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Pugh, Prosper Each Belt Two Homers, But Concord Holds Off Mountain Cats, 9-7

Athens, W.Va.

2/21/2022 3:03:00 PM

Box Score Pugh_Lennox.jpgLennox Pugh and Garrett Prosper each belted a pair of home runs, but Concord scored eight runs over a two-inning span to earn a 9-7 non-conference victory over the Pitt-Johnstown baseball team, Monday afternoon in Athens, W.Va.  The Mountain Cats are 1-1-1 after completing the season's first three-game series.
 
Concord took an early 1-0 lead with a run it its half of the first, but Pitt-Johnstown answered with four runs in the top of the third, highlighted by Prosper's three-run homer to right field.
 
Back-to-back solo homers from Prosper and Pugh in the Mountain Cats' top of the fifth increased it to 6-2.
 
However, Concord scored five in its half of the fifth and three more in the sixth to retake the lead, 9-6, before Pugh's second solo homer of the day in the top of the eighth set the final at 9-7.
 
Prosper went 3-for-4 with a pair of homers and four $BI, and Pugh added two solo home runs to lead Pitt-Johnstown.
 
Prosper_Garrett.jpgAustin Hammerle got the start for the Mountain Cats and limited Concord to just one run on five hits over the first four innings.  Hammerle struck out eight and walked one in the no-decision.
 
Wil Fetrow suffered the loss after giving up eight runs, just five earned, on 10 hits over the next 2.2 innings.  Brady Walker worked the final 1.1 innings, struck out two and didn't allow a hit.
 
With the win, Concord is also 1-1-1 to start the year.
 
The Mountain Cats visit the University of Charleston (WV) for a three-game non-conference series on Saturday and Sunday, before traveling to Cincinnati, OH to play a four-game non-conference series against West Liberty (WV) on March 5-6.  Pitt-Johnstown is scheduled to make its 2022 home debut with a non-conference doubleheader against Salem (WV) on March 19 at 1 p.m. at Point Stadium.
 
 
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