April 3, 2007

Duquesne Outslugs Penguins, 18-11, in Wild One

    Struthers, Ohio -- Duquesne scored 11 runs over a three-inning span and outlasted Youngstown State 18-11 in a game that featured 32 hits, seven errors, 10 walks, eight hit batsmen and three ejections.
    Seven different Penguins had two hits apiece, but YSU pitchers walked eight hitters and hit five batters.
    YSU dropped to 9-15 and fell for the fourth straight game while Duquesne improved to 11-12.
    Eric Morrison went 3-for-6 with five RBIs to lead the Dukes.
    Duquesne went up by three in the third after Morrison's two-run homer to center, but John Koehnlein and Erich Diedrich brought in runs for YSU in the bottom of the inning to make the score 3-2.
    The Dukes got the two runs back in the fourth and took a 6-2 advantage on Mike Carroll's solo blast in the fifth. YSU stormed back with a five-run fifth on six hits and an error to take its first lead at 7-6.
    The Dukes answered with six runs in the sixth, and YSU countered with with three in the bottom half to make the score 12-10. Five Duquesne runs in the eighth blew the game open at 17-10.
    Cory Hornyak suffered the loss for the Penguins, allowing four runs on three hits in 1.2 innings. Travis Rife earned the win for Duquesne despite being tagged for seven runs on nine hits in five innings.
    The Penguins will play at Pittsburgh on Wednesday at 3 p.m.