May 8, 2009 | Game One | Game Two

Wright State Powers Past Penguins in Doubleheader Sweep

    Niles, Ohio -- Wright State scored 10 straight runs and had 18 hits to defeat Youngstown State 13-6 in game one of a doubleheader Friday at Eastwood Field.
    The Raiders hit three home runs and turned a triple play after YSU led 2-1 and 5-3. The Penguins trail the Raiders 13-4 in game two, which is currently being delayed by rain in the seventh inning.
    Jeremy Banks and C.J. Morris both homered for YSU in game one, and Banks homered again in game two. Banks' blast in game one hit a quarter of the way up the scoreboard in right center, and his homer in game two sailed over the Penguins' bullpen in right.
    Wright State led 1-0 after a sacrifice fly in the first, but Banks hit a two-run homer to give YSU a 2-1 lead in the bottom half. Quentin Cate homered to lead off the second and tie the score for Wright State, and another sacrifice fly in the third put the Raiders up 3-2.
    C.J. Morris hit a three-run homer to left in the fourth to put YSU back on top 5-3, but that was the Penguins' last run until the eighth. By then, Wright State had scored four in the fifth, one in the sixth, two in the seventh and three in the eighth to go up 13-5.
    Greg Robinson allowed one run in 4.1 innings of relief for Wright State to earn his first win of the season. Aaron Swenson suffered the loss for YSU, allowing seven runs on 10 hits in five innings.
    John Koehnlein had three hits to lead YSU, and Banks drove in three. Jeff Mercer, Casey McGrew and Cate each drove in three for Wright State, and Cate had a team-high three hits.
    Banks' two-run homer in the first put YSU on top 2-0 in game two, but Wright State scored seven straight runs and 13 of the next 15 to go up 13-4 through six innings.
    The Penguins will play Valparaiso on Saturday in a doubleheader starting at noon.