Niles, Ohio -- Casey Holland hit a walk-off, two-run double as the Youngstown State baseball team overcame a 6-2 deficit to win 8-7 and split a doubleheader with Milwaukee on Saturday at Eastwood Field.
     It was the second walk-off hit in as many weeks for YSU, which lost game one 12-3. Seven of Youngstown State's 10 hits came in the final four innings.
     Holland got a bit of redemption as he was robbed of a potential game-winning double yesterday in the ninth. He finished game two 3-for-4 with four RBIs, and Derek Carr hit a big three-run double in YSU's four-run eighth.
     Milwaukee outhit YSU 15-10 in game two and 20-3 in game one but was still only able to manage a split.
     The Panthers led 5-1 through six innings and 6-2 through 7 1/2 in game two before YSU's rally.
     Pitcher Eric Marzec was beaned on a pitch up and in to lead off the bottom of the eighth, and, after Joe Iacobucci walked and Jonathan Crist was beaned, the Penguins had the bases loaded without recording a hit. Lucas Annen came in to relieve starter and Andy Hetebrueg, and Derek Carr greeted him with a three-run triple off the right field wall on an 0-2 pitch. Holland then doubled in Carr to tie the score, but Tim Hoy and Craig Meier were able to work out of the inning without allowing another run.
     Cole Kraft drew a leadoff walk in the ninth, and he scored on a wild pitch with two outs to put UWM back on top, 6-5.
     Iacobucci started the rally in the ninth with a one-out single, and pinch runner Jason Reitenbach moved into scoring position on a wild pitch. Meier struck out pinch hitter Tom Clayton for the second out, and the game was extended when second baseman Andy Gerhartz misplayed Carr's grounder. Holland then ripped a 1-0 pitch to deep right center to complete the heroics.
     "Derek started everything with that big triple, and he's coming along with some big hits," YSU head coach Rich Pasquale said. "I was proud of Jeremy Banks all day today, too. He was right on the nose and had a lot of good at bats. It was good to see Casey get a little bit of justice after yesterday."
     "The guys kept believing and kept going at it. Good things happen when you keep playing hard."
     "It was huge to get at least one this weekend because we have them for two games on Saturday. It's a five-game series, and we still have a chance to win the series if we win both of those."
     Marzec earned his first win despite allowing two runs in two innings. Meier suffered the loss, allowing both unearned runs in the ninth.
     Doug Dekoning went 4-for-4 and scored twice as every Panthers starter had at least one hit.
     Kraft led off game one with a solo home run, and Milwaukee never looked back in its 12-3 win. The Panthers scored the first five runs of the game, but YSU kept within striking distance and trailed just 6-3 through six innings.
     Milwaukee broke the game open with four runs on five hits in the seventh, and UWM added single tallies in the eighth and ninth.
     Cody Dearth suffered the loss for YSU, allowing five runs in 1.1 innings. Kyle Schmidt got his second win for UWM, allowing all three runs on three hits in 6.2 frames.
     YSU will entertain Slippery Rock in a make-up game on Monday. First pitch at Eastwood Field is set for 1 p.m.