Cleveland State baseball wins sweep of Penguins

Avon

Cleveland State had three big innings — one in game one and two in game two — to sweep a doubleheader from Youngstown State, 16-11 and 12-6, on Saturday at All Pro Freight Stadium.

Those three big innings accounted for 21 of Cleveland State’s 28 runs over the two games.

In game one, the Vikings scored 11 runs in the third inning and withstood a rally by YSU to hold on for its 16-11 win.

Joe Iacobucci doubled twice and drove in four runs for Youngstown State. Kyle Shaffer and Bob Suitca both drove in four runs for Cleveland State, which outhit YSU just 17-16.

Jacke Healey broke the school record for runs in a season when he scored in the fourth.

That was his 55th run of the season, which broke Mark Thomas’ record of 54 set in 1999.

In game two, the Penguins scored three times despite recording just one hit in the first inning. Healey drew a one-out walk, and Tom Clayton reached on a fielder’s choice. Both runners advanced on a passed ball, and Iacobucci drove in the pair with a single up the middle.

Iacobucci stole second, advanced on an error and scored on Marzec’s sacrifice fly.

Cleveland State, though, struck for six runs on six hits and two walks in the bottom of the first to go up 6-3.

Track and field

Akron

The Youngstown State track and field squad had five student-athletes place in the top-five in four different events, including senior Aaron Merrill (Leetonia) winning the shot put, between Friday and Saturday at the Campbell/Wright Open.

Merrill was victorious in the shot put with a throw of 17.87m (58 feet, 71/2 inches). John Seaver, a freshman, finished fifth in the event (15.19m).

Junior Adam Kagarise (Fitch) finished second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.32 seconds.

Freshman Nicole Pachol also had a runner-up finish, as she took second in the 400 hurdles with a personal-best time of 1:05.56. The time ranks fifth in YSU history.

In the women’s hammer throw, sophomore Kaitlyn Griffith finished fifth with a toss of 52.40m (171-11). The throw was a personal-best and ranks second in school-history.

Softball

Green Bay, Wis.

Saturday’s Horizon League softball doubleheader between YSU and Green Bay was postponed due to wet field conditions.

The Penguins and Phoenix will play a doubleheader starting at 11 a.m. today.