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BOWLING GREEN -- Freshman shortstop Anthony Munoz hit a two-out, two-run single in the top of the ninth to lift YSU to a 7-5 victory over Bowling Green on Tuesday afternoon at Steller Field.
Munoz's game-winning single came after two walks and a two-out error. The win was YSU's third straight and fourth in its past six games. Bowling Green dropped its third straight and fell to 9-8 overall.
YSU's last win over Bowling Green was April 19, 1994. The teams had not played since 1996. After Bowling Green scored two runs to tie the score in the bottom of the eighth, Falcons reliever Richie O'Brien walked Erich Diedrich to start the ninth. Lou Gattozzi's sacrifice moved Diedrich to second, and Tom Clayton walked to put two runners on with one out. After Rayce Robinson flied out, Eric Lawson made an error at second to set up Munoz's two-run single to left that scored Clayton and Diedrich.
Andy Svitak got Ryan Shay to ground into a game-ending double play in the ninth after the Falcons put two runners on.
Svitak earned his first win of the season, allowing two hits in 12/3 innings. Aaron Swenson allowed one run on two hits and five walks in 42/3 innings in his first career start for YSU.
YSU manufactured a run in the second to take a 1-0 lead on a Rayce Robinson RBI single. Erich Diedrich hit a leadoff single up the middle and advanced on a Lou Gattozzi sacrifice bunt. Robinson then hit a two-out single to left to plate Diedrich.
Bowling Green tied it in the fourth when Logan Meisler walked and came around to score, but YSU jumped ahead 4-1 with a three-run sixth. Sean Lucas brought in Page and Munoz on and infield single and error, and Eric Marzec drove in Lucas on an RBI groundout.
The Falcons got two runs back in the bottom of the inning tied the score at 5-5 in the eighth on Andrew Foster's two-run single.
LOCAL
SteelHounds trainerearns CHL honor
YOUNGSTOWN -- SteelHounds medical trainer Mike Ermatinger has been named the Central Hockey League Athletic Trainer of the Year.
The award is given to the medical trainer judged to be the best at his or her job and is voted on by the trainers in the Central Hockey League.
Ermatinger hails from Cedar Springs, Mich., and attended Central Michigan University. He joined the SteelHounds last season. Ermatinger also worked for baseball's Reading Phillies of the Eastern League and the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League.
"Mike really is one of the good guys in the sport and does a tremendous job with our players," said SteelHounds coach Kevin Kaminski. "We are very fortunate to have him with us and he is very deserving of such an honor."
Thunder acquire Lane
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Mahoning Valley Thunder acquired lineman Mike Lane from the South Georgia Wildcats on Tuesday for future considerations.
Lane (6-5, 270) is a rookie out of Tiffin University.
In other moves, lineman Kevin Lacey has been assigned, while linemen Chad Allen and Jeff Hether, quarterback Matt Rycraft and kicker Nick Terracina have been placed on reassignment.
Senior bowling
YOUNGSTOWN -- Mike Yurco Jr. and Ray "Cookie" Vens won the Youngstown 2007 Senior Doubles tournament by rolling 2,747 recently.
During the six-game event, Richard Belcik rolled his first 300. Belcik and George Knapic had a runner-up score of 2,723, followed by the third-place duo of Joe Haus and Greg Hartman with 2,640.
William Grantz and Gary Kane placed fourth with 2,635, Dennis Hamm and Jim Buck had 2,611, Auggie Ruggerio and Steve Senvisky combined for sixth (2,609), Bruce Curall and Francis Zitnik bowled 2,596 and Don Kane and Carl Pasternack had 2,593. Thirty-two doubles teams entered. The next event for seniors 50 and older is April 21-22 at Holiday and Camelot. To enter, contact Ted Bundy at 770-8161.
REGION
Club name maycause legal flap
NEW YORK -- The Pittsburgh Pirates' decision to rename a stadium sports bar in honor of Roberto Clemente could spark a numbers problem.
The Pirates announced Monday that the space will be known as "Club 21" in honor of the Hall of Famer. The area, which overlooks right field, had been known as the "Montecristo Club."
That decision could cause an issue with the "21" Club restaurant, a New York City institution and former Prohibition-era speakeasy.
"Attorneys for '21' Club have expressed some concern because this is a commercial venture for the Pirates as well as a restaurant," restaurant spokeswoman Diana Biederman said Tuesday. "They are looking into the matter."
Clemente, who wore No. 21 and played right field, died in a plane crash on New Year's Eve 1972 during a trip to deliver relief supplies to victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua. He had 3,000 hits in 18 major league seasons.
The Pirates said the bar will include his locker and 21 taps of beers.
"Obviously we'll check with our legal counsel. We haven't been contacted by anybody," Pirates spokeswoman Patty Paytas said.
Vindicator staff/wire reports