College of Charleston
Youngstown State
Renfro Leads Baseball to 15-0 Shutout of Youngstown State
2/26/2011 10:02:00 PM | Baseball
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – Junior LHP Josh Renfro (Bradenton, Fla.) picked up his second win of the season, tossing six innings and striking out six to lead #19 College of Charleston to a 15-0 non-conference victory over visiting Youngstown State Saturday afternoon at Patriots Point. The Cougars improve to 6-0 on the season, while Youngstown State falls to 0-5. The two teams close out the three-game series tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
The Cougars struck for three runs in the bottom of the opening inning and never looked back. Sending nine batters to the plate to open the game, Charleston scored on RBI singles by redshirt-junior 3B Matt Leeds (Boca Raton, Fla.) and redshirt-freshman LF Daniel Aldrich (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) and plated a run when senior SS Jamie Holler (Rock Hill, S.C.) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
CofC pushed across single runs in the fourth and fifth innings, courtesy of a sacrifice fly by redshirt-junior DH Rob Kral (Randolph, N.J.) and a RBI triple to deep center by senior 2B Jesse Mesa (Mirimar, Fla.). A three-run sixth opened an 8-0 lead for the Cougars. After senior CF Cole Rakar (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) led off the frame with a walk and stole second, junior RF Marty Gantt (North Augusta, S.C.) was hit by a pitch and Leeds reached on a base on balls to load the bases. Redshirt-junior 1B Jose Rodriguez (Hialeah, Fla.) drove a 0-1 pitch down the left-field line for a two-run double and Aldrich followed up with a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Leeds.
A seven-run seventh by the Cougars put the game out of reach for Youngstown State as CofC sent 10 batters to the plate, highlighted by a two-run homer to left by freshman PH Brandon Glazer (Hagerstown, Md.).
Nine Cougars recorded hits on the afternoon, led by Rakar's 3-for-3 performance. Leeds added a pair of hits with two RBIs and scored three times. The Cougars totaled 12 hits on the afternoon, the fifth time in this season's six games that the team has reached double digits in that category.
Renfro scattered four hits in his six innings of work, while three Charleston relievers held Youngstown State to one hit over the final three frames. Kevin McCulloh took the loss for the Penguins, allowing five runs on six hits in 4-2/3 innings. Youngstown State hit six batters on the afternoon and handed out seven walks.
The Cougars and Youngstown State meet for game three of the series Sunday, Feb. 27 at Patriots Point. First pitch is set for 1:00 p.m.
