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baseball

Ohio breaks through in eighth to win 6-5

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Ohio scored an unearned run in the top of the eighth inning to edge the Youngstown State baseball team 6-5 on Tuesday evening at Eastwood Field.

The Bobcats led 5-0 before the Penguins tied the score on a Kyle Benyo’s sixth home run of the season in the bottom of the fourth. The teams were knotted at five until a leadoff walk led to the winning run for Ohio in the eighth.

Benyo and Trey Bridis both had two hits for Youngstown State, and Shane Willoughby drove in a pair of runs. YSU used eight pitchers in the game and three different catchers.

Ohio capitalized when it got the leadoff runner on base. The first Bobcat to the plate in the second, third and eighth innings reached, and those are the only innings where Ohio scored.

The Bobcats started the second with back-to-back singles, and Spencer Ibarra delivered a two-run double with two outs. The first five batters then reached in the top of the third as Ohio scored three times to go ahead 5-0. Jesse Slinger came in with the bases loaded and minimized the damage, which gave the Penguins an opportunity to rally.

YSU shaved two runs off the deficit in the third when Willoughby’s one-out single plated Nico Padovan and Anthony Rohan. Benyo then went yard with Tanner Montgomery and Bridis aboard with one out in the fourth to tie the score.

After Benyo’s homer, Bobcats pitchers retired the next seven hitters until Montgomery’s two-out single in the sixth. Benyo followed with a single to move pinch-runner DarShawn Armstrong to third, but Armstrong was thrown out at the plate trying to score as Benyo got caught in a rundown. The Penguins also had the second inning end in similar fashion.

Tony Giannini walked on four sftraight pitches to start the eighth, and he went to third on an error. Tyler Finkler’s squeeze bunt plated Giannini with the winning run.

The loss went to YSU reliever Alex Bellardini, who issued the walk to Giannini in the eighth inning. Tom Colletti earned the win by pitching scoreless sixth and seventh innings for the Bobcats, and Jake Roehn came on in the ninth to record his seventh save.

Youngstown State will begin a three-game series at Milwaukee on Thursday at 4 p.m.

mens golf

Penguins finish seventh out of nine

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The Youngstown State men’s golf team placed two golfers in the top 15 at the RMU Colonial Classic which concluded on Tuesday at the hilly Montour Heights Country Club. Jason McQuown finished ninth while Steven Sveda placed 13th for YSU.

The Penguins finished seventh in the nine-team tournament with a two-round score of 637. On a windy Monday the Penguins shot 320 and finished the event with a 317 on Tuesday.

McQuown had the best finish of his YSU career with the ninth-place finish. He had a first-round 79 before firing a three-over-par 75 on Tuesday. Sveda carded an opening round 80 and finished with a 77 on Tuesday.

Tying for 30th were Justin Hallapy and Thomas Lydic who both carded total’s of 163. Hallapy had rounds of 80 and 83 while Lydic shot an 81 and an 82. Finishing 35th for the Penguins was Evan Standohar who totaled a 165 (82-83) and Jacob Harrah was 53rd with a 178.

YSU is back in action on Friday and Saturday when it competes at Ball State’s Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational.

softball

Schedule changes for series with Norse

Due to rain and unplayable field conditions, changes have been made to the Youngstown State softball at Northern Kentucky series. The Penguins and Norse will play a doubleheader today starting at 2 p.m. and will play a single game on Thursday at noon.

Staff/wire reports