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BASEBALL

Penguins drop sixth straight

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The YSU baseball team dropped a 4-3 decision in extra innings to the Belmont Bruins, their second one-run loss of the young season.

Belmont (5-4) broke the scoreless deadlock with two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning after YSU’s starting pitcher, Joe King, retired the first 12 batters faced. Desi Ammons doubled off King to lead off the inning and later scored on a double steal. Belmont doubled their lead when Hunter Holland tripled home Chas Hadden.

Belmont threatened again in the seventh with the bases loaded and nobody out when YSU looked to Joel Hake who came out of the bullpen to relieve King. Hake allowed a sacrifice fly and got out of the inning only giving up the one run.

The Penguins (1-7) immediately responded in the top of the eighth by plating three runs to tie the game. Andrew Kendrick knocked in an RBI single to score Billy Salem and Jonny Miller was struck by a pitch with the bases loaded to bring home the second run. Shane Willioughby scored the tying run on a groundout that eventually sent to game to extra frames.

The teams remained deadlocked until the bottom of the 12th when Ammons hit a sacrifice fly to bring home the winning run, walkoff style.

King went six innings plus for the Penguins, allowing three earned runs, four hits, walking two and striking out three in the no decision. Kevin Yarabinec took the loss from the dugout as his runner scored after being pulled in favor of Jared Wight.

Offensively, the Penguins racked up nine hits, two of which were doubles from Lorenzo Arcuri and Gerrad Rohan.

The Penguins have two more against the Bruins today and Sunday. First pitch for both games is at 2 p.m.

SOFTBALL

Penguins split twinbill

NASHVILLE

The YSU softball team split a pair of games pounding Indiana State 12-2 in five innings before falling 10-8 to Troy in extra innings.

Miranda Castiglione went 5-for-8 combined in the two games belting a home run and racking up 5 RBIs.

As a team, the Penguins (5-5) racked up 14 hits against Indiana State, six of which went for extra bases while Caitlyn Minney (5-1) allowed four hits and two runs. Minney was able to pitch out of trouble as she walked five and hit one batter, but ISU stranded five runners in the run-ruled contest.

YSU came out hot against Troy, scoring four in the first inning before the Trojans scored three the next frame and took a 5-4 lead midway through the fourth.

The Penguins scored two in the bottom of the seventh to send the game to extras but a double by Ashley Rainey in the top of the eighth which plated two, was decisive.

YSU plays Lipscomb and Furman in another doubleheader today in Nashville.

Staff report