Cincinnati -- Xavier sophomore starter Danny Rosenbaum allowed only four base runners  and struck out 11 batters to defeat Youngstown State 7-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Marge Schott Stadium.

Penguins starter Corey Vukovic held Xavier to two runs on five hits and struck out a career-high seven batters but fell victim to a lack of run support.

Sophomore catcher Anthony Porter reached base all four times he came to the plate with a double, single, walk and hit by pitch. Anthony Munoz had YSU's other hit, a leadoff single in the third inning.

Vukovic and Rosenbaum battled through five innings before Xavier erupted for four runs in the sixth and one in the seventh off of the YSU bullpen.

"Vukovic pitched very well and had his spots down, especially for his first start," head coach Rich Pasquale said. "You have to tip your hat to their starter. He just did a very good job of settling down after we hit two balls to the fence in the first inning. He made adjustments and just had us off balance."

Xavier got on the board in the third when Drew Schmidt drew the lone walk against Vukovic, advanced on a sacrifice and scored on Steve Brown's two-out single. Brown singled home Schmidt again in the fifth on one of three hits in the inning as Xavier went up 2-0.

All four of Xavier's runs in the sixth came with two outs as John McCambridge had a two-run single and Brown hit a two-run double.

Bobby Freking homered off Craig Gillet in the seventh for the final score of the contest.

David Hartman threw two scoreless innings to close out the win for Xavier.

The Penguins and Musketeers will play three more times over the next three days, including a 5 p.m. affair tomorrow at  Athletes in Action Stadium in Xenia, Ohio. YSU will also take on Dayton tomorrow in Xenia at 2 p.m.