Purdue Fort Wayne
2-18, 1-3
Youngstown State
3-17, 1-3
Three-Run Ninth Ignites Win at YSU
3/21/2025 8:26:00 PM | Baseball
The Mastodons had runners on second and third with two outs trailing YSU 3-2 in the ninth. Drew Helton singled on a 2-0 pitch to score Ryan Jenkins to tie the game. Grant Sawa followed with a walk and back-to-back hit by pitch batters put the Mastodons up 5-3.
Rex Stills calmed a YSU threat in the ninth by allowing just one inherited runner to score. Stills got the save for an inning of work.
Kevin Hall tripled in the third inning and scored on a Camden Karczewski sacrifice fly. Later on in the game, it was Karczewski starting the rally in the ninth with a leadoff four-pitch walk. Hall finished with a pair of hits in the game.
Freshman Aidan Pearson threw three scoreless innings out of the pen to get his first collegiate win. He struck out a pair and his infield turned a double play in the seventh to ensure he only faced the minimum.
Tommy Rover hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning to put YSU up 3-1. The Penguins held the lead until two outs in the ninth. Mike Rodriques got a blown save and the loss for YSU.
The Penguins fall to 3-17 (1-3 Horizon League). The 'Dons improve to 2-18 (1-3 Horizon League).
The three-game series will continue on Saturday.
~ Feel The Rumble ~
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Pearson, Aidan (1-1)
L: RODRIQUES, Mikey (0-1)
S: Stills, Rex (1)
Batting:
2B: Karczewski, Camden 1
3B: Hall, Kevin 1
RBI: Helton, Drew 1 ; Micheels, Jackson 1 ; Maish, Garrett 1 ; Schroeder, Augusto 1 ; Karczewski, Camden 1
SF: Micheels, Jackson 1 ; Karczewski, Camden 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sailors, Brooks 1 ; Helton, Drew 1 ; Sawa, Grant 1 ; Hall, Kevin 1 ; Jenkins, Ryan 1
SB: Sawa, Grant 1 ; Maish, Garrett 1 ; Kasparie, Ben 1
HBP: Osterhouse, Justin 1 ; Maish, Garrett 1 ; Schroeder, Augusto 1
Batting:
2B: FOSSUM, Kyle 1
HR: ROVER, Tommy 1
RBI: ROVER, Tommy 2 ; JOHNSON, Jack 1
SF: JOHNSON, Jack 1
Base Running:
RUNS: CUTTING, Garrett 1 ; ROVER, Tommy 1 ; SMITH, Cole 1 ; BECKLEY, Nathan 1
CS: FOSSUM, Kyle 1
