlap's leadoff single and back-to-back walks, and John Koehnlein followed with a two-run single. Sean Lucas and Erich Diedrich then hit back-to-back RBI singles, but Tyler Lee induced a double play with runners on the corners to end the inning and keep the lead.
    The Eagles then erupted for four runs on six hits and an error in the seventh to to up 13-8, and Koehnlein's run on a wild pitch in the eighth was as close as YSU would get.
    Chuck Schiffhauer allowed five earned and three unearned runs in 3 1/3 innings in a losing effort for YSU. Lee allowed six runs in five innings of relief for Morehead State to pick up the win.
    Kinder finished 2-for-4 with four RBIs while Drew Lee scored four times for the Eagles.
    YSU had a season-best 12 hits in the game, and its nine runs were also a season high.