Franklin, Wis. — Youngstown State's baseball team scored 16 unanswered runs and had all nine players record at least one hit in a 20-14 victory over Milwaukee on Friday afternoon at Franklin Field.

A lightning delay that lasted nearly two hours sparked the offense for the Penguins, who flipped a 10-5 deficit into a 20-10 lead after the prolonged break. YSU's biggest deficit in the game was 10-4 after four innings.

Brayden Kuriger, Caleb Hadley both had three hits, and Kyle Fossum, Tommy Rover and Garrett Cutting each homered for the Penguins, who evened the series with the Panthers. Fossum's homer was his 16th of the season, which is one shy of Youngstown State's single-season record. Hadley and Jay Wrona both scored four runs, and Hadley had four RBIs. Wrona walked five times, which set the school record for the most bases on balls in a single game.

Milwaukee's three through fifth batters in its lineup each had three hits, and the Panthers had one more hit than the Penguins but did not hit any homers while their pitchers issued 13 walks.

The Panthers scored five runs in the first inning, and they added a run in the second on a double play to go up 6-0. YSU shaved four runs off the deficit in the third when Fossum plated Wrona on a sacrifice fly, and Rover homered with Hadley and Eli Brown aboard.

Milwaukee extended its lead to 9-4 with three runs on the third, two of which came on RBI groundouts, and a sacrifice fly in the fourth gave the Panthers their 10-4 advantage.

Fossum's 16th dinger of the season came in the top of the fifth, and the lightning delay followed. YSU scored three runs in the sixth to get within 10-8, and Cutting's two-run blast in the seventh knotted the score at 10.

Kuriger delivered the go-ahead single that plated Rover, and the Penguins proceeded to score seven times in the inning. YSU added three runs in the ninth to go up 20-10, and Milwaukee scored four runs in the ninth for the final tally.

Harun Pelja was awarded the victory for the Penguins after throwing four quality innings out of the bullpen. He entered in the fifth and pitched until the ninth, and seven of his 12 outs were by strikeout.

Youngstown State will try to win the series on Saturday with the finale starting at 1 p.m. Eastern. Live audio of the game will be broadcast on YSNLive.com.