The Concordia University, Nebraska baseball team picked up a split with the Mount Marty College lancers on Wednesday night. The Game was originally scheduled to be played on Sunday, March 30 but due to in climate weather had to be moved to Seward, Neb.
Mount Marty (11-14, 3-5 GPAC) got a dominate pitching effort from freshman Nick Huston en route to a first game 8-1 victory. Huston threw a complete game one hitter while striking out four. Huston had a perfect game through six innings but walked the Bulldogs Casey Rodriguez with one out in the seventh inning. Rodriquez would then advance to second on a wild pitch and with two outs junior first basemen Jack Holmberg doubled to the right center field gap for the Bulldogs lone hit and run.
The Lancers were led offensively by Mike Hammonds who went 2-for-3 with four RBI and a run scored. Eight of the nine starters for Mt. Marty had at least one base hit with four of the eight having two base hits.
Sophomore lefty Brad Ramp was tagged with the loss for the Bulldogs. Ramp went three and one third innings, while giving up six runs (all earned) on eight hits to move his record to 1-2.
Concordia (3-24, 2-6 GPAC) used all the bullets in the chamber to put away the Lancers in the game two victory, 6-5. The Bulldogs used two starting pitchers in the top of the seventh to hold off a late Mt. Marty charge as the middle of the Bulldog lineup came up big for the offense.
The 5-6-7-8 hitters for Concordia combined to go 9-for-12 in game two led by senior right fielder BJ Juelfs who went 4-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Sophomore catcher Joe Bercerra, batting out of the eight spot, went 2-for-3 with four RBI. The biggest hit of the afternoon came when Bercerra put the bulldogs in front for good with a three run shot over the left field fence in the fourth inning.
Concordia used regular starter, sophomore Jacob Schaffer as a stopper last night as he earned his first career save. Schaffer came into the game with the bases loaded with Lancers and none out before wiggling out of the jam by inducing a fly ball and blowing the heat past Justin Simonesma for a big one out strike out. After a no harm infield single by the Lancers Dillon Lambley, Schaffer was able to get Luke Elliot to ground out to Bulldog second baseman BJ Swearer to end the game with the tying run on third.
The Bulldogs next action will be this coming Saturday as the Bulldogs welcome the Prairie Wolves of Nebraska Wesleyan to Memorial Field for a 5 p.m. double header on April 5. Concordia will then take on Dana College on April 6 with a 1 p.m. double header.
Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score