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Big Innings Key Cleveland State's Doubleheader Sweep Over YSU

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Avon, Ohio -- Cleveland State used three big innings - one in game one and two in game two - to sweep a doubleheader from Youngstown State, 16-11 and 12-6, on Saturday at All Pro Freight Stadium.

Those three big innings accounted for 21 of Cleveland State's 28 runs over the two games.

In game one, the Vikings scored 11 runs in the third inning and withstood a rally by YSU to hold on for its 16-11 win. After YSU scored three runs in the top of the first inning in game two, Cleveland State scored the next 11 runs to go up 11-3 after five innings.

In game one, the Vikings' 11 run inning put them ahead 12-4, but YSU was able to cut the deficit to just one in the next two innings. Cleveland State, though, held the Guins scoreless over the final four innings and scored the game's final four runs to win 16-11.

Joe Iacobucci doubled twice and drove in four runs for Youngstown State. Kyle Shaffer and Bob Suitca both drove in four runs for Cleveland State, which outhit YSU just 17-16.

The Penguins took a 3-0 lead in the top off the second with four hits off CSU starter Kris Hall. Padraic Williams singled in Jonathan Crist, who doubled, for the first run of the contest. Three batters later, Healey hit a two-run double to right that plated Derek Carr and Williams.

The Vikings got a run across in the bottom of the second when Jason Haditsch brought in Ryan Franks on a groundout. YSU took a 4-1 lead in the top of the third when Jeremy Banks scored on Williams' ground out.

Cleveland State scored 11 runs on nine hits and sent 15 men to the plate in the third inning as took a 12-4 lead. Kyle Shaffer hit a two-run homer to account for Cleveland State's first runs of the inning, and Bob Suitca hit a three-run blast to conclude the Vikings' scoring.

Iacobucci's three-run double helped YSU start to chip away at the lead in the fourth, and he scored on Eric Marzec's ground out to cut the margin to 12-8. YSU put up three more runs in the fifth, the final two of which came on back-to-back RBI doubles from Iacobucci and Tom Clayton.

That was all the Penguins could muster off Jimmy Cowhy, though. They stranded two runners in the seventh but didn't have a runner in scoring position in any other inning.

Cleveland State added to its lead with two runs apiece in the sixth and eighth innings.

Jacke Healey broke the school record for runs in a season when he scored in the fourth. That was his 55th run of the season, which broke Mark Thomas' record of 54 set in 1999.

In game two, the Penguins scored three times despite recording just one hit in the first inning. Healey drew a one-out walk, and Tom Clayton reached on a fielder's choice. Both runners advanced on a passed ball, and Iacobucci drove in the pair with a single up the middle. Iacobucci stole second, advanced on an error and scored on Marzec's sacrifice fly.

Cleveland State, though, struck for six runs on six hits and two walks in the bottom of the first to go up 6-3. Three of those runs scored after there were already two outs. Once Haditsch's RBI single completed the first trip through the order, Bill Turosky came in to relieve Blake Aquadro. Turosky allowed an RBI single to the first batter he faced, but he got out of the inning with a strikeout.

Turosky held the Vikings scoreless until the fourth, but they scored four times in the fifth to blow the game open with their 11-3 advantage.

Both teams scored a run in the sixth, and YSU's final two runs came in the top of the ninth.

Youngstown State will play at Toledo on Tuesday at 2 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Blake Aquadro

#28 Blake Aquadro

LHP
6' 1"
Freshman
Left
Jeremy Banks

#3 Jeremy Banks

1B
6' 1"
Sophomore
Left
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
Joe Iacobucci

#18 Joe Iacobucci

OF
5' 11"
Junior
Left
Eric Marzec

#6 Eric Marzec

OF/P
5' 11"
Senior
Right

Players Mentioned

Blake Aquadro

#28 Blake Aquadro

6' 1"
Freshman
Left
LHP
Jeremy Banks

#3 Jeremy Banks

6' 1"
Sophomore
Left
1B
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
Joe Iacobucci

#18 Joe Iacobucci

5' 11"
Junior
Left
OF
Eric Marzec

#6 Eric Marzec

5' 11"
Senior
Right
OF/P