May 2, 2008 | Box Score

Penguins Lose 8-2 to Wright State; Saturday's Action Postponed

    Niles, Ohio -- Wright State starter Alex Kaminsky threw six scoreless innings, and Youngstown State couldn't come up with clutch hits as the Raiders won 8-2 on a rainy Friday evening at Eastwood Field.
    Rain has altered the rest of the weekend's schedule. The teams will now play a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at a time yet to be determined.
    Joe Iacobucci had three hits while David Leon and Josh Page had two apiece for the Penguins, who dropped to 9-8 in Horizon League contests and three games behind the front-running Raiders.
    The Penguins had 11 hits, but only two came with runners in scoring position in 11 opportunities. They also had a runner on third with less than two outs twice and did not execute.
    Gerald Ogrinc had three hits and three RBIs to lead Wright State.
    After being retired in order in the first, the Raiders led off the second with back-to-back doubles by Justin Parker and Jeff Mercer to score the game's first run. Ross Vagedes and Ogrinc then followed with a sacrifice bunt and sacrifice fly to push the second run across.
    The Penguins had a chance to answer in the bottom half but were turned away empty. Iacobucci led off with a single, and Anthony Porter's single to right put runners at the corners with one out. Kaminsky came back to strike out C.J. Morris and induce Leon into a fly out to left.
    The Raiders added a run in the third on three straight two-out singles from Aaron Fields, Jeremy Hamilton and Parker.
    Casey McGrew leadoff double in the fifth led to a run, and Kaminsky worked around two doubles in the bottom half to keep Wright State ahead 4-0. Leon led off with a double but was thrown out going to third on a bunt. Page then doubled to put runners on second and third with one out, but Sean Lucas flied out and Page was picked off to end the inning.
    McGrew led off the seventh with a homer, and the Raiders added two unearned runs later in the inning to take a 7-0 advantage.
    The Penguins got two runs in the seventh when Diedrich's double to right scored Page and Jason Reitenbach. They had a chance to climb back into the game in the eighth off reliever Michael Meintel. After a double play nullified a leadoff walk, the Penguins loaded the bases as Morris was beaned, Leon singled and Reitenbach drew a walk. Meintel fell behind Page 0-2 before throwing three straight strikes to work out of the jam.
    The Raiders added a run in the ninth on Ogrinc's RBI single.
    Wright State had the leadoff hitter reach four times, and that runner scored on three occasions.