BGSU Posts 14 Hits In Loss To Youngstown State

Tuesday, April 10

Bowling Green, Ohio

3:05 PM

Bowling Green State University

9-22

Youngstown State University

10-19

Youngstown State

Bowling Green

April 10, 2018 | Baseball

Box Score

By: by James Nahikian, BGSU Athletic Communications

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University baseball team registered 14 hits on Tuesday (April 10) afternoon at Steller Field, but Youngstown State University walked away with a 9-6 victory.

Bowling Green drops to 9-22 on the campaign with the loss, while Youngstown State improves to 10-19 with the victory.

"The bottom line is that we didn't take advantage of our opportunities offensively, and we need to be more aggressive on the mound," said head coach Danny Schmitz. "There were some positives. I thought the guys that came off the bench were ready to go and performed well. We'll need to get a few strong practices in before facing Western Michigan this weekend."

Bowling Green led by a 2-1 margin after three innings, but the Penguins scored the next six runs of the ballgame before the Falcons pulled within three runs at 7-4 with a two-run seventh. YSU tacked on two more runs in the eighth, before the Falcons concluded the game's scoring with a pair of runs in the ninth.

BGSU hits the road this weekend for Kalamazoo. The Falcons are set for a three-game conference series with Western Michigan, beginning with a 3 p.m. first pitch on Friday, April 13.

ADDITIONAL GAME NOTES
• David Stopp got the start for Bowling Green on the mound. He fired a scoreless first.
• Two other Falcons – Ben Beutel and Jeremy Spezia – worked scoreless appearances on the hill. Beutel blanked the Penguins over 1.2 innings, while Spezia logged a scoreless ninth.
• Randy Righter started the scoring in the first with an RBI double. Righter finished the day 3-for-4 at the plate with two runs, one RBI and one walk.
• Joe McGuinness hit his first-career home run in the seventh inning. In a pinch-hitting role, McGuinness turned on a pitch and sent a no-doubter over the right-field fence for a two-run home run.
• Neil Lambert scored two runs with a two-RBI single in the ninth. Lambert 2-for-4 on the day with a walk and two RBI.
• Derek Drewes also had a big day at the plate. The senior went 3-for-5 with a double and run scored.
• BGSU's other hits were recorded by Ty Suntken, Anthony Smith, Riley Minorik, Justin Mott and Nick Neibauer.