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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University baseball team plays a two-game set with Mercer County rival Bluefield State 2:00 p.m. Saturday at home before traveling to BSC's Bowen Field 3:00 p.m. Sunday.
LIVE COVERAGE
Stats: Live in-game statistics of both games will be provided throughout the weekend.
Video: Both schools will have live streaming video available this weekend.
RECORDS
CU is 1-1-1 after a three-game series split with Pitt-Johnstown to begin the season.
The Big Blues are 5-7 in 2022.
ALL ABOUT THE BATS
The Mountain Lions scored 34 runs in the opening series with UPJ as it plateddouble-digit runs in the first two games of the series before finishing with a 9-7 win Monday afternoon. Through the first three games of the season, Concord is hitting .390 which is fifth in Division II. Sophomore infielder
Chris Satcher opened up the season by going 7-of-12 for a .583 average and bookending the series with three-hit games. Fellow sophomore infielder
Zack Saryeldin had eight hits in 14 trips to the plate. The Weston, Florida native had four of CU's 10 doubles for the weekend as the Mountain Lions are fourth in Division II in doubles per game (3.3). Saryeldin also had his first career grand slam in game two of the series. Sophomore infielder
Michael Dupont opened up the series with a career-best five RBI to go with two doubles. Dupont joins junior outfielder
Richard Ortiz and fifth-year senior infielder
Anthony Stehlin as active players with five-RBI games.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
The freshman pitching duo of
Jacob Nester and
Rylee Nicholas helped the Mountain Lions pick up a game three win in the series. Nester tossed six innings as he tallied the most strikeouts on the weekend for any Concord pitcher with five. He did not factor in the decision, but Nicholas quieted the hot bats of UPJ by tossing three innings and allowing just one run to pick up his first career victory. In three innings, Nicholas faced just two over the minimum as he retired the Mountain Cats in order in the ninth to secure the win. The battery for Nester and Nicholas was freshman catcher
Joey Duffer who collected two doubles at the bottom of the order. Duffer is the first CU freshman with two doubles in the same game since Jordan Clark in 2016.
RENEWING THE RIVALRY
Concord and Bluefield State face each other for the first time since the 2019 season when the Mountain Lions won both games. CU cruised to a 15-2 victory at home April 12. However, 18 days later Concord scored six of the final eight runs in the game to rally past BSC 14-13. The Maroon and Gray stacked up 35 hits across the two games. Junior outfielder
Josh Adkins and Stehlin are the only two Concord position players to appear against Bluefield State in their career. Senior pitcher
Gabe Garcia played in the road game at Bluefield State three seasons ago.
BLUEFIELD STATE AT A GLANCE
Drew Bailey, a 2017 Concord Hall of Fame inductee, is in his second season as the head coach of the Big Blues. Bailey played for CU head coach
Kevin Garrett from 2008-10 and was teammates with Concord assistant coach
Devin Smith. Bluefield State was 15-12 a season ago and won the Black College World Series. Shawn Runey has 13 strikeouts in 13 innings on the mound and sports a 3.46 ERA. Zane Eggleston has struck out 10 over 12 innings of work. At the plate, Jarred Simpson has a pair of doubles and five RBI this year.
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