Box Score Camden, N.J. -- The Youngstown
State baseball team scored four runs in the top of the ninth and
benefited from four Saint Joseph's errors in a 9-5 victory on
Saturday at Campbell's Field.
The Penguins led 5-1 through six innings, and
they answered SJU's four-run eighth with four runs in the top of
the ninth to win for the fifth time in six games.
Jonathan Crist went 3-for-3 and scored the
eventual winning run in the ninth, and Jacke Healey and Greg Dissinger had two hits apiece.
YSU starter Phil Klein had arguably his best
outing of the season, but he had to throw 115 pitches to get
through 5.2 innings. He allowed one run on four hits and two walks
while striking out 10.
The Hawks took a 1-0 lead in the third when
Shane Lynch hit an inside-the-park home run to right center. Armani Johnson and Eric Marzec collided on the play and were forced to
leave the game.
The Penguins took a 4-1 lead with four runs on
four hits and an error in the fifth, and they added another run in
the sixth to go ahead 5-1. Crist doubled in Zac McFarland to tie
the score with one out in the fifth, and a throwing error allowed
three more runs to score. Healey drove in Neil Schroth, and Anthony Porter doubled in Healey. McFarland reached on an error in the
sixth, and Dissinger singled him home.
David Valesente hit a three-run home run to
highlight the Hawks' four-run eighth as Saint Joseph's tied the
score at 5-5. In the ninth, Crist scored when Healey reached on an
error with the bases loaded, and the Penguins went on to score
three more times.
Trent Wood earned the win for YSU, allowing one
hit while retiring two batters in the eighth. Kevin McCulloh
retired the Hawks in order in the ninth.
Adam Rivera allowed four runs, one of which was
earned, on four hits in 3.1 innings of relief to suffer the loss
for Saint Joseph's.
The Penguins will wrap up their tour of
Philadelphia schools against Villanova on Sunday at 12:15 p.m.