Baseball Splits DH with YSU to Take #HLBASE Series

Sunday, March 23

Youngstown, Ohio

11 AM

Purdue Fort Wayne

2-18, 1-4

Youngstown State

4-17, 2-3

Purdue Fort Wayne

Youngstown State

Sage Adams

Baseball Splits DH with YSU to Take #HLBASE Series

3/23/2025 8:50:00 PM | Baseball

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NILES, Ohio – The Purdue Fort Wayne baseball team recorded a combined 24 hits and 25 walks in their doubleheader at Youngstown State on Sunday (March 23). The Mastodons split the twin bill, falling in game one 12-11 and winning game two 20-16.

Game 1: Youngstown State 12, Purdue Fort Wayne 11
The Mastodons got the scoring started early, putting two runs on the board in the top of the first inning. Jackson Micheels' run-scoring single highlighted the inning for Purdue Fort Wayne. Sage Adams scored in the third inning to make the score 3-0.

Youngstown State clawed back to even the ballgame at three before Purdue Fort Wayne reclaimed a 7-3 advantage in the fourth inning. The Mastodons bats heated up in the inning, scoring four runs, including a two-run single off the bat of Camden Karczewski.

A three-run sixth put the 'Dons up 10-3. It was punctuated by a two-run single off the bat of sophomore Augusto Schroeder.

Youngstown State mounted a comeback, taking an 11-10 lead heading into the eighth, when the Mastodons tied up the game at 11 on an RBI single by Justin Osterhouse. But YSU added a run in their half of the eighth to take the lead 12-11.

The Mastodons drew 12 walks from Youngstown State pitching.

Karczewski led the Mastodons at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three RBI. Adams finished with three walks and a hit.

Youngstown State's Kyle Fossum went 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI. Braden Gebhardt threw 1.1 scoreless innings to get the win. Cole Newell (0-2) came out of the bullpen for Purdue Fort Wayne and took the loss.

Game 2: Purdue Fort Wayne 20, Youngstown State 16
Purdue Fort Wayne received contributions from every part of their lineup, as all nine starters reached base safely, helping the Mastodons put 20 runs on the board. The big frame was an 11-run third-inning for the 'Dons. It put the 'Dons up for good at 11-1. Adams had a two-run single and Schroeder recorded a two-run double in the inning.

The last time the 'Dons scored 11 runs in an inning was against Calumet in the first inning on April 13, 2007.

Schroeder finished with three hits in the nightcap including two doubles. Five Mastodons had multiple hits in the ballgame.

The Mastodons finished 4-of-6 with the bases loaded in the contest. The 'Dons earned 13 walks, tying a school record for the program's Division I era.

Youngstown State was led offensively by Fossum, who went 4-for-7 with a double, a home run and three RBI. He came to the plate in the ninth as the tying run with the bases loaded, but popped up to end the game.

Freshman Carter Orner (1-1) got the win out of the bullpen for his first collegiate win.

An already frigid day for baseball was made colder by a steady rain for the final two innings. The doubleheader took more than nine hours to complete.

The Mastodons improve to 3-19 (2-4 Horizon League). Youngstown State falls to 4-17 (2-4 Horizon League). The 'Dons host Toledo on Tuesday (March 25) at 3 p.m. in the 2025 home opener.

~ Feel The Rumble ~