Baseball Falls Against (RV) Concordia Chicago

AUBURNDALE, Fla.—The Fontbonne University baseball team closed out its Florida trip falling against (RV) Concordia Chicago.

Final: (RV) Concordia Chicago 7, Fontbonne 2

Location: Auburndale, Fla.

Records: (RV) Concordia Chicago (2-2), Fontbonne (7-8)

How It Happened

It was a scoreless contest up until the Cougars broke through in the third. Matt Fauth led off with a bunt single and scored on Matthew Uba's RBI triple to give them a 1-0 lead. They extended it out to 2-0 later in the inning on Howie Hatton's RBI groundout.

After adding another run in the fifth, the Cougars tacked on four more in the sixth, helped by three Fontbonne errors to lead, 7-0.

Fontbonne did get two of those runs back in the next half inning. Luke Meixner led off with a single and moved up to second on a Cougars error.

After a wild pitch, the Griffins scored its first run on Paul Wilson's RBI groundout. Joey Casey followed with an RBI single to score Thomas Purschke, who reached base on an error, to trim the deficit down to 7-2. However, that'd be the final run for Fontbonne as the Cougars held on for the win.

Fontbonne Notables

• Brendon Smock fell to 0-1 on the year after allowing three runs on four hits in 4.0 innings pitched.
• Gus Purschke, Tyler Chambliss, Meixner, and Casey each had one hit.

Concordia Chicago Notables

• Starter Adam Gregory earned his first win on the year tossing 6.0 innings of shutout ball and striking out seven.
• Matt Fauth led at the plate going 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI.
• Kevin Garcia went 2-for-4 with a run scored and RBI.

Up Next

The team returns to action Tuesday when they'll jump into SLIAC play on the road against Principia. First-pitch at 5 p.m.

Fans make sure to stay updated on fontbonnegriffins.com throughout the year for full updates and recaps on the baseball team.

Make sure to follow us on all our social media accounts: Twitter (@FBUGriffins), Instagram (@fbugriffins) and Facebook (/FontbonneUGriffins).