March 11, 2008 | Box Score

Schiffhauer Highlights Outstanding Pitching Effort in 2-1 Victory Over Cincinnati

    Cincinnati -- Senior Chuck Schiffhauer allowed one run in six innings and reliever Joe Antinone retired the final seven batters in order to pace Youngstown State to a 2-1 victory over Cincinnati on Tuesday afternoon at Marge Schott Stadium.
    The win was YSU's first of the season and the first under head coach Rich Pasquale. The Penguins also defeated Cincinnati for the first time since May 8, 1991.
    Schiffhauer allowed only two hits and matched his career high in strike outs with seven to earn the victory. He walked five but never more than one in an inning, and he kept the leadoff hitter off the base paths in his final five innings.
    "I can't say enough about how Schiff pitched today," Pasquale said. "Joe did a great job of keeping their guys off balance. We also played great defense behind those guys. It was just an all-around good game, and it's something that we can definitely build on."
    Tom Clayton homered and Cory Hornyak had an RBI double in the second inning for the Penguins, who outhit the Bearcats 10-3.
    Cincinnati, which entered the game with 23 stolen bases in eight games, used its speed to get on the board in the first. Tony Campana drew a leadoff walk and stole second and third to set up Josh Harrison's RBI single to right.
    The Bearcats lead was short-lived as Clayton took the first pitch of the second inning off of UC starter Tyler Smith over the right field fence for his first home run of the year. Eric Marzec then scored on Hornyak's two-out double to right center, which was YSU's fourth hit of the inning.
    Schiffhauer was able to hold the lead and did not allow another hit until the sixth.
    Cincinnati had chances to tie it in the third and seventh innings, but those opportunities came with two outs. In the seventh the Bearcats got a leadoff double from Cameron Satterwhite, but reliever Ryan Wackerman got Michael Obyc to foul out and Campana to ground out. Wackerman handed the ball off to Antinone after a walk, and the senior righty retired all seven batters he faced to earn his first career save.
    Smith was charged with both runs, allowed eight hits and struck out eight in six innings.
    The Penguins will continue their six-game week tomorrow against Xavier at noon.