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UWM's Walk-Off Homer in 14th Caps Sweep; YSU is Sixth Seed

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Milwaukee, Wis. -- Milwaukee senior Dan Buchholz hit a walk-off three-run home run in his final swing at Henry Aaron Field to lift the Panthers to an 8-7 victory in 14 innings in game two of Saturday's doubleheader. YSU had the tying run at the plate in the ninth in game one before falling 8-5.

With the two losses, Youngstown State finishes the regular season at 21-32 overall and 9-17 in the Horizon League. The Penguins will enter the Horizon League Tournament as the sixth seed and play on Wednesday at 3 p.m. Central.

In game two, the Penguins got a solid outing from freshman starter Kevin McCulloh. Making his first conference start, the right-hander held the Panthers to three runs on 10 hits while striking out seven batters in seven innings. He left with a 5-3 lead, but UWM rallied to tie the score on a two-out single in the ninth.

Neither team scored until two runs came in on Eric Hymel's single in the top of the 14th for YSU. In the bottom of the 14th, the No. 9 batter Jonathan Capasso reached with a leadoff single and Shaun Wegner drew a one-out walk. That set the stage for Buchholz, who hit Trent Wood's 2-2 offering over the wall in left center.

Hymel went 3-for-3, and C.J. Morris had four hits to lead Youngstown State in the nightcap.

Joe Iacobucci's RBI single brought in Jacke Healey in the first inning to give YSU a 1-0 lead, and Padraic Williams and Derek Carr had RBIs in the third. Milwaukee scored twice in the third and another run in the fourth to tie the score at 3-3.

Tom Clayton's 10th home run of the season put the Penguins ahead 5-3 in the eighth, but UWM got two-out runs in both the eighth and ninth innings to send the game to extra innings.

In game one, YSU fell behind 7-1 before making things interesting late. The Penguins scored twice in the eighth to make it 7-3, and UWM added an insurance run in the bottom half to go up 8-3.

Morris hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to make the score 8-5, and the Penguins got two more runners on before Clayton grounded out to end the game.

The Panthers score three runs, two of which were unearned, in the second inning to go ahead 3-0. Healey doubled and scored on Clayton's grounder to get YSU on the board in the sixth, but UWM tacked on four run runs in the bottom half to go ahead 7-1. YSU got two unearned runs in the eighth to climb to within 7-3, but Wegner's two-out double gave UWM a five-run margin.

The Penguins were held to five hits in the opener as UWM starter Chad Pierce allowed just one earned run in eight innings.

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Players Mentioned

Derek Carr

#25 Derek Carr

OF
6' 2"
Sophomore
Left
Tom Clayton

#22 Tom Clayton

OF
6' 3"
Senior
Left
Jacke Healey

#1 Jacke Healey

IF
6' 2"
Senior
Right
Eric Hymel

#5 Eric Hymel

OF
5' 11"
Senior
Right
Joe Iacobucci

#18 Joe Iacobucci

OF
5' 11"
Junior
Left
Kevin McCulloh

#16 Kevin McCulloh

RHP
6' 0"
Freshman
Right
C.J. Morris

#11 C.J. Morris

IF
5' 7"
Senior
Right
Trent Wood

#8 Trent Wood

RHP
6' 0"
Senior
Right

Players Mentioned

Derek Carr

#25 Derek Carr

6' 2"
Sophomore
Left
OF
Tom Clayton

#22 Tom Clayton

6' 3"
Senior
Left
OF
Jacke Healey

#1 Jacke Healey

6' 2"
Senior
Right
IF
Eric Hymel

#5 Eric Hymel

5' 11"
Senior
Right
OF
Joe Iacobucci

#18 Joe Iacobucci

5' 11"
Junior
Left
OF
Kevin McCulloh

#16 Kevin McCulloh

6' 0"
Freshman
Right
RHP
C.J. Morris

#11 C.J. Morris

5' 7"
Senior
Right
IF
Trent Wood

#8 Trent Wood

6' 0"
Senior
Right
RHP