Penguins baseball team rebounds

Associated Press

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The Youngstown State baseball team rallied with six runs in the sixth inning Sunday to beat Wright State 6-3 and win their weekend series at Eastwood Field.

The Penguins showed character in coming back to win on Saturday and Sunday. After Wright State won 19-2 on Friday, YSU rebounded to win 13-3 on Saturday.

The Penguins also earned a split in the season series and have handed Wright State three of their six league losses.

“The way we played the last two days says way more about our ball club than Friday night’s outcome,” YSU head coach Steve Gillispie said. “We stayed focused on executing what we do well offensively, we did a great job of challenging the strike zone from a pitching standpoint and defensively we continued the solid play we’ve shown since February.”

Wright State received two-out RBIs from John Brodner in the second and fourth innings, and the Raiders went ahead 3-0 in the fifth on an RBI ground-out.

The Penguins took the lead in the bottom of the sixth with six runs on six hits and two errors.

Jonny Miller singled up to the middle to start the inning, and Frank Califano followed with a bunt single.

Josh North (2-3) allowed one run in four innings of relief to earn the win and Konders earned his fifth save. Jack Van Horn of Wright State took the loss.