Wright State sweeps Penguins

Staff report

DAYTON

Wright State scored a run in the bottom of the ninth to win game one and held off a ninth-inning rally in game two to pick up a pair of one-run victories over the Youngstown State baseball team on Sunday at Nischwitz Stadium.

In the first contest, the Raiders scored the final four runs in the last two innings to win 4-3 after YSU starter Eric Marzec held them scoreless for six innings.

WSU won game two 9-8 after heading into the ninth leading 9-5.

Wright State captured the Horizon League regular-season title with the two victories.

YSU’s Tom Clayton homered in each game and Joe Iacobucci had four of YSU’s 16 hits in the nightcap.

Marzec, making his first start since March 11, 2009, was masterful. Serving as the team’s closer for the first three months of the year, Marzec did not allow a hit until there were two outs in the sixth and surrendered just two walks. He made 90 pitches and left with a 3-0 lead.

Clayton broke a scoreless tie with a leadoff homer in the fourth off WSU starter Jon Durket.

An RBI single by C.J. Morris in the seventh put YSU ahead 2-0, and Anthony Porter brought in Jeremy Banks with a sacrifice fly to make the score 3-0.

Blake Aquadro relieved Marzec in the seventh and retired the side in order, but he allowed a double to Casey McGrew and an RBI single to R.J. Gundolff to start the eighth. Garrett Gray tied the score later in the inning with a two-run double off Phil Klein.

Klein allowed an infield single to Aaron Fields to leadoff the ninth, and Fields ended up scoring the winning run on Jake Hibberd’s two-out single off Alex Frey.

Wright State scored the first seven runs in game two.