BASEBALL: WARM DAY, COLD BATS

CU SWEPT AT WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN

Despite the unseasonably warm weather, the Concord baseball team's offense was cold in a WVIAC South Division doubleheader loss at West Virginia Wesleyan Saturday afternoon.

The Mountain Lions collected seven hits in falling 7-1 and 13-2 at Hank Ellis Field in Buckhannon, WV.

GAME ONE
BOXSCORE / PLAY-BY-PLAY

While WVWC starting pitcher Aaron Adams kept CU's bats in check, the Bobcats used small-ball to get their offense going.

Wesleyan scored once in the bottom of the 1st, on a leadoff double and two straight groundouts.
The Bobcats put together a four-run rally in the 2nd, starting with three straight singles to load the bases.  The first run came in via a hit batsman, with the final three coming in on another single and two sacrifice flies.
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WVWC pushed across another run in the 4th when Corey Flickinger singled, stole second, stole third, and scored on a throwing error.  Flickinger also hit a solo home run in the 6th.

Concord got on the board in the top of the 6th, when Bret Blevins drew a leadoff walk, moved to second on a wild pitch, and scored on Jerrod Groves' RBI single.

Adams limited the Mountain Lions to a pair of singles in a complete-game victory.


GAME TWO
BOXSCORE / PLAY-BY-PLAY

Wesleyan put together another four-run, 2nd-inning rally to move in front, highlighted by a two-run single by Flickinger.  The Bobcats pieced together four singles to score twice more in the 4th.

The Mountain Lions broke through against WVWC starter Warren Hammel with two run in the top of the 5th.  With one out, T.J. Brockway walked and Ryan Johnston doubled.  Hammel uncorked a wild pitch that scored Brockway and advanced Johnston to third, and Zach Cloxton plated Johnston with a sacrifice fly.

The Bobcats tallied once in the bottom of the inning on a walk, an error and an RBI double, and put the contest out of reach with a six-run outburst in the 6th.


Up next for Concord (6-15, 2-4) is the finale of its three-game set against WV Wesleyan in Buckhannon on Sunday, March 18.  First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 pm.


(statistics courtesy of West Virginia Wesleyan Sports Information)





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