The Charger baseball team closed out the regular season with a game two win over RV Concordia Friday on Bishop Mueller Field. BC split the four-game series with the Bulldogs 2-2.
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"It's great to send the seniors off with a win at Bishop Mueller," said head coach
Corby McGlauflin. "All our seniors played crucial roles all season and I couldn't be happier for what each of their futures hold. We were able to get the split and stay healthy heading into the conference tournament next week!"
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Game 1 – L, 1-2
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The Chargers fell in game one 1-2, despite another solid performance on the mound from senior
Jacob Wesselmann. He pitched a complete game with five strikeouts and allowed just two runs on seven hits.
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Concordia scored off a solo home run in the third and an RBI single in the fifth inning. Wesselmann kept the Chargers close to the Bulldog lead, escaping jams in the first and fourth inning with a pair of flyouts.
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With two outs in the sixth,
Mike Anthony doubled to right field and wasn't on base for long as
Connor Lange drove him in with a single. The Chargers went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the seventh, falling 1-2.
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Anthony, Lange and
Cam Riemer each tallied a hit for BC.
Game 2 – W, 8-4
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The Chargers crossed home plate first in game two, after
Jared Sitzmann legged out a triple and drove in
Walter Hunt who scored from first base. Quienten Evers drove in Sitzmann with his first of three doubles in game two.Â
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The Bulldogs finally got to starting pitcher
Dalen Blair after 5.2 scoreless innings. They scored off a solo home run and an RBI double.Â
The Charger bats helped the pitchers in the bottom of the sixth, batting through the lineup and scoring insurance runs. Pinch runner
Brayden Artzer scored off a wild pitch, while Evers drove in two more runs with a double.
Matthew Delgado drove in
Jared Sitzmann with an infield single, and Anthony scored Evers with a single to right field.Â
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After the Bulldogs scored two runs in the eighth,
Trey Rogers drove in BC's eighth run of the game off a sacrifice fly to go up by four.Â
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Austin Carter entered the game in top of the eighth with two outs and recorded his third save of the season. He gave up one hit in 1.1 innings of work with two strikeouts.Â
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Evers went 3-for-4 with three doubles and three RBIs. Sitzmann went 1-for-2 with two walks, two runs and one RBI.Â
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The Chargers end the regular season with a 27-20 record (15-13 GPAC) and finished with a 15-7 record on Bishop Mueller Field. BC is currently the sixth in the conference standings and will find out their seed in next week's conference tournament after the weekend's slate of games.Â
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