Concord Begins Road Trip at West Virginia Wesleyan

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University baseball team embarks on a nine-game road trip as it starts the road swing at West Virginia Wesleyan for a pair of Mountain East Conference doubleheaders 3:00 p.m. Saturday and 1:00 p.m. Sunday at Hank Ellis Field.

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The West Virginia Wesleyan Sports Information Department will have live statistics and live video of the four-game set.

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SERIES HISTORY: Concord leads 50-31

LAST FIVE MEETINGS VERSUS WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
April 14, 2024: Concord 8 – West Virginia Wesleyan 1, Concord 11 – West Virginia Wesleyan 6 (Athens, W.Va.)
April 13, 2024: Concord 8 – West Virginia Wesleyan 5, Concord 7 – West Virginia Wesleyan 2 (Athens, W.Va.)
April 15, 2023: West Virginia Wesleyan 9 – Concord 4, Concord 10 – West Virginia Wesleyan 6 (Buckhannon, W.Va.)
April 14, 2023: Concord 12 – West Virginia Wesleyan 6, Concord 6 – West Virginia Wesleyan 3 (Buckhannon, W.Va.)
April 16, 2022: Concord 21 – West Virginia Wesleyan 10, Concord 14 – West Virginia Wesleyan 2 (Athens, W.Va.)

CONCORD AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 20-12
MEC Record: 11-3
Home Record: 15-6
Away Record: 5-4
Neutral Record: 0-2

RARE AIR
Sophomore pitcher Jake Robinson tossed five shutout innings against Davis & Elkins last Saturday as Concord clinched a series victory over Davis & Elkins, 3-1, with a 13-0 win in game four. It was Concord's fourth shutout of the season which is the most since 2017 when the Mountain Lions also secured four shutouts. Robinson has been the winning pitcher in three of CU's shutouts this season which are the most since Troy Beckner was the pitcher of record in all four shutouts in 2017. The last time the Mountain Lions had more than four shutouts in a season was in 2014 when they collected 10. Robinson was also named the MEC Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season. Graduate pitcher Zach Powell started the weekend series against D&E with his 26th career college victory which is now tied for third most among active Division II pitchers. Powell pitched his second straight complete game as he tied his season high with seven strikeouts.

RUN PRODUCERS
Junior catcher Austin Hear had at least one RBI in three of the four games versus Davis & Elkins as he homered in the middle two games of the series. Hear had gone 11 games without a home run before hitting a solo shot in game two against D&E. Meanwhile, junior outfielder Korbin Bostic had five RBI in the final two games of the four-game set, including a three-run home run in the series finale. Bostic who has hit in the middle of the order all season has 29 RBI, and Concord is 13-2 when its cleanup hitter has at least RBI this season. Junior catcher Kaden Swaim starts the weekend tied for second in the MEC in RBI (38). Swaim has 12 multi-RBI games this season. CU is 9-3 when Swaim collects two or more RBI.

KEEP IT GOING
Concord enters the road series at West Virginia Wesleyan having won 19 of the last 20 games against the Bobcats, a mark that dates back to the 2019 season. Even though CU won all four games at Anderson Field last year against WVWC, three of the four games were decided by five runs or less. Senior outfielder Demetri Jamison was 7-for-13 in the series last season with three doubles and five RBI. During the 2022 and 2023 seasons, senior outfielder D.J. Christian Jr. was a combined 14-for-30 against Wesleyan. In 2022, Christian drove in 14 runs in the four-game series. Senior utility MJ Hunter picked up a save on the mound last season versus WVWC as he tossed 2.2 innings to help secure an 11-6 win.

WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 8-21
MEC Record: 4-10
Home Record: 2-7
Away Record: 5-7
Neutral Record: 1-7

SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
West Virginia Wesleyan opened up MEC South Division action with a series split at West Virginia State as the Bobcats won the middle two game. Luke Burner is hitting .313 with six doubles and 11 RBI. Kohei Fujishita has driven in 13 runs in just 41 at-bats. The Hernandez twins, Alex and Anthony, limited the WVSU offense over the weekend on the mound. Anthony Hernandez has tossed back-to-back complete games, and in his latest start he only gave up a run on six hits against the Yellow Jackets. Alex Hernandez held WVSU to two runs on five hits as he received a no-decision in the series opener.