Glenville State Baseball Ends 2023 Season With The Mountain Lions of Concord

5/4/2023 2:27:00 PM

By: GSU Sports Information

GLENVILLE, W.Va. - Glenville State Baseball ends the 2023 campaign with the Mountain Lions of Concord University. The first half of the four-game sires will be played at the Sue Morris Sports Complex, while the remaining two will be played in Athens, W.Va. Heading into the final week GSU still has a chance to make history securing back-to-back .500 seasons in conference play

Game Information

Game One | May 5th, 2023 | 1:00 PM (DH) | Sue Morris Sports Complex
Glenville State (22-24, 15-13 MEC) | Concord (25-19, 21-7 MEC)
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Game Two | May 7th, 2023 | 1:00 PM (DH) | GSU at CU
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A Look at Your Pioneers

Glenville is coming off a four-game series with the Bobcats of West Virginia Wesleyan College. The Pioneer's offense was on fire averaging 10 runs a contest through the four-game set. During this stretch, Fabian Escalante and Zac Bayor were key contributors. While Bayor batted .368 for the series, he would have a home run and seven RBIs. Escalante led GSU in batting average for the four games with a .455 and produced ten RBIs

Throughout the season the Pioneer's bullpen and defense have been solid. Glenville with their 11 shutouts have posted the 11th most in all of Division II. GSU also has the best fielding percentage in the conference and has committed the second-fewest errors in the league. As a team, the Pioneers have produced 365 strikeouts which is third in the MEC.

Glenville by the Numbers

.376: Fabian Escalante has the ninth-best batting average in the conference.
66: Senior Chase Swain has produced the third most strikeouts in the league.
45: Sophomore Austin Corn this season has given up the fourth fewest hits in the MEC.
.269: The Pioneers bullpen on average is holding opponents to the fourth-lowest batting average in the conference.

A Look at the Mountain Lions

Concord has been in a little bit of a slump since the Emory and Henry loss back on April 19th. Since then the Mountain Lions are (3-5) in their last eight. However, CU did take a game from the #25 University of Charleston. Concord enters the weekend tied for 2nd in the South Division.

Throughout the 2023 campaign, the Mountain Lions have been one of the best-hitting teams in the MEC. As a team, Concord is hitting over .300 with D.J. Christian and Josh Adkins hitting over .375. While the offense has been clicking the bullpen at times has struggled. Through 44 games CU's bullpen has the seventh-best ERA in the league. Concord has also given up 44 home runs which is third in the conference.

Concord by the Numbers

.389: D.J. Christian sits second in the MEC for batting average.
73.2: Andrew Neff has been the Mountain Lion's go-to arm leading CU in innings pitched.
8: Josh Adkins sits ninth in the conference for home runs.
4: D.J. Christian, Josh Adkins, Zack Saryeldin, and Daniel Layne are all hitting above .320.

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