March 17, 2007

Big Bats Lead Penguins to Doubleheader Sweep at Morehead State

    Morehead, Ky. -- Youngstown State scored five two-out runs in game one and erupted for seven runs in the seventh in game two in a doubleheader sweep of Morehead State on Saturday.
    The Eagles went up 2-0 in both games but led for only a half inning in each game as the Penguins won 7-3 and 13-5. Juniors Sean Lucas and Erich Diedrich had five hits apiece for YSU, which hit .374 as a team in the three-game series.
    Adam Kalafos allowed three runs, two earned, on three hits in six innings to get the win in game one while Lucas Engle allowed three runs in four innings to earn his second win of the week in game two.
    YSU got clutch hits by Brent Parks and Ryan Dunlap to score five of its seven runs with two outs in game one. After the Eagles got two runs on one hit in the first, Parks hit a three-run homer in the second to give YSU a one-run lead.
    MSU tied it with a run in the third, but YSU scored two in the third on a bases loaded walk and a sacrifice fly to go up 5-3. Dunlap hit a pinch hit two-run single in the seventh for the final tally.
    Andy Svitak came on with runners on first and second to get a strikeout and a game-ending double play for his second save.
    Donald Cheney hit a two-run homer in the first to put the Eagles up in game two before Deidrich's two-run bomb tied the game in the second.
    The Penguins got four runs on two hits in the third, but the Eagles scored one in the fourth and two in the sixth to get within one. YSU then scored seven runs on six hits and an error for the final.
    YSU will play midweek games against Bowling Green and Kent State before opening Horizon League play at Butler on Friday. The Penguins will play the Falcons Tuesday at 2 p.m. and the Golden Eagles Wednesday at 3 p.m.