March 9, 2009 | Box Score

Longwood Catches Breaks in Come-From-Behind Victory

     Farmville, Va. -- Longwood rallied from a 4-1 deficit with the help of two breaks in the seventh inning to defeat the Youngstown State baseball team 11-4 on Monday at Lancer Stadium.
    The Lancers spoiled a solid first start by YSU sophomore Cody Dearth, who allowed one earned run in six innings and left with a 4-2 lead in the seventh inning.
    Jacke Healey doubled for the seventh time in nine games and had three RBIs to lead YSU, which has seen a late lead evaporate in the last three games. John Koehnlein, Eric Marzec and Casey Holland added two hits apiece.
    The game turned in the seventh inning with YSU still up by two. Longwood had runners at the corners with one out and got a favorable call for the first of two bad breaks for the Penguins. Third baseman C.J. Morris fielded a grounder, and the field umpire ruled he missed the tag on the lead runner going back to third. With the bases loaded, a double-play ball to Healey at short took an erratic hop over his head and allowed two runs to score. Robby Newman then brought in the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly that, at worst, would have ended the inning with YSU still up one without the bad-hop single.
    The Lancers then pounded out six runs on five hits and two walks in the eighth for the final score.
    John Walker II earned a complete-game victory for the Lancers (8-6), allowing three earned runs on 10 hits in his third win. Trent Wood was charged with his first loss in relief.
    The Penguins jumped on Walker II in the first inning with three runs on four hits. After Koehnlein reached on an infield single to start the game and advanced on David Leon's sacrifice, Marzec and Healey hit back-to-back doubles. Casey Holland then singled home Healey two batters later for the third run.
    Walker II got out of the third on one of three double plays that Longwood turned, and the Lancers scratched a run across in the bottom half thanks to a two-base error on a bunt single.
    The Penguins got the run back in the fifth when Leon reached on an error and scored after Marzec and Healey had back-to-back singles. They had runners at the corners with one out when Walker II induced his third double play in as many innings.
    YSU will play the next two days at James Madison. Tuesday's game will begin at 3 p.m.