Pittsburgh scored 13 runs in the final two innings to overcome an 11-2 deficit and steal a 15-11 victory from the Youngstown State baseball team on Wednesday at Trees Field.
The Penguins led 11-2 through the top of the seventh inning, but Pittsburgh scored 10 runs in the seventh and three times in the eighth.
YSU scored five runs in both the third and fifth innings, and Armani Johnson added a solo homer in the seventh. Healey's three-run shot, his sixth in 12 games this season, gave the Penguins their first lead at 3-2.
The Penguins went up 10-2 in the fifth, and Johnson's solo blast in the seventh put YSU ahead 11-2.
Freshman starter Blake Aquadro allowed one run in each of the first two innings, but he settled down to hold the Panthers scoreless until the seventh. He ended up allowing five runs on five hits and two walks in 6.1 innings.
After Aquadro struck out the first batter in the seventh, the next eight hitters reached base. The Panthers had eight hits in the inning, walked three times and reached on a hit batsman.
Kevan Smith and Phillip Konieczny scored on a one-out single to chase Aquadro from the contest with the score 11-4, and YSU's relievers allowed eight more runs. David Chester's three-run double off Eric Marzec with two outs put the Panthers ahead 12-11. Pitt added three runs in the eighth for the final tally.
Kevin McCulloh suffered the loss, allowing four unearned runs one one hit and two walks in the seventh.
Cole Taylor earned the win for Pittsburgh, allowing a run in two innings of relief.
Healey was one of five Penguins with two hits, joining Johnson, Marzec, Iacobucci and Derek Carr.
The Penguins will play three games in the Philadelphia area this weekend against three different teams. They'll open the stretch on Friday at La Salle at 3 p.m.
Courtesy: YSU Sports Information
