The Youngstown State baseball team has reached 30 wins for just the second time in program history after a 3-2 victory over Milwaukee in the series opener on Friday at Eastwood Field.

Youngstown State won its fifth straight game to improve to 30-21 overall, 22-15 in Horizon League play and 17-3 at Eastwood Field. Milwaukee falls 19-29 overall and 16-21 in league action. The Penguins have reached the 30-win plateau for the first time since going 37-17 in 1995. YSU has also won 17 home games for the second time in program history and for the first time since 1977.

The Penguins scored single runs in the first and fourth innings to take a 2-0 lead before Milwaukee scored once in the fifth to pull within a run. YSU got the run back in the home half of the fifth to take a 3-1 advantage before Milwaukee scored once in the ninth to produce the final margin.

YSU starter Collin Floyd allowed one run on five hits and had seven strikeouts over five innings to earn his ninth victory of the season. With nine wins on the season, Floyd has tied the single-season school record that was set by Joe Herubin in 1989. With his second strikeout of the game in the top of the second inning, Floyd became just the third player in school history to record 100 strikeouts in a season. He is the first Penguin since Phil Klein in 2011 to reach 100 strikeouts in a campaign.

After allowing a leadoff single in the first inning, the senior left-hander retired the next six batters he faced as he retired the side in order in the second. The Akron, Ohio, native recorded a strikeout in each of the five innings he was on the mound, and he had multiple punch outs in two different frames.

Colin Clark allowed one run on three hits and struck out a pair over four innings of relief to earn his first save of the season. The senior southpaw retired the first eight batters he faced as he retired the side in order in the sixth and seventh innings.

Jeff Wehler went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and was a home run shy of the cycle while Blaze Glenn went 2-for-3 with a run scored.

The Penguins jumped out to an early lead with one run on one hit in the bottom of the first inning. Wehler hit a leadoff double, advanced to third on fly out by Phillip Glasser and scored on a balk.

YSU pushed its lead to 2-0 with one run on three hits and an error in the home half of the fourth inning. Glenn hit a leadoff single, advanced to second on a walk by Turner Grau and scored on an error following an infield single by Padraig O'Shaughnessy.

Milwaukee cut YSU's lead in half in the top of the fifth when Jack Cavanaugh led off the inning with a solo home run to left field.

The Penguins increased their advantage to 3-1 in the bottom of the fifth when Wehler hit a leadoff triple and scored on a sacrifice fly from Glasser.

The Panthers scored the final run of the game in the top of the ninth when Jack Kraus led off the inning with a solo home run to center field.

Milwaukee starter Riley Frey took the loss after allowing three runs on seven hits and striking out four batters over eight innings.

Six different Panthers recorded a hit in the contest as Milwaukee outhit YSU 8-7. Luke Seidel and Cavanaugh each had two hits to pace the Panthers offensively.

The Penguins and Panthers will continue their four-game Horizon League series on Saturday with a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. Live audio will be available at YSNLive.com.