The Youngstown State baseball team (14-36, 11-16 Horizon League) will face Akron (16-34, 9-21 MAC) on Tuesday in its final non-conference contest of the 2025 regular season. First pitch at Canal Park in downtown Akron is scheduled for 10:30 a.m.

The game will be streamed live on the Zips Digital Network while live audio will be available at YSNLive.com. Live stats will be available through links posted on YSUsports.com, and fans can also follow @YSUBaseball on X for live updates.

Youngstown State at Akron

Opponent	Date	Location	Video	Audio	Live Stats
	Tuesday May 13 | 10:30 AM	Canal Park Akron, Ohio	Zips Digital Network	YSNLive.com	Live Stats

A Glimpse at the Guins

• Senior right-hander Nolan Kubilus is scheduled to make his ninth overall appearance and first start of the season for the Penguins on Tuesday. The Wadsworth, Ohio, native has recorded a 4.26 ERA, eight strikeouts and a .182 opponent batting average in 6.1 innings pitched over eight appearances out of the bullpen in 2025.
• The Penguins have won two straight decisions after taking the final two games of a three-game Horizon League series with Oakland this past weekend at Eastwood Field. Brady Shannon's walk-off, two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted YSU to a 13-12 victory on Saturday before the Guins earned the series win with a 4-1 triumph in the finale on Sunday. Youngstown State has now won three of its last four Horizon League series heading into the final week of the regular season.
• Tuesday will mark the 155th all-time meeting between YSU and Akron on the diamond in a series that dates back to 1950. The Penguins earned wins of 4-3 and 10-9 over the Zips during the 2024 season before suffering an 11-2 setback in Skeeles Field in Akron earlier this season on Feb. 26.
• YSU has set a new team single-season school record with 276 walks through the first 50 games of the 2025 season, surpassing the previous mark of 272 that was set in 2018. The Penguins rank second in the Horizon League and 33rd nationally in base on balls heading into the week. YSU has hit 59 home runs as a team in 2025, which currently ranks third in the Horizon League and as the second most in a season in program history. The Penguins hit a school-record 60 home runs in 2010.
• Through games played on May 11, senior outfielder and Washington transfer Kyle Fossum leads the Horizon League in hits (75), home runs (20) and total bases (152) while ranking second in batting average (.393), slugging percentage (.796), on-base percentage (.506), OPS (1.302), runs scored (57) and RBIs (54). The Seattle, Wash., native also ranks fourth in the league with 17 doubles and fifth with 41 walks. Fossum holds national rankings of fourth in home runs, sixth in total bases, eighth in slugging percentage, 33rd in hits and 34th in batting average.
• Fossum is batting .432 and slugging .901 with 48 hits, 13 doubles, 13 home runs and 32 RBIs over 27 games in Horizon League play. In Horizon League games only, he leads all players in batting average, hits, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, OPS, runs scored, doubles, home runs and RBIs. Fossum has twice been named the Horizon League Batter of the Week during the 2025 season. He leads the Penguins with 25 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI performances.
• Fossum became YSU's single-season home run king with his 18th home run of the 2025 season on the first pitch of the series opener at Purdue Fort Wayne on April 25. Fossum surpassed the previous single-season school record of 17 home runs, which was set by Andrew Kendrick in 2017. Fossum hit his league-leading 20th home run of the season in YSU's 4-1 win over Oakland on Sunday. Fossum surpassed another school record against Wright State on May 2 when he recorded his 138th total base of the season. He broke the previous mark of 137 total bases, which was set by Mark Thomas back in 1999. Fossum is currently third on YSU's single-season list with 54 RBIs, needing six more to break Jacke Healey's mark of 59 in 2010.
• Redshirt junior right-hander Brandon Mikos did not allow an earned run while matching career highs with seven strikeouts and seven innings pitched to help lead YSU to a 4-1 victory over Oakland in the series finale on Sunday. The Canfield, Ohio, native has now won four of his last five decisions with wins over NKU, Milwaukee, Purdue Fort Wayne and Oakland. Mikos was named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week on March 12. He pitched a career-high seven innings and struck out five batters in YSU's 7-5 victory at Milwaukee on April 19. Mikos owns a 5-2 record and a 6.96 ERA with career highs of 41 strikeouts and 53 innings pitched over 13 appearances and 10 starts. He ranks third in the Horizon League in wins while ranking eighth in innings pitched and ERA.
• Senior right-hander Jacob Gehring ranks fifth in the Horizon League in innings pitched (61.1), sixth in strikeouts (56) and seventh in ERA (6.60). The Canfield, Ohio, native struck out a career-high nine batters over six innings against Purdue Fort Wayne on March 21. He registered seven strikeouts while matching his season high with seven innings pitched to earn his first win of the season in YSU's 4-3 victory at Oakland on April 4.
• Redshirt senior right-hander and Kansas transfer JJ Tylicki ranks fourth in the Horizon League with a team-high 59 strikeouts. The Shawnee, Kan., native matched his season and career high with nine strikeouts while allowing just one hit over 5.1 strong innings of relief in the second game of a doubleheader against Wright State on May 2.
• Redshirt senior infielder Tommy Rover is batting .329 and slugging .562 with nine home runs and 32 RBIs over 40 games played. The Brentwood, Calif., native ranks  fourth in the Horizon League in on-base percentage (.481), fifth in OPS (1.043), eighth in slugging percentage and 10th in home runs and runs scored (40). Rover is slashing .359/.518/.689 with nine home runs and 29 RBIs over 27 games played in Horizon League action. He ranks second in the Horizon League and has set a new single-season school record having been hit by a pitch 18 times in 2025. He surpassed the previous mark of 15, which was set by Dustin Thomas in 2006.
• Senior infielder Cole Smith is batting .301 and slugging .497 with five home runs and 35 RBIs over 49 games played. The Dothan, Ala., native and UT Martin transfer is tied for the Horizon League lead with 19 doubles while ranking fifth with 41 walks, ninth with a .441 on-base percentage and 10th with 52 hits. Smith is batting .357 and slugging .582 with 10 doubles, four home runs and 25 RBIs over 27 games played in Horizon League action. He has reached base safely in 17 consecutive contests heading into the week.
• Junior outfielder and Nicholls transfer Brayden Kuriger is batting .283 and slugging .478 with seven doubles, three triples, six home runs, 38 RBIs and a team-high 11 stolen bases through 44 games played and 42 starts. The Gonzales, La., native ranks tied for second in the Horizon League with a team-high three triples. He is slashing .333/.416/.500 with four doubles, two triples, two home runs and 25 RBIs over 23 games played in Horizon League action.
• Freshman infielder Jay Wrona is batting .308 with seven doubles, one triple, 13 RBIs, 24 walks and 23 runs scored over 36 games played and 31 starts. The New Castle, Pa., native set the single-game school record with five walks in YSU's 20-14 win at Milwaukee on April 18. Wrona had reached base safely in 30 straight games before the impressive streak came to end on May 4. He ranks 10th in the Horizon League with a .435 on-base percentage.
• YSU is under the direction of first-year head coach Trevor Charpie. The Anaheim Hills, Calif., native was named the 10th head coach in program history in June after serving as an assistant for the Penguins in 2024. At 31 years old, Charpie is the third-youngest Division I head baseball coach in the country in 2025.

