Valparaiso scored three unearned runs in the fifth inning and scored twice in the bottom of the eighth once Youngstown State cut the margin to one in a 7-4 victory over the Penguins on Friday afternoon at Emory G. Bauer Field.

The Youngstown State baseball team stranded 11 runners and missed plenty of opportunities early in dropping a 4-1 decision to Valparaiso on Friday afternoon at Emory G. Bauer Field.

The Youngstown State baseball team stranded 11 runners and missed plenty of opportunities early in dropping a 4-1 decision to Valparaiso on Friday afternoon at Emory G. Bauer Field.

YSU baseball falls, 8-3 Milwaukee Milwaukee scored seven runs in the fourth inning to blow open

Milwaukee scored seven runs in the fourth inning to blow open a 1-1 game and beat the Youngstown State baseball team 8-3 on Sunday afternoon at Henry Aaron Field.

Milwaukee scored seven runs in the fourth inning to blow open a 1-1 game and beat the Youngstown State baseball team 8-3 on Sunday afternoon at Henry Aaron Field.

Junior Casey Crozier threw a four-hitter with nine strikeouts and the No. 6 Youngstown State softball team collected 10 hits in a 9-1 five-inning win over No. 3 Valparaiso to advance in the 2013 Horizon League Softball Champion on Wednesday.

The Youngstown State softball dropped a pair of games to Valparaiso, 3-0, and 6-5 in 14 innings on Saturday afternoon. Junior Samantha Snodgrass had five hits on the day, including a three-run home run game two.

Two unfortunate events went against the Youngstown State baseball team in the middle innings, and Wright State capitalized to beat the Penguins 6-3 on Saturday afternoon at Eastwood Field.

Wright State scored nine unearned runs in the first inning added eight runs in the fourth to beat Youngstown State 18-4 in the first game of a three-game series on Friday afternoon at Eastwood Field.