Box Score Niles, Ohio -- Marcus Heath tied the game with
an RBI single in the ninth inning, and Jeremy Banks hit a walk-off
RBI single in the 11th to lift the Youngstown State baseball team
to a 4-3 win over Milwaukee on Sunday at Eastwood Field.
Heath drove in all three runs for YSU in the first nine innings,
and Banks and Drew Dosch both had two-out hits in their final three
at bats. Dosch finished 5-for-6 as he, Banks and Heath combined for
10 of YSU's 12 hits in the second through fourth spots in the
line-up. Both Heath and Banks were down 0-2 in the count with two
outs in their tying and winning hits.
YSU got a solid start from Pat Shedlock, and the Penguins
bullpen did not allow a run in five innings. Ryan Krokos threw a
scoreless 11th inning to earn his first collegiate win, and Nic
Manuppelli and Kevin McCulloh were also strong in relief.
Milwaukee's bullpen, which did not allow a run in 4.2
innings in the first two games of the series, surrendered two runs
to the Penguins in four innings.
Will Fadness put Milwaukee up 1-0 in the first when he brought
in Michael Porcaro with a two-out single. Paul Hoenecke and
Jonathan Capasso then had RBI doubles in the third for Milwaukee
that gave the Panthers a 3-0 lead. After Capasso doubled with two
outs, he went to third on a passed ball with two outs. He was then
thrown out at the plate trying to score on a pitch that bounced
away from catcher Craig Goubeaux. Milwaukee only had one runner
reach third base the rest of the game.
The Penguins scored two unearned runs in the fifth to cut the
deficit to 3-2. Jack Graham drew a one-out walk and went to second
when Capasso dropped a tailing line drive in left field from Jason
Shirley. First baseman Phil Striggow then couldn't come up
with a grounder from Drew Dosch, and the Penguins had the bases
loaded with one out. Milwaukee starter Mike Schneider got Banks to
line out to third on a check swing for the second out, but Heath
hit a ground-rule double into the left-field bullpen to plate two
runs on the first pitch of his at bat.
YSU left the bases loaded in the seventh, but the Guins got some
two-out lightning from the heart of their order in the ninth.
Milwaukee closer Jordan Guth got Jack Graham to pop out on the
first pitch of his at bat and struck out Shirley on four pitches
for two quick outs. Dosch and Banks extended the game with
back-to-back singles, and Heath singled in Dosch on the eighth
pitch of his at bat to tie the score at 3-3.
Manuppelli worked around a leadoff single and a two-out error in
the 10th, and Krokos allowed a single and walk in the 11th before
escaping. Just as in the ninth, Dosch got things going in the
bottom of the 11th with a two-out single to left. He moved to
second on a key wild pitch that forced the outfield to move in for
a potential play at the plate, and Banks's winner landed just
past a diving Luke Meeter in deep right center.
Shedlock posted his third straight quality start, allowing three
runs on seven hits while striking out five in six innings.
Schneider did not allow an earned run on five hits in 6.2 innings,
and Jake Long took the loss in allowing the run in the 11th.
Youngstown State will play its only scheduled game of the year
at Cene Park on Tuesday against Notre Dame College. First pitch is
set for 3 p.m.