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Wright State Sweeps Doubleheader With Two One-Run Wins

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Dayton, Ohio -- Wright State scored a run in the bottom of the ninth to win game one and held off a ninth-inning rally in game two to pick up a pair of one-run victories over the Youngstown State baseball team on Sunday at Nischwitz Stadium.

In game one, the Raiders scored the final four runs in the last two innings to win 4-3 after YSU starter Eric Marzec held them scoreless for six innings. WSU won game two 9-8 after heading into the ninth leading 9-5.

Tom Clayton homered in each game, and Joe Iacobucci had four of YSU's 16 hits in the nightcap. Wright State captured the Horizon League regular-season title with the two victories.

Marzec, making his first start since March 11, 2009, was masterful. Serving as the team's closer for the first three months of the year, Marzec did not allow a hit until there were two outs in the sixth and surrendered just two walks. He made 90 pitches and left with a 3-0 lead.

Clayton broke a scoreless tie with a leadoff homer in the fourth off WSU starter Jon Durket. An RBI single by C.J. Morris in the seventh put YSU ahead 2-0, and Anthony Porter brought in Jeremy Banks with a sacrifice fly to make the score 3-0.

Blake Aquadro relieved Marzec in the seventh and retired the side in order, but he allowed a double to Casey McGrew and an RBI single to R.J. Gundolff to start the eighth. Garrett Gray tied the score later in the inning with a two-run double off Phil Klein.

Klein allowed an infield single to Aaron Fields to leadoff the ninth, and Fields ended up scoring the winning run on Jake Hibberd's two-out single off Alex Frey.

Wright State scored the first seven runs in game two, but Youngstown State did not wither. The Penguins scored five straight runs to make the score 7-5, and they scored three times in the ninth before ultimatley falling 9-8.

The Raiders got single tallies in the second and third innings, and they blew the game open with a five-run fourth. Three of those runs came on a Dan Marsh homer.

Clayton singled in a run in the fifth innings, and Derek Carr's two-run double highlighted a three-run sixth. Clayton scored on Neil Schroth's RBI groundout in the seventh to make the score 7-5.

Sam Mote hit a two-out, two-run double in the seventh to give Wright State two big insurance runs, and the Penguins came up one run short in the ninth. Clayton hit a solo homer with one out, and Casey Holland and Jeremy Banks hit back-to-back RBI singles with two outs. Armani Johnson pinch ran for Banks and went to second on a wild pitch, but he was stranded there as Marzec flew out to the wall in center for the game's final out.

The Penguins will play Bowling Green on Tuesday before wrapping up their regular season schedule on Thursday and Friday at Milwaukee.

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Players Mentioned

Jeremy Banks

#3 Jeremy Banks

1B
6' 1"
Sophomore
Left
Derek Carr

#25 Derek Carr

OF
6' 2"
Sophomore
Left
Alex Frey

#14 Alex Frey

LHP
5' 9"
Freshman
Left
Joe Iacobucci

#18 Joe Iacobucci

OF
5' 11"
Junior
Left
Phil Klein

#31 Phil Klein

RHP
6' 7"
Junior
Right
Eric Marzec

#6 Eric Marzec

OF/P
5' 11"
Senior
Right
C.J. Morris

#11 C.J. Morris

IF
5' 7"
Senior
Right

Players Mentioned

Jeremy Banks

#3 Jeremy Banks

6' 1"
Sophomore
Left
1B
Derek Carr

#25 Derek Carr

6' 2"
Sophomore
Left
OF
Alex Frey

#14 Alex Frey

5' 9"
Freshman
Left
LHP
Joe Iacobucci

#18 Joe Iacobucci

5' 11"
Junior
Left
OF
Phil Klein

#31 Phil Klein

6' 7"
Junior
Right
RHP
Eric Marzec

#6 Eric Marzec

5' 11"
Senior
Right
OF/P
C.J. Morris

#11 C.J. Morris

5' 7"
Senior
Right
IF