MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee baseball team topped Youngstown State University in both games of a doubleheader Saturday, winning 4-3 in the opener on a late home run by Cole Heili and 6-0 in the nightcap behind seven shutout innings by Elijah Goodman on "Senior Day" at Henry Aaron Field.
 
The Panthers (25-21, 12-9 Horizon League) swept the season series over the Penguins (10-30, 3-14 Horizon League) with the victories, running their winning streak in the all-time series to nine games in a row in the process.
 
Tied at 3-3 in the eighth inning of the opener, Heili hit a home run to deep left field to send Milwaukee to the one-run victory. The team then jumped out with three runs in each of the first two innings of the second game, cruising the rest of the way behind Goodman's effort.
 
Goodman (3-0) continued his impressive freshman campaign, winning his third start in a row in running his scoreless inning streak to 15. He allowed just six hits today, striking out seven batters.
 
"It starts with Elijah," Milwaukee head coach Scott Doffek said. "You have to give us an opportunity and he did that. He's been throwing the ball really well and I thought he did it again today. He made some really big pitches with guys on base and that was the difference."
 
Staked to an early lead, Goodman got out of the few jams he was in when necessary. With runners on first and second with one out in the sixth, he got out of the jam with a groundout and a fly ball to right. In the seventh, YSU loaded the bases with one out but Goodman got a K for out number two and a ground ball to short to keep them off the scoreboard.
 
"We didn't mean to coast but I think we did a little bit," Doffek said. "We were fortunate to get a couple of big two-out hits in the first two innings and give us a nice cushion."
 
Billy Quirke beat out on infield hit to lead off the contest and raced home on Aaron Buban's triple. Luke Meeteer knocked in Buban with a double and came home on Heili's single to make it 3-0.
 
With the bases loaded in the second, a double play ball scored one run and Daulton Varsho followed with an RBI-single and was chased home again by Meeteer.
 
"I think it is so important to get ahead," Doffek said. "We seem to play so much more relaxed when we jump ahead and that is what we did there."
 
Buban, Varsho and Meeteer all had two hits and Meeteer drove in a pair. Zach Brenner combined with Goodman on the shutout, pitching the final two innings in allowing one hit and striking out two.
 
In the opener, the Panthers again took an early lead, grabbing a 2-0 advantage right away in the first on a two-RBI single off the bat of Nick Unes. Meeteer made it 3-0 in the fifth with a run-scoring single but it was a new game in the seventh when Gerrad Rohan cleared the bases with a double to tie the contest at 3-3.
 
Heili then sent the first pitch he saw to lead off the eighth to deep left, a no-doubter that marked his team-leading seventh of the campaign.
 
"He's done that a couple of times this year to give us a 'W', so it was good to see him square one up like that," Doffek said.
 
That made a winner out of Jake Tuttle (3-3), who came on for starter Adam Reuss in the eighth. Tuttle allowed no runs on two hits, striking out a pair. Reuss allowed three runs in his seven innings, striking out three but walking five.
 
Heili (2-for-4), Quirke (2-for-5) and Meeteer (2-for-3) all had multi-hit games. Meeteer stole his 22nd base of the season and broke the program record for most career at bats on the day. He now stands at 807, edging past the former mark of 803 set by Paul Hoenecke (2009-12).
 
The team also honored its eight-member senior class with an on-field presentation. Dan Barwick, Buban, Cal Haley, Brian Keller, Meeteer, Mason Pingel, Tuttle and Unes were all recognized.
 
"Nothing better than that, there are some good ones in there," Doffek said. "I hate to see them go, but today was an opportunity to play in front of a great crowd and get a couple of wins."
 
Milwaukee wraps up its 13-game homestand next, welcoming Illinois State to Henry Aaron Field Tuesday for a 3 p.m. first pitch in a game televised by Time Warner Cable SportsChannel.