Previewing Akron

A Win on Tuesday Would…

• Improve YSU's overall record to 15-36.
• Give the Penguins their third straight victory.
• Allow YSU to split the season series with Akron.
• Give the Guins three wins over the Zips in the last four meetings.

Scouting The Zips

• Akron enters the week at 16-34 overall and 9-21 in Mid-American Conference play after being swept in a three-game MAC series at Miami Ohio this past weekend. The Zips have lost four straight games and six of their last eight decisions heading into Tuesday's matchup with the Penguins.
• Senior catcher Andrew Horvath is batting .335 and slugging .454 with 62 hits, 14 doubles and 23 RBIs. Graduate utility player Max Bowman is batting .314 and slugging .492 while leading Akron with six home runs, 33 RBIs and 38 walks. Sophomore outfielder Evan Bottone is batting .320 and slugging .415 while leading the Zips with 64 hits.
• Junior left-hander Dawson Tourney is scheduled to start on the mound for Akron on Tuesday. He owns a 2-5 record and a 9.00 ERA with 36 strikeouts in 33 innings pitched over 13 appearances and six starts. The Zips have a team ERA of 7.05 heading into the week of action.

Series History

• Overall: Akron leads 93-61
• Charpie: 0-1 // H: 40-30 // A: 21-60 // N: 0-3
• Current Win Streak: 1 by Akron
• Last Meeting: Feb. 26, 2025 (L, 2-11)
• First Meeting: May 6, 1950 (L, 5-6)
• Akron picked up an 11-2 win over YSU in the most recent meeting earlier this season at Skeels Field in Akron on Feb. 26. Youngstown State swept a pair of meetings during the 2024 season, earning a 4-3 victory in Akron before winning another one-run decision with a 10-9 walk-off victory at Eastwood Field.
• YSU and Akron split a pair of matchups during the 2023 season in the first meetings between the two programs since 2015. The Penguins earned an 8-5 win at Eastwood Field before Akron collected a 13-4 victory at Canal Park in Akron.
• The Penguins and Zips have played 154 times in a series that dates back to 1950.

