Baseball scores nine in game two to split series with Grove City

AUBERNDALE, Fla. – The Concordia Wisconsin Falcons' bats came alive in game two of their doubleheader today to get their first win of the season against the Grove City Wolverines.

THE BASICS
-Final Score: Wolverines 4, Falcons 0 | Falcons 9, Wolverines 4
-Records: Falcons 1-2, Wolverines 5-5

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Game one went poorly for the Falcons as they were shutout 4-0 by the Wolverine pitchers.
- Sam Zarling (West Bend, Wis.) led the Falcons with two hits in game one while Bradlee Sumner (Ocala, Fla.) struck out six in his five innings pitched.
- In game two, the bats woke up to score nine runs and power the Falcons to a 9-4 win.
- The Falcons struck quickly, scoring three runs in the first. Grove City responded with two in the second to cut the Falcon lead to 3-2.
- The Wolverines later tied it at 3-3 in the top of the fourth, but the Falcons answered with a four-run bottom half of the inning to retake the lead 7-3.
- CUW added two more insurance runs in the sixth, and the Falcon pitchers did their job in the seventh to close out the win.
- Zarling had a pair of doubles for the Falcons as he and Sam Beers (Janesville, Wis.) each went 4-for-4 at the plate.
- Blake Breon (Geneva, Ill.) struck out three in his start.

UP NEXT
-The Falcons face Penn St.-Altoona in a doubleheader on Sunday, March 8, starting at 9am EST.