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Box Score 2 WHEELING, W.Va. – The Wheeling Jesuit baseball squad split a Mountain East Conference double-header with the Fairmont State Falcons at the JB Chambers baseball complex.
The Cardinals celebrated senior day in style in game one, picking up a massive 9-1 victory before falling in game two 4-2 to split the double header, and split the weekend series as well.
Sophomore left hand hurler
gunning down a would-be scorer at home all the way from center field to prevent the Falcons from getting on the board till the 5
th inning.
Game two started off as a pitchers dual with no runs scored for either team till the 5
th inning.
FSU got on the board first in the 5
th with WJU pitcher giving up a double to bring in the Falcon's Sam Orr, before Weiss walked a batter in to put FSU up 2-0. The lead didn't last long however, with Pat Ammar slamming a bases-clearing double down the left field line for three RBIs to put WJU up 3-2.
WJU pitcher
Garrett Sancomb came in to relieve Weiss, but ended up taking the loss by allowing two more runs to score in the 6
th The Cardinals now hit the road to close out the season with a road trip to Virginia-Wise for a weekend series against the Cavaliers next weekend, and a big weekend series up on the hill against West Liberty the first weekend in May.