He had two strikeouts in the first and third innings, and he had at least one strikeout in eight of the nine frames.īrosky became the first Penguin to pitch a shutout in the Horizon League Baseball Championship, and he joined Jeremy Quinlan (2014) and Corey Ohalek (2002) as the only YSU pitchers to toss a complete game in the tournament. Good and Law both had doubles, and YSU's other 10 hits were singles.īrosky didn't allow a leadoff batter to reach until the eighth inning, and he retired the Mastodons in order in six of the nine innings. YSU added an insurance run in the ninth when Steven D'Eusanio drew a leadoff walk, advanced on a balk and a ground out and scored on a wild pitch.īoth O'Shaughnessy brothers had two hits, and Good, Swarmer and Law also had two hits apiece. O'Shaughnessy then advanced to second when Swarmer was hit by a pitch, stole third and scored on Nasonti's safety squeeze bunt to put the Penguins ahead 5-0. In the eighth, YSU had its leadoff batter reach for the first time as Andre Good ripped a double and scored on Padraig O'Shaughnessy's RBI single. Swarmer used the second chance with hit a two-out single, and he scored on Law's RBI double over the left-fielder's head to make the score 3-0. In the sixth, Dylan Swarmer took advantage of some good fortune when Purdue Fort Wayne's shortstop got his feet tangled up with the third-base umpire running for a catchable foul ball. The Penguins scored once in the sixth, twice in the eighth and once in the ninth, and four of their six runs came with two outs. That was all the support Brosky would need, but YSU kept adding runs to back Brosky, who earned his sixth victory of the season. Following a strikeout, O'Shaughnessy and Dominick Bucko hit back-to-back RBI singles to give the Penguins a 2-0 lead. Trey Law singled to right with one out to kickstart the inning, and Lucas Nasonti singled through the right side of the infield with the second baseman running to cover the bag as Law was in motion. Braeden O'Shaughnessy, who joined Brosky on the All-Horizon League First Team, went 2-for-4 and drove in the game's first run in the top of the fifth inning.īrosky cruised through the first four innings, recording six strikeouts and throwing just 38 pitches, and YSU's offense was able to break through in the top of the fifth with a pair of two-out runs. Offensively, five Penguins had two hits as Youngstown State held a 12-3 edge in the hits column. Of the 27 outs Brosky recorded, 10 were strikeouts, nine were groundouts and eight were fly outs.
He allowed just three hits, one of which was an infield single, and the Mastodons managed just two outfield fly outs. The junior right-hander from Strongsville, Ohio, needed only 99 pitches and allowed just one runner to reach scoring position, which came due to a passed ball in the third inning. Last year's squad went 32-24 but lost twice in the conference tournament, and Brosky made sure the Penguins wouldn't face an early exit in 2022 as he took the mound in an elimination game. Youngstown State improves to 20-34 overall to reach 20 wins in consecutive seasons for the first time since 20.
Youngstown State will advance to the double-elimination portion of the tournament on Thursday against either Wright State or Oakland at a time that will be determined later Wednesday. Horizon League Pitcher of the Year Matt Brosky saved his best performance of 2022 for the postseason in a 6-0 shutout victory over Purdue Fort Wayne in the opening round of the conference tournament on Wednesday.īrosky struck out 10 batters and allowed only three baserunners at Wright State's Nischwitz Stadium in Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday as the Penguins won a conference tournament game for the first time since 2018.
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