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BASEBALL

Leon, Switka lead Penguins over Toledo

Pittsburgh

David Leon went 5-for-5, and starter Robert Switka pitched seven strong innings to lead Youngstown State to a 4-3 victory over Toledo at Pitt’s Panther Classic.

The Penguins (2-12) finished with 12 hits, dropping Toledo to 4-11.

Jeremy Banks got the Penguins going in the top of the eighth with a one-out double off the wall. Joe Iacobucci flied out to center for the second out, and an intentional walk to Jonathan Crist put runners on first and second. Banks took third on a delayed steal, and Armani Johnson brought him in for the winning run on an infield single.

Padraic Williams allowed only a wind-aided single to left in two innings of relief to earn his second save.

Switka, a sophomore from Ursuline, allowed two earned runs on eight hits and one walk in the seven innings to earn his first collegiate victory.

In addition to Leon’s five hits, Drew Dosch and Neil Schroth had two hits apiece. Leon was a double shy of hitting for the cycle. His solo home run in the third tied the score at 1.

The Penguins then took their first lead in the fifth with another two-out hit from Leon. Schroth singled to lead off the inning and advanced on Phil Lipari’s sacrifice. Two batters later, Leon tripled to deep right to plate Schroth.

Toledo scored an unearned run in the sixth, but YSU reclaimed the lead with a run in the top of the seventh. Schroth hit a leadoff triple to right and came home shortly after on Lipari’s sacrifice fly. Toledo tied the score again in the seventh when Hammer scored on Chris Dudics’ two-out single.

Hammer and Delewski had two hits apiece for Toledo.

Softball

Penguins win two at Rebel Games

KISSIMMEE, FLA.

Youngstown State rallied from 5-0 deficit and scored five in the top of the seventh inning for a 6-5 victory over Colgate at the Rebel Games on Friday. The Penguins also defeated Bucknell, 9-2, earlier in the day.

The Penguins (15-7) have surpassed their win total of 2010.

Caroline Krombach led off the seventh by reaching on an error and moved to third on Kim Klonowski’s second double of the game. Samantha Snodgrass followed with a two-run double.

Haley Thomas doubled home Snodgrass and moved to third on a throwing error. After a walk to Kristina Rendle, Thomas scored on a wild pitch to tie the game. Rendle advanced to third on a throwing error and Jordan Ingalls, who went 3-for-4, plated Rendle with the go-ahead run with a single up the middle.

Freshman Casey Crozier, who pitched 32/3 scoreless innings of relief, retired Colgate in order in the bottom of the seventh to pick up her ninth win.

The Penguins had 12 hits against Bucknell.

Vicky Rumph went 3-for-4 with two RBIs Rendle, who had a 17-game hitting streak snapped against Colgate, Ingalls and Krombach each tallied two hits.

Crozier notched her eighth win of the season by pitching 32/3 innings of relief.

The Penguins trailed 2-1 before tying the game in the fourth and scored three runs in the fifth and four more in the sixth.

The Penguins visit Robert Morris Wednesday at 3 p.m.

Staff report