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March 27, 2007

Wachter, Diedrich Tee Off as Penguins Power Past Bobcats, 14-7

    Athens, Ohio -- Dustin Wachter homered twice and Erich Diedrich hit his third home run in the last three games as Youngstown State topped Ohio 14-7 on Tuesday at Bob Wren Stadium.
    The win was YSU's fourth straight and ends a 19-game road streak to start the season. The Penguins will look to win their eighth game in the last nine tomorrow in their home opener against Malone at 3 p.m. at Cene Park.
    Diedrich, who was recently recognized as the Horizon League Player of the Week and a selection to the College Baseball Foundation's National Honor Roll for his offensive prowess last week, wasted little time in continuing his hot streak. The junior designated hitter took the second pitch he saw over the wall in right center for a three-run home run that gave YSU a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Wachter put the Penguins (8-11) up 5-0 three batters later with a two-run bomb to left center for his first career home run.
    Lout Gattozzi brought in Anthony Munoz in the second on a sacrifice fly to make the score 6-0 before Marc Krauss hit his first of three home runs in the bottom of the inning to give Ohio its first run.
    Wachter homered down the left field line to lead off the third, but Krauss answered with a three-run round tripper in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to three.
    The Penguins then blew the game open with a four-run fourth and three more runs in the fifth that made the score 14-4.
    Krauss hit his third home run to lead off the fifth, and the Bobcats scored twice in the seventh for the final tally.
    YSU finished with 15 hits to reach the double digits mark for the fifth straight game and for the eighth time in the last nine games.
    John Koehnlein went 3-for-5 with three runs scored while Diedrich finished 2-for-5 with three RBIs. Parks added three RBIs, and Munoz had two hits and two RBIs.
    YSU starter Eric Marzec earned his first collegiate win, allowing five runs over five innings. Freshman Corey Vukovic also had his best collegiate outing, holding the Bobcats scoreless in 2.2 innings of relief.
    Matt Schlarb lasted only 1.2 innings and allowed six runs in a losing effort for the Bobcats, who fell to 9-11 on the season.