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The Concordia University baseball team rattled the bats for 20 runs earlier in the week, but couldn't manage much offense Wednesday night in a 7-1 defeat at the hands of the York College Panthers at Memorial Field in Plum Creek Park in Seward, Neb.
With the game tied 0-0, York led off the top of the third inning with a single by its nine-hole hitter, Ryan Stuckey. Adam Janky then reached on a bunt single when he was able to place the ball in the dead area between first and second. York's Jered Barrier tried a bunt of his own, attempting to lay down a sacrifice bunt with two runners on. Concordia's Caleb Taylor fielded the ball, but his throw to first skipped into right field, allowing a run to score. York added two more runs in the third to give the Panthers a 3-0 advantage.
In the top of the fourth inning York added another pair of runs, pushing lead to 5-0 before Concordia was able to get on the scoreboard. The Bulldogs' Joe Bercerra singled to bring in Casey Rodriguez who led off the fifth inning with a single. Concordia would fail to push anymore runs across.
Taylor threw 3 2-3 innings and was tagged with the loss for the Bulldogs, giving up five runs (two earned) on six hits and four walks. Taylor is now 0-3 for the 2009 season.
With the loss the Bulldogs drop to 5-21 overall while York moves to 17-13 overall. Next action for Concordia comes Friday, April 3, as the Bulldogs travel to Blair, Neb., to take on the Dana College Vikings.