Penguins Tie Score, Fall in Ninth in Finale at Cincinnati

Sunday, March 7

1 pm

Youngstown State University

2-4

Cincinnati

5-4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Youngstown State	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	6	9	1
Cincinnati	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	9	1

Penguins Tie Score, Fall in Ninth in Finale at Cincinnati

3/7/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

Cincinnati, Ohio -- Beach Brooks hit a game-winning, walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning as Cincinnati spoiled a rally effort by the Youngstown State baseball team with a 7-6 win in the rubber game of a three-game series on Sunday.

Brooks' pinch-hit sacrifice fly came after YSU junior Joe Iacobucci hit a solo home run with two outs in the top of the ninth to tie the score at 6-6. It was the Penguins' second one-run loss in the ninth inning in eight days.

Anthony Porter and Iacobucci both went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs for YSU. Mikel Huston was 4-for-4, and Kevin Johnson drove in two runs for the Bearcats. YSU stranded 10 runners, and Cincinnati left 11 men on base.

Porter's two RBIs came in the third inning when he hit a two-out single with the bases loaded that scored Derek Carr and Greg Dissinger. Cincinnati answered right back in the bottom half with five runs on four hits to take a 5-2 lead off starter Phil Klein, who had an error in the inning that led to two unearned runs.

The Penguins cut the margin to one with two runs in the sixth as Dissinger drove in a run and Carr walked with the bases loaded. Iacobucci tied the game at 5-5 in the seventh with a single to right that scored Eric Marzec, but the Penguins had runners at second and third with one after a double steal and couldn't go ahead.

Huston hit an RBI double to left in the eighth to put Cincinnati ahead 6-5, and reliever Anthony Munoz came on to keep the lead from growing by striking out the only two batters he faced with runners at the corners.

After Iacobucci's solo blast in the top of the ninth, Jimmy Jacquot hit a one-out triple off the wall in center to set up Brooks' sacrifice fly.

Klein allowed three earned runs on six hits and three walks in five innings of work for YSU in a no-decision. Munoz was charged with the loss, allowing a run on one hit to offset his two strikeouts. Andrew Burkett got the win for Cincinnati despite allowing the tying run in the ninth.

YSU will begin a two-game series at Lipscomb on Tuesday at 5 p.m.