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Box Score 2 Valparaiso, Ind. -- Valparaiso got a walk-off
single in game one and scored three runs in the eighth in game two
to sweep a doubleheader from the Youngstown State baseball team on
Sunday at Emory G. Bauer Field.
In game one's 4-3 win, Kyle Gaedele's game-winning
two-run single came after YSU scored three times in the top of the
ninth to go up 3-2. YSU tied the score at 2-2 in the top of the
eighth before Valpo scored three runs in the bottom half en route
to a 5-2 victory.
The Penguins got quality starts from Phil Klein and Robert
Switka but couldn't make them stand up. Klein allowed two runs on
seven hits while fanning seven in six innings. He left down 2-0,
and Kevin McCulloh allowed two runs in the ninth after the Penguins
rallied.
Switka left with one out in the eighth and runners on first and
second in a tie game. Blake Aquadro came in and hit the first
batter he faced to load the bases, and Will Hagel broke the tie
with a sacrifice fly. Robbie Robinson followed with a two-run
double to right center to make the score 5-2. Switka was charged
with four runs, only three of which were earned, on seven hits in
7.1 innings.
YSU leadoff hitter had two hits in both contests, and his
two-run single with two outs in the ninth gave the Penguins their
3-2 lead in game one. All three of the Guins' runs scored after
there were two outs. Jeremy Banks and Neil Schroth also had two
hits in both games.
In game two, Valpo scored a run in both the second and third
innings to go up 2-0. Armani Johnson's single plated Phil Lipari in
the fifth for YSU's first run, and Schroth doubled in Dan Hurlimann
in the eighth to tie the score. Switka allowed Gaedele to reach on
a bunt single with one out in the eighth, and he walked Steven
Scoby on four pitches before handing the ball off to Aquadro. The
Penguins went in order in the ninth.
The Penguins will play at Pittsburgh on Tuesday at 3 p.m.