March 15, 2009 | Game One | Game Two

Dearth's Arm Leads Penguins to Game Two Victory at Marshall

    Huntington, W.Va. -- Sophomore lefthander Cody Dearth allowed five base runners and one run in six innings to lead the Youngstown State baseball team to a 2-1 victory in game two of doubleheader split at Marshall on Sunday at the Kennedy Center.
    Dearth allowed just a run in the third, and YSU got single tallies in the sixth and seventh to prevail. Dearth allowed four hits, walked one and struck out four to pick up his first collegiate victory.
    Marshall scored 11 runs in the first three innings in game one of the doubleheader en route to a 15-2 victory.
    After the Thundering Herd broke a scoreless tie in the third, YSU finally got on the board in the sixth with a run on one hit and three walks. With two runners already on from walks, Eric Marzec reached on an infield single, and Anthony Porter walked with the bases loaded.
    John Koehnlein then came up with the game-winning hit in the seventh inning with a two-out single to left center. His clutch hit followed a strike out and a pick-off at second base once the Penguins put two runners on with no outs.
    Phil Klein came in to get a strike out and a game-ending 6-3 double play to earn his first collegiate save.
    In the opener, Marshall pounded 11 of its 14 hits in the first three innings and scored four runs in the first, four in the second and three in the third.
    An RBI ground out by Jeremy Banks in the fourth and an RBI double by Marzec in the fifth accounted for YSU's runs. Marshall added four more runs on a grand slam in the fifth.
    The Penguins will play their home opener on Tuesday against Pittsburgh. First pitch at Eastwood Field is set for 3 p.m.