Penguins to Face Golden Grizzlies Wednesday in 2024 Horizon League Baseball Championship
5/18/2024 5:53:00 PM | Baseball
The sixth-seeded Youngstown State baseball team will play the third-seeded Oakland Golden Grizzlies in the opening round of the 2024 Horizon League Baseball Championship on Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Nischwitz Stadium in Dayton, Ohio.
The Penguins finished the 2024 regular season with an 12-42 overall record and an 9-21 mark in Horizon League play. The Golden Grizzlies finished the regular season with a 31-25 overall record and an 18-12 mark in league action.
Wright State won the 2024 Horizon League regular season title with a league record of 20-10 to claim the No. 1 seed and serve as the host for the league tournament for the fifth straight season. Northern Kentucky finished 19-11 in league play to claim the No. 2 seed while Milwaukee went 13-17 to serve as the No. 4 seed. Purdue Fort Wayne posted a league record of 11-19 to slot in as the No. 5 seed.
Wright State and Northern Kentucky each earned a bye to the winner's bracket on Thursday as the tournament's top two seeds. Milwaukee and Purdue Fort Wayne will play in the opening game on Wednesday at 11 a.m. before YSU and Oakland face off at 3 p.m. The losers of games one and two will play in an elimination game Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
Wright State will play the lowest seed of the first-day winners on Thursday at 11 a.m. while Northern Kentucky will face the highest winning seed at 3 p.m.
Each of YSU's games in the 2024 Horizon League Baseball Championship will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and YSNLive.com. Live stats will be available through links on YSUsports.com, and fans can also follow @YSUBaseball on X for live updates.
