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March 29, 2005
Parks' Sacrifice Fly Completes Comeback, Sweep Over Duquesne
Struthers, Ohio -- Brent Parks hit
a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the
seventh to complete a four-run rally
in game two while Lucas Engle threw
six shutout innings in game one as
Youngstown State swept a
doubleheader from Duquesne 7-0 and
4-3 on Tuesday at Cene Park.
With the win the Penguins improve to 9-12 on the year and won
for the eighth time in 10 games.
Parks' heroics came after the Penguins trailed 3-0 after the
Dukes plated three runs in the top
of the second. But YSU got one run
back in the bottom half of the
second, tied the score with two runs
in the fifth and got five innings of
strong relief from Kevin Libeg.
After being held to just three hits and game one and being
retired in order in the first inning
of game two, Duquesne banged out
three hits that led to three runs in
the second inning.
J.D. Hannan drew a bases-loaded walk with two down in the
second to cut the deficit to two,
and Jim Phillips hit a two-out,
two-run double to right to bring
home Nutt and Banks in the fifth to
tie the score at 3-3.
Then in the seventh, Phillips singled to left to start the
inning and Brian Dill reached on a
fielder's choice as Phillips was
retired going to second. Erich
Diedrich then reached on a throwing
error on a tough play up the middle
and Josh Page walked to load the
bases. Parks worked the count to 2-1
before hitting a looping fly ball to
left center to bring home Dill for
the win.
In game one, Engle allowed only three hits and one walk while
striking out a career-high six
hitters while Josh Wells pitched a
scoreless seventh to pace the
Penguins to a 7-0 victory.
Diedrich put the 'Guins up early when he knocked the first
pitch from Bob Reifschneider over
the right field wall with two
runners on in the first. After Tommy
Nutt singled and advanced on a
Brandon Caipen sacrifice, Charles
Schultz drew a one-out walk to put
two runners on. Justin Banks'
grounder moved the runners over to
set up Diedrich's first career
homer.
YSU scored three more in the fifth on an RBI groundout from
Schultz and RBI singles from Banks
and Jason Coffey. Jim Phillips was
hit by a pitch with the bases loaded
in the sixth for the final tally.
Engle, who has allowed only one run in his past 17 1/3
innings, picked up his second win in
as many starts. Wells' appearance
was his first since March 7, 2004,
after having Tommy John's surgery
last May.
YSU's shutout in game one was the fourth this season, which
is a mark that has not been reached
since 1996.
The Penguins will begin a three-game series with IPFW with a
Saturday doubleheader at Eastwood
Field. First pitch on Saturday is
set for 1 p.m. while Sunday's finale
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