Recapping Oakland

vs. Oakland – Friday, May 9 // L, 3-13 (7 innings)

• Oakland rallied for a 13-3 victory over Youngstown State on Friday in the annual Akron Children's Hospital of Mahoning Valley School Day Game at Eastwood Field.
• The Penguins and Golden Grizzlies opened their three-game Horizon League series in front of more than 4,100 area students from more than 40 schools as part of the annual event in collaboration with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers.
• The Penguins scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning to jump in front before the Golden Grizzlies struck once in the second and four times in the third to take the lead. Oakland went on to add three runs in the fifth and two in seventh on its way to the seven-inning, series-opening win.
• Garrett Cutting and Brayden Kuriger each recorded an RBI single during YSU's three-run first inning as the Guins were outhit by the Golden Grizzlies 13-3.
• YSU starter Braden Gebhardt suffered the loss after allowing eight runs on eight hits with five strikeouts over 3.2 innings. Mitchell Seymour surrendered two runs in one inning of relief while Nate Ross was responsible for one run in one-third of an inning. Two unearned runs went on Tyler Heflin's record during his two innings out of the bullpen.
• Oakland starter Hunter Pidek allowed three runs on three hits while fanning five batters over seven innings in a complete-game victory. The senior right-hander retired 16 straight batters at one point.

vs. Oakland – Saturday, May 10 // W, 13-12

• Brady Shannon's two-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted Youngstown State to a 13-12 series-evening victory over Oakland on Saturday afternoon at Eastwood Field.
• The Penguins used a four-run first inning to move in front before scoring single runs in the second and fourth innings to take a 6-0 advantage. YSU built a 9-2 edge before Oakland plated four runs in the seventh to pull within 9-6. The Guins added two runs in the seventh before the Golden Grizzlies erupted for six runs in the top of the ninth to take their first lead of the contest.
• Nathan Beckley gave YSU life with a one-out single in the bottom of the ninth, and Shannon followed by hitting a line-drive home run over the right field wall to even up the three-game Horizon League series at a game apiece.
• Shannon finished the game 2-for-3 with two walks and three runs scored while Garrett Cutting went 2-for-5 with a two-run triple. Nic Goodwin went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI singles while Tommy Rover, Cole Smith and Beckley added two hits apiece. All nine starters in YSU's lineup recorded a hit as the Penguins bested the Golden Grizzlies in the hit column, 15-9.
• YSU starter Sloan Ulrich allowed two runs on four hits with three strikeouts over 4.2 innings in his second start of the season. JJ Tylicki was responsible for four runs on three hits with four strikeouts and five walks over 2.1 innings of relief while Colin Casteel permitted three runs in one inning of work. Mikey Rodriques picked up the win after allowing three runs on two hits in his lone inning out of the bullpen.

vs. Oakland – Sunday, May 11 // W, 4-1

• Kyle Fossum hit his 20th home run of the season and Brandon Mikos did not allow an earned run over seven innings on the mound as Youngstown State baseball earned a 4-1 series-clinching victory over Oakland on Sunday afternoon at Eastwood Field.
• On Senior Day for the YSU baseball program, the Penguins honored 10 senior student-athletes during a special ceremony prior to their final game at Eastwood Field.
• Fossum, one of the seniors recognized before the game, hit the first pitch of the bottom of the first inning deep over the wall in left field to give the Guins an early 1-0 lead. Brady Shannon hit his second home run in as many days in the bottom of the eighth after the Golden Grizzlies pulled within 2-1, and Tommy Rover added an RBI double later in the inning for the final margin.
• Mikos scattered four hits while allowing one unearned run and matching career highs with seven strikeouts and seven innings pitched. The junior right-hander retired 12 straight batters at one point as he sat down the Golden Grizzlies in order in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Aidan English came out of the bullpen to toss two scoreless frames and collect his first save of the season.
• Fossum went 2-for-5 with two runs scored from the leadoff spot while Rover added two hits including an RBI double from the second spot in YSU's lineup. Cole Smith doubled and walked twice while Nathan Beckley singled and scored a run.

Up Next

Youngstown State will conclude the regular season with a three-game Horizon League series at Northern Kentucky. The Penguins and Norse will open the series on Thursday at 3 p.m. before proceeding to play at 1 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.