Box Score BECKLEY, W.Va. – Senior catcher
Spencer Wolfe (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown/USC Aiken) went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs while junior pitcher
Sam Crater (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern York/Frederick CC) tossed a complete game three-hitter to lead Shepherd University to a 4-2 win over Concord University in Mountain East Conference Baseball Tournament action at Linda K. Epling Stadium on Saturday.
Shepherd took a 1-0 lead in the third inning on a solo blast to left by Wolfe.
Shepherd extended its lead to 2-0 in the fifth as sophomore outfielder
Jonathan Sarty (Purcellville, Va./Woodgrove/William & Mary) singled, stole second, and later scored on a single by senior outfielder
Matt Wilson (Baltimore, Md./Archbishop Curley/Essex CC).
Concord tied the game at 2-all in the sixth as Tim Brockway reached on an infield error with two outs to plate Jerrod Groves and Andrew Siegel.
Shepherd responded with a pair of runs in the seventh to rally for the victory.
Senior third baseman
Bryce Shemer (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill/Colorado Mesa) led off with a single and Sarty followed with a one-out double.
Wolfe smacked a single to right center to plate the pair.
Shemer, Sarty, and Wilson each had a pair of hits for the Rams.
Paul Williams went 2-for-3 to lead Concord.
Crater (9.0 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 10 Ks, 2 BB) picked up the win to improve to 11-2. Nate Werner (8.0 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 Ks, 1 BB) (4-5) took the loss for the Mountain Lions.
Shepherd improves to 39-10, while Concord falls to 30-21. The Rams return to action on Sunday in championship action at 1 p.m. against a yet to be determined opponent.
Notes: Shepherd's 39 wins on the season match the school record (1997, 2014)… Crater's 11 wins on the year tie the single season mark set by
Paul Hvozdovic in 2014… Wolfe now leads the Rams with 11 round-trippers this season.
Bryce Shemer went 2-for-3 with a run scored.
Matt Wilson had a pair of hits.