CONCORDIA – The Beloit Trojans competed against Concordia on March 31, with the Panthers winning game one 8-1 and game two, 5-2. Beloit are now 0-3 on the season and will face Ellsworth on Friday, April 4 with a 4 p.m. starting pitch in Bearcat territory. The Trojans will host Minneapolis on April 8, for their first home game in Beloit.
In game one, Beloit scored in their one solo run with Ashton Bletscher for the 1-0 lead, before Concordia took over 2-1 in the bottom of the first inning. Both teams were scoreless in the second and third innings before the Panthers scored in two runs in the fourth and four in the fifth inning for the 8-1 win.
Beloit totaled 1R, 5H, 4E to Concordia’s 8R, 4H, 1E.
Beloit stats:
Ashton Bletscher (LF, P, RF) 4AB, 1R, 2H, 2SO
Paxton Fouts (2B) 2AB
Joel Rexroat (SS, CF) 3AB, 1H, 1RBI
Ryker Clark (C) 3AB, 1SO
Joel Fuller (P, SS) 3AB, 1H, 1SO
Riley Hilt (1B) 3AB
Colton Adolph (3B) 3AB
Alex Laflen (RF) 2AB, 1SO
Kanean Olson (CF, LF) 2AB, 1H, 1BB
Beloit totaled 26AB,1R, 5H, 1RBI, 1BB, 7SO
TB: Ashton Bletscher 2, Joel Rexroat 2, Kanean Olson 1, Joel Fuller 1
HBP: Paxton Fouts
E: Paxton Fouts, Joel Rexroat 2, Joel Fuller
2B: Joel Rexroat
Pitching:
Joel Fuller 4IP, 2H, 4R, 2ER, 3BB, 3SO
Ashton Bletscher 3R, 2BB
Jackson Weston 2IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1SO
Pitches-Strikes: Bletscher 14-4, Weston 28-18, Fuller 63-34
Batters Faced: Bletscher 3, Weston 9, Fuller 18
HBP: Weston, Fuller
Game 2
In game two, Concordia took the 3-0 lead, scoring one run in the second inning and two in the third inning.
Beloit scored one run in the fourth inning to stay in the game, 3-1.
The Panthers added two runs in the fifth inning to extend their lead, 5-1. Beloit added one run in the last seventh inning, and the Panthers won the game 5-2.
Beloit totaled 2R, 3H, 4E to Concordia’s 5R, 6H, 0E.
Beloit stats:
Bletscher (LF, RF) 3AB, 1BB
Fouts (2B) 4AB, 1SO
Rexroat (P, CF) 1AB, 1R, 1BB, 1SO
Clark (C) 3AB, 1H, 1RBI
Fuller (SS) 2AB
Hilt (1B) 3AB, 2SO
Adolph (3B) 2AB, 2SO
Wade Gronewaller 0AB, 1R, 1BB
Kaden Rabe (RF) 2AB, 1BB, 2SO
Weston (P)
Kanean Olson (CF, LF) 3AB, 2H, 1RBI, 1SO
SB: Ashton Bletscher, Joel Rexroat
E: Bletscher, Fouts, Rabe, Olson
HBP: Rexroat, Fuller
TB: Olson 2, Clark 1
Pitching:
Joel Rexroat 5IP, 5H, 5R, 1ER, 1BB, 1SO
Jackson Weston 1IP, 1H, 1SO
Pitches-Strikes: Rexroat 63-42, Weston 14-8
Batters Faced: Rexroat 22, Weston 4