Gary, Ind. -- The best offensive team in Youngstown State history was held to one run, and UIC was able to score four runs on just six hits in a 4-1 win over the Penguins in an elimination game Friday at the 2010 Horizon League Baseball Championship presented by U.S. Army.

The loss ends No. 6 Youngstown State's season at 22-34 while No. 3 UIC moves on to play No. 4 Valparaiso today at 4 p.m. Eastern.

The 2010 Penguins squad set new school records for runs, home runs, hits and RBIs, but they were held scoreless for the final six innings and to one hit in the final four frames. YSU still outhit the Flames 8-6, which it also did in a loss to Wright State on Thursday evening.

Aggressive base-running aided Youngstown State in the first two games of the tournament, but it came back to bite them against the Flames. In the first five innings, Jacke Healey was thrown out trying to advance on a wild pitch, Tom Clayton was retired out after rounding second base too far, and Anthony Porter was hit by a batted ball for another out.

Youngstown State opened the scoring in the third inning with two hits and a walk. Padraic Williams walked to start the inning, and Eric Hymel sacrificed him to second. Tom Clayton reached on an infield single to put runners on the corners with two outs, and Joe Iacobucci brought in the run with a single to right. Clayton wandered too far when rounding second and was thrown out trying to return.

That was all the offense YSU was able to muster against starter Eric Wyman and two UIC relievers.

After YSU starter Blake Aquadro retired the first seven batters, the next six batters all reached base in the third as the Flames took a 2-1 lead. Andy Leonard reached on a bloop single to right, and he went to third when Ty Rubio hit a soft single through the right side on a hit-and-run play. Leonard then scored when Rubio got caught in a rundown trying to steal. Steve McGuiggan walked and scored on Jason Ganek's double, and UIC had the bases loaded with two outs when Kevin McCulloh came on to strike out Horizon League home run leader Chris Rutta.

The Penguins had three singles in the fifth but were unable to get any runs across. Porter led off with a single to left, and he went to second on Williams' sacrifice. Porter was hit trying to advance to third on Hymel's single, and Healey followed with his second single of the game to left. Wyman, though, was able to get Clayton to ground out to second to end the inning.

The Flames added two big insurance runs in the seventh, both of which were unearned, without recording a hit. Ty Rubio was hit by a pitch to start the inning, and McGuiggan reached when catcher Casey Holland threw wildly on a sacrifice bunt. Ganek followed with a sacrifice to advance the runners, and Matt Serna was intentionally walked to load the bases to allow for a double play. Phil Klein, though, forced in a run when he hit Nathan Orf with a 1-0 pitch, and Rutta brought in another run on a sacrifice fly to right.

A one-out walk and a single by Williams put the tying run at the plate in the ninth, but Hymel struck out and Healey popped out to end the game.

Wyman threw a season-long six innings before handing the ball off the bullpen with a runner on in the seventh. He improved to 2-5 with the win, and Jason Ganek came on for the final two outs in the ninth to earn his first save. Aquadro dropped to 2-6 with the loss.

Leonard went 3-for-4 for UIC, and Healey had two hits for Youngstown State.