WASHINGTON, Pa.  – The Concord University baseball team went 1-1 against West Liberty Sunday afternoon at Wild Things Park in Mountain East Conference action. Â
The Mountain Lions are now 8-3 overall and 2-2 in the league while West Liberty is 3-13 this season and also 2-2 in the MEC.
Game 1: West Liberty 3 – Concord 1
After scoring two runs in the bottom of the first inning, the Hilltoppers held off Concord for the remainder of the game.
The lone Concord run came in the third inning as sophomore infielder
Anthony Stehlin singled and stole second with one out before scoring on a base knock by senior infielder
Brett Simmons. CU threatened again in the fourth as junior outfielders
Ryan Fralin and
Adam Linkous both singled and converted a double steal with two outs, but both were left stranded.
In the seventh, Concord got the tying run to the plate after Linkous reached base to start the inning. However, WLU's Tyler Blomquist worked around Linkous to finish off his complete-game effort.
Senior pitcher
Will Guay (0-2) was the hard-luck loser for the Mountain Lions as he gave up three runs on four hits and struck out six in his own complete game on the mound.
CU was limited to four hits in the contest.
Game 2: Concord 6 – West Liberty 4
The Mountain Lions scored the first three runs of the game as it earned a split on Sunday.
Concord got two runs in the first inning as a pair of West Liberty errors allowed Simmons and Stehlin to score after the Stehlin was hit by a pitch and Simmons singled to start the game. A third run came across in the second inning as freshman catcher
Chance Davis drew a one-out walk before scoring on a wild pitch.
The Hilltoppers answered with two scores in the bottom of the second, but Concord extended its lead with a three-run fourth inning.
Stehlin, Simmons and junior catcher
Jakob Divers all got on base to start the frame before senior outfielder
Evan Webb brought in two runs with a single. Divers crossed later in the inning on a fielder's choice to give CU a 6-2 advantage.
West Liberty got to within 6-4 in the sixth inning, but freshman pitcher
Sidney Willis escaped further damage by getting the potential tying run to fly out to end the threat. Linkous tossed a perfect seventh inning to secure his first save of the year and sophomore pitcher
Logan Morrison's third win.
Morrison (3-0) pitched five inning as he gave up two runs on five hits while striking out six batters.
Stehlin and Simmons combined for three hits and four runs scored. Webb added three RBI—his first such game of the season.
CU travels to Salem for a non-conference contest 1:00 p.m. Tuesday.
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