ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University baseball team split two games with Pitt-Johnstown in a doubleheader Saturday at Anderson Field with CU winning 17-8 before UPJ took the nightcap 19-0.
Concord is 3-1 on the season while the Mountain Cats are 1-1
Game 1: Concord 17 – Pitt-Johnstown 8
Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the second, the Mountain Lions plated 10 runs to put the game out of reach.
Senior catcher
Hunter Steel and junior infielder
Zack Saryeldin came up with run-scoring singles to tie the game before graduate outfielder
Josh Adkins lifted a three-run home run to right field to push Concord up 6-3. Junior infielder
Chris Satcher and junior outfielder
D.J. Christian also recorded RBI singles in the frame before Steel came back around with an RBI single to cap the rally.
A two-run single from Christian highlighted a three-third. And CU piled up three more runs in the fifth. Steel came up with two more RBI on a base hit before coming around to score on a UPJ error.
The Mountain Lions recorded 21 hits in the contest. Christian had four hits and three RBI. Steel, in the ninth spot, tallied three hits and recorded four RBI. Sophomore infielder
MJ Hunter and junior infielder
Daniel Layne both had three hits. All three of Adkins' hits went for extra bases—two doubles and the home run.
Senior pitcher
Andrew Neff (2-0) tossed six innings as he registered six strikeouts and surrendered six earned runs.
Game 2: Pitt-Johnstown 19 – Concord 0
The Mountain Cats erupted for 13 runs in the fourth as CU was limited in game two.
UPJ plated four runs in the second inning to jump in front.
The Mountain Lions had runners in scoring position in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings, but were unable to plate any runs.
Sophomore outfielder
Austin Amtower, graduate outfielder
Kyle Keenan and Layne all had doubles in game two.
Sophomore pitcher/infielder
Rylee Nicholas (0-1) tossed three innings as he gave up six runs and struck out three.
Concord and Pitt-Johnstown meet in the rubber game of the series 12:00 p.m. Sunday.
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