Baseball ‘Cats get home split with West Virginia State – My Buckhannon

BUCKHANNON, W.Va.– A two-RBI single from Cole Shearer within the late innings helped the West Virginia Wesleyan (3-32, 3-21 MEC) baseball workforce cut up their doubleheader in opposition to the West Virginia State Yellow Jackets (20-17, 12-12 MEC) on Sunday at Hank Ellis Discipline.
 
Recreation One
The Yellow Jacket employees held the ‘Cats in examine in recreation one. WVSU scored of their opening at-bats to make it 1-0. WVSU added one other within the third earlier than the Orange and Black broke into the hit column with a base knock from Geovani Sostre within the fifth inning. WVWC had runners on first and second after a Thatcher Poteat single to proper discipline however couldn’t manufacture a run.
 
The Yellow Jackets added two extra runs within the sixth to make it 4-0 and conclude the scoring in recreation one.
 
AJ Ventry bought the nod in recreation one as he went the gap. Ventry scattered 4 runs (three earned) on eight hits and struck out three.
 
Recreation Two
Like recreation one, the Yellow Jackets bought on the board within the opening body to make it 1-0. The ‘Cats would load the bases within the backside of the body, however three consecutive strikeouts noticed them fail to get on the board.
 
WVSU would add two extra within the prime of the third on a pair of RBI singles to make it 3-0.
 
WVWC would reply within the backside half of the body as Shearer would hit a tough liner to centerfield to attain Sam Ingram on a sac-fly.
 
The Bobcat pitching employees would maintain the Yellow Jackets scoreless within the ultimate 4 frames to maintain the Orange and Black inside hanging distance. WVWC would get their likelihood within the fifth inning as back-to-back singles by Jack Tilton and Julio Aguilar. Martin Radosevic would step up with runners on first and third and ship a single to proper discipline to attain Jack Tilton and make it 3-2. With runners advancing to second and third on a wild pitch, Shearer stepped as much as the plate and regarded so as to add on runs. Shearer ripped one down the left-field line to attain Radosevic and Aguilar on the play and provides the ‘Cats the lead.
 
Jake Mauzy and Broderick Rohrbaugh offered sturdy reduction for the ‘Cats throwing the ultimate two frames to protect the Bobcat lead and safe the 4-3 win. Rohrbaugh set the Yellow Jackets down within the seventh to tally his third save on the season.
 
Alec Tamburri bought the beginning in recreation two, incomes his first win of the season. Tamburri scattered three runs on six hits and struck out 5 in his 5 full innings of labor.