Frostburg State falls to Concord, 5-2, at MEC tournament
May 12—CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Trevor Jones put Frostburg State in front early with a two-run homer, but the Bobcats' bats went silent in a 5-2 loss to Concord at the Mountain East Conference tournament on Friday.
The Bobcats fell to the loser's bracket, where they must defeat West Liberty on Friday at 6 p.m. to stay alive. That game is being played at the University of Charleston instead of GoMart Park due to a conflict with the Charleston Dirty Birds of the Atlantic League.
The defeat snapped a seven-game Frostburg State winning streak.
Jones' big fly in the second inning gave Frostburg State a 2-1 lead; however, that'd be the last time it'd find the scoreboard. Concord retired 16 straight FSU batters before Jones tallied a single with two outs in the ninth.
A throwing error in the third inning tied the score, and Brendan Brady hit a go-ahead single to center field with two outs later in the frame.
Kyle Keenan tacked on an insurance run in the fifth with an RBI single, and he hit a solo shot in the seventh to make it 5-2. Josh Adkins hit a solo home run in the first inning for Concord's other score.
The relief duo of Andrew Neff and Rylee Nicholas held Frostburg State scoreless over the final 5 2/3 innings. Neff went 3 2/3, striking out six, and Nicholas recorded the six-out save.
Concord out-hit Frostburg State, 7-6. Jones was the only Bobcat with multiple hits, going 2 for 4 with two RBIs and a run scored.
Max Proctor took the loss for FSU, surrendering four runs on four hits with four walks and five strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings of work. AJ Campbell allowed one run in two frames of middle relief, and Jack Maruskin tossed 2 2/3 scoreless with five strikeouts to end the game.
Frostburg State (31-19) fell to 1-1 in the MEC tourney after starting the conference tournament with a 4-0 win over West Virginia State on Wednesday.
The Bobcats' Jacob Stretch (six innings pitched, three hits, three walks, six Ks), Cael Huyer (two innings pitched, one hit, two Ks) and Ethan Kiple (one inning pitched, no hits, one K) combined for the shutout.
Kiple also homered at the plate.
