WINCHESTER, Va. – The 14
th-ranked Frostburg State baseball team picked up its ninth-straight victory and its second win over a ranked team behind a 7-3 triumph over 13
th-ranked Shenandoah at Bridgeforth Field on Saturday afternoon.
Frostburg (11-1) racked up seven runs on eight hits, while holding Shenandoah (8-4, 1-1 ODAC) to three runs on six hits. The Bobcats had five different players record a hit with two multi-hit performances.
Senior pitcher Greg Schneider, the reigning NCBWA DIII National Pitcher of the Week, made his fourth start of the year on the mound. He went five frames, giving up three runs (two earned) with four walks and nine strikeouts. The Jefferson Hills, Pa. native extended his scoreless inning streak to 23 innings before surrendering a run in the third inning.
Schneider gave way to sophomore Mike Livingston, who collected his second save of the year with a stellar effort out of the bullpen. Livingston, a Frostburg, Md. native, allowed two hits with two strikeouts in the final four innings of the top-15 matchup.
Livingston has emerged as a reliable presence out of the Frostburg bullpen with three relief appearances that spanned multiple innings. He has not allowed a run in three of his five relief appearances and currently boasts a 1.69 earned run average.
Senior infielder Patrick Bosley blew the game open in the ninth, handing Frostburg three key insurance runs, with his clutch double to left. Bosley, who went 3-for-5 at the plate, recorded his fifth multi-hit game season and first three-hit game of the spring.
Frostburg struck first in the top of the first when senior Logan Corrigan drove home senior outfielder Kyle Burger with a single to short for the early 1-0 lead.
Shenandoah responded with two runs in the bottom of the third for a 2-1 lead before the Bobcats countered back with two runs in the top of the fourth. Bosley and senior outfielder Evan Colon each scored on a wild pitch, handing Frostburg a 3-2 edge.
Corrigan extended the Frostburg lead in the fifth with a single through the right side, scoring senior outfielder Matt Bougourd, for a 4-2 advantage. Once again the resilient Hornets responded in their next turn at the plate and cut the deficit to just one at 4-3.
After three scoreless frames for each team, the Bobcats pulled away with Bosley's double for a 7-3 lead. Burger started the top half of the ninth with a single, eventually advancing to second on a passed ball, before junior Brock Antognoni and Corrigan walked. Bosley then stepped to the plate and delivered the game-deciding double off pitcher Michael Bugonowicz.
Frostburg chased Shenandoah starter Colin Morse after five innings, who had allowed just nine hits and two runs entering the matchup, but Frostburg found success with five hits and four runs.
Antognoni drew two walks and has reached base in all 12 games for Frostburg this season.
Frostburg closes out the weekend with a non-conference road contest at Pitt-Greensburg with first pitch set for noon at Bobcat Park.
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