Concord Set For Weekend Series vs. Charleston

Complete Game Notes – Live Stats - Concord Season Stats – Charleston Season Stats


Live stats will be provided for all three games this weekend by the sports information office at the above link.

Records
With 19 games remaining in the regular season, Concord is 17-14 overall and 12-5 in the WVIAC. The Mountain Lions are currently ranked third in the WVIAC-South behind WV Wesleyan and WV State.

Charleston, which is slotted fourth in the WVIAC-South, is 11-16 overall and 8-8 in the WVIAC.

The Series
Concord has won 24 of its last 33 games against Charleston dating back to the 2000-01 season. However, the Golden Eagles have defeated the Mountain Lions in six consecutive games over the last two seasons.

The Coaches
Andrew Wright is 70-67 with one WVIAC Championship in his three seasons at Concord. Lee Bradley, who is in his second season at Charleston, has a career record of 39-39.

Up Next
Concord hits the road for six games against Pitt-Johnston and Davis & Elkins next week.

Last Time Out
• Concord lost a midweek game at King College, 12-11.

• Freshman Joe Camp was 5-for-5 with two RBI.

• Senior Devin Smith drove in three runs.

• Junior pitcher Chris Baker made his first start of the season, allowing no runs and just one hit in three innings.

Scouting Concord
• Getting an early lead has proven critical to the Mountain Lions' success this season. Concord is 12-3 when leading after four innings, but 3-10 when trailing after four innings.

• Concord is also 11-5 when scoring first this year.

• CU has scored at least 10 runs in seven consecutive games, going 5-2 over the stretch.

• How good has the Concord offense been this season? CU entered the week ranked in the top-10 in the nation in seven offensive categories including runs (fourth), runs per game (fifth), on-base percentage (fifth), slugging percentage (sixth), home runs (eighth), home runs per game (eighth) and batting average (10th).

• Junior first baseman Joey Miller is fourth in the nation in RBI (43) and seventh in home runs (nine). Miller is also batting .343 with eight doubles and a .667 slugging percentage.

• Accolades rolled in for Camp last week when he was recognized as the WVIAC Player of the Week and the NCBWA Atlantic Region Hitter of the Week.

• On the year, Camp is batting .575 with runners on base. Overall, Camp has drove in 21 runs to go with three home runs.

• Freshman outfielder Andrew Seigel has improved his batting average by 66 points over the last seven games, going 14-for-25 to raise his average from .323 to .389.

• Seigel has also been a terror on the base paths with eight stolen bases over the same time frame to increase his season steals total to 16, just two off of junior Bret Blevins' team-best 18 steals.

• In addition to leading the team in steals, Blevins, who is batting .351, has totaled a team-high in hits (40).

• Smith and sophomore Ryan Johnston have both been swinging hot bats of late. In the last six games, Smith is 13-for-26 (.500) with 13 runs, nine RBI, four stolen bases and three doubles. Just as impressive has been Johnston's production of 11 runs, five RBI, one home run, two doubles and a .429 batting average (9-for-21).

• Senior Jacob Mays' on-base percentage continues to soar. Mays, Concord's leader in runs scored with 36, has an OBP of .500, which is second on the team behind only Camp's on-base percentage of .513.

• Leading the pitching staff has been junior Ryan Weatherholtz, Baker and sophomore Kevin Mack.

• Weatherholtz is coming off of a dominating seven-strikeout, complete-game victory over A-B. Weatherholtz, who is 2-1 with a 3.62 ERA on the year, has allowed just two earned runs in his last two starts.

• Baker had a solid performance in his last start at King and is 4-0 on the year while opponents are hitting just .252 against Mack (2-0).

• Freshman pitcher Austin Southcott has not allowed a run in his last four relief appearances