GLENVILLE, W.Va. (March 22) – The Wheeling University baseball team split a pair of blowout games at Glenville State Sunday in Mountain East Conference (MEC) play. The Pioneers took game one 12-2, before the Cardinals answered back with a 16-2 win.

THE MATCHUPS

• GAME 1 FINAL: Glenville State 12, Wheeling 2
• GAME 2 FINAL: Wheeling 16, Glenville State 2
• Location: Sue Morris Complex | Glenville, West Virginia
• Records: Wheeling 5-4 | Glenville State 7-2

HOW IT HAPPENED in Game 1

• Wheeling fell behind early when Glenville State scored five in the first and four in the second inning.
• The Cardinals scored runs in the third and fourth innings, but the early deficit was too much to overcome.

GAME NOTES

• Glenville State only had eight hits, but drew nine walks.
• Junior Connor Watt (Roanoke, Va./Glenvar) and Francisco Morales (Dorado, Puerto Rico/Colegio Laico de Levittown) drove in the Wheeling runs.

HOW IT HAPPENED in Game 2

• The Cardinals rebounded with a 16-2 win in game two.
• Wheeling took a 3-0 lead in the third inning after sophomore Riley Cameron (Vass, N.C./Union Pines) cracked his second home run of the season.
• The Pioneers made the score 4-2 through five innings.
• The Cardinals plated five in the sixth and seven in the seventh to break the game open.
• Wheeling loaded the bases with one out in the fifth, when Cameron delivered a bases-clearing single to make the score 8-2.
• Junior Blake Vandiver (Alton, Ill./Roxana) delivered the big blow in the seventh when he connected on a three-run home run that made the score 13-2.

GAME NOTES

• Junior pitcher Logan Pillars (Rock Falls, Ill./Rock Falls) earned the win on the mound. Pillars (1-1) went 5.0 innings and struck out seven, while allowing two runs on five hits.
• Cameron led the way with a home run, five RBIs, and four runs scored. He also drew a pair of walks.
• Vandiver ended the game with a pair of hits, including the home run, three RBIs and three runs scored.
• Watt, junior Chris Iazzetta (Clinton, N.J./IMG Academy), and junior Hayden Hizer (Paden City, W.Va./Paden City) each collected two RBIs in the win.
• The 16 runs scored was the most in a single-game in Wheeling baseball history since the 2012. Wheeling defeated Pitt.-Johnstown 16-6 on April 15 that year.

UP NEXT

• The Cardinals will travel south down to Athens, West Virginia to take on Concord for a MEC-doubleheader tomorrow, Monday, March 22 around 1 p.m.
• A live stream of the games will be available online and on the Mountain East App (Roku, AppleTV, Android, and Amazon Fire, etc.).