Box Score Towson, Md. -- Towson
rallied in the final two innings for the second straight game and
defeated the Youngstown State baseball team 7-5 in the series
finale Sunday at Schuerholz Park.
The Penguins jumped out to a 5-1 lead
through four innings, but they were held scoreless on four hits by
three Towson relievers. YSU outhit the Tigers 12-10 but stranded at
least one runner in every inning but the third and ninth and 10
overall.
Three of Towson's hits were homers, two
of which came in a three-run eighth. The Tigers also scored three
of their runs on sacrifice flies.
John Koehnlein, David Leon, Jacke Healey
and Casey Holland had two hits apiece for YSU, which lost all three
games at Towson by a total of four runs and fell to 2-6. Holland
hit his first career homer, and Leon and Healey both doubled.
Penguins starter Matt Tucker allowed two
runs on five hits in six innings and left with a 5-2 lead. The
Tigers scored five runs off the YSU bullpen.
The Penguins scored two runs in the first
on back-to-back RBI singles by Anthony Porter and C.J. Morris to go
up 2-0.
After Towson got on the board on a walk,
a single and a sacrifice fly in the third, YSU countered with three
runs in the fourth. Jeremy Banks hit a one-out double and scored on
Holland's homer to right. Eric Hymel followed with a double and
scored two batters later on Leon's two-bagger.
Towson got a leadoff homer in the fifth
and two runs on sacrifice flies in the seventh to claw its way
back. A solo homer off the top of the fence tied the score in the
eighth, and a two-out, two run homer down the right field line by
Kevin Collins was the game-winner.
The Penguins will continue their spring
break trip at 3 p.m. Monday against Longwood.