Purdue Fort Wayne
19-37
Youngstown State
14-43
2024 Season Ends With 12-10 Loss to Youngstown State
5/23/2024 10:20:00 PM | Baseball
A seven-run third inning brought the Mastodons back in the game. The 'Dons entered the bottom of the third down 6-0 but left with a one run lead. The big hit in the inning was a no-doubt home run by Cade Fitzpatrick. His two-run shot scored Ben Higgins and made it a 7-6 game.
YSU came back with two of their own in the fourth to take the lead back before Grant Thoroman scored on a grounder by Justin Osterhouse to knot the game up at eight in the fifth.
The 'Dons scored two more in the sixth to go up 10-8 but YSU tied it at 10 with two in the seventh and took the lead at 11-10 in the eighth.
Nick Perez (1-1) got the win for Youngstown State. Kevin Fee (7-3) threw 4.1 innings but took the loss in relief. He fanned seven.
Camden Karczewski, Thoroman and Higgins each had two hits for the 'Dons.
Ian Francis finished a double short of a cycle for YSU. He had four hits, drove in four and scored three times.
Youngstown State improves to 14-43. The 'Dons finish the 2024 campaign 19-37.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: PEREZ, Nick (1-1)
L: Fee, Kevin (7-3)
Batting:
2B: LAW, Trey 1 ; STANLEY, Brett 1 ; FRANKEN, Chase 1
3B: FRANCIS, Ian 1
HR: COVAS, Alejandro 1 ; FRANCIS, Ian 2
RBI: STANLEY, Brett 1 ; COVAS, Alejandro 2 ; FRANCIS, Ian 4 ; RUFFNER, Teddy 1 ; FRANKEN, Chase 2 ; SHERWOOD, RJ 1
Base Running:
RUNS: LAW, Trey 2 ; STANLEY, Brett 3 ; COVAS, Alejandro 1 ; FRANCIS, Ian 3 ; THOMPSON, Matt 1 ; RUFFNER, Teddy 1 ; BROWN, Eli 1
CS: FRANCIS, Ian 1
HBP: FRANCIS, Ian 1 ; RUFFNER, Teddy 1
Batting:
2B: Karczewski, Camden 1 ; Higgins, Ben 1
HR: Fitzpatrick, Cade 1
RBI: Walker, Jacob 1 ; Karczewski, Camden 1 ; Thoroman, Grant 1 ; Osterhouse, Justin 2 ; Fitzpatrick, Cade 2
SF: Osterhouse, Justin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Walker, Jacob 2 ; Thoroman, Grant 2 ; Higgins, Ben 1 ; Fitzpatrick, Cade 1 ; Sailors, Brooks 1 ; Miles, Luke 1 ; Simpson, Nate 2
