Niles, Ohio -- Valparaiso got strong pitching all day to cool off the Youngstown State baseball team's hot offense and sweep a doubleheader from the Penguins on Saturday afternoon at Eastwood Field.

The Penguins will try to salvage a game in the three-game series on Sunday at 11 a.m., which is an hour earlier than the game was previously scheduled.

Valpo's Jon Gulbransen and YSU starter Aaron Swenson battled to a draw through nine innings in game one before the Crusaders scored twice off of the Penguins' bullpen in the 10th inning to win 6-4. In game two, Valpo starter Bryce Shafer allowed two hits and struck out 13 hitters in eight innings.

The Penguins entered the day having posted at least 20 hits in three of the last four contests, but Valpo's pitchers held them to 10 hits in 18 innings.

Derek Carr went 3-for-4 in the opener, and Joe Iacobucci had a hit in each contest.

In the second contest, Shafer had at least one strikeout in every inning, and he had 10 strikeouts by the fifth inning. He worked around five walks, and YSU did not get a runner past second base.

The Penguins had two runners on in both the first and fourth innings, but Shafer fanned the final two hitters in the first and got an inning-ending double play in the fourth.

YSU starter Phil Klein allowed three earned runs on six hits while striking out five in seven innings. He allowed an unearned run in the second, a run on a sacrifice fly in the fourth and the final two runs in the seventh.

Valpo's Paul Heinkel drove in two of those runs without recording a hit. He drove in Kyle Gaedele on a groundout in the second and a sacrifice fly in the fourth. The Crusaders' two runs in the eighth came on a throwing error to third on a stolen base attempt and an RBI double from David Klein.

Valpo sent seven men to the plate against Swenson in the first inning of the opener and had an opportunity to take a sizeable advantage by loading the bases with one out. Swenson, though, forced Heinkel into an infield popout and struck out Billy Cribbs to keep the deficit to 1-0.

The Penguins scored twice in the third to take their lone lead of the day. Carr led off with a single, and C.J. Morris followed with a double to left. Jacke Healey brought in Carr with a sacrifice fly, and Morris scored on Jeremy Banks' groundout.

Swenson retired the first two batters in the fifth, but the next five batters reached as Valpo took a 3-2 lead. David Klein walked to start the inning, and Gaedele followed with a single. Swenson beaned Robbie Robinson to load the bases, and Heinkel followed with a two-run single up the middle.

The Penguins tied the contest in the sixth when Tom Clayton drove in Iacobucci with a fielder's choice.

Swenson retired the first two batters again in the eighth before Valpo mounted another attack. Damon McCormick was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on Kyle Muhlsteff's single. YSU tied the contest in the bottom half on reliever Jarad Miller's wild pitch with runners on second and third.

McCormick brought in the eventual winning run with a squeeze bunt in the 10th, and Justin Frane gave Valpo an insurance run with an RBI single.