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Baseball Opens CAC Tournament Play with York (Pa.) on Friday

FROSTBURG, Md. – Following a 17-19 season just one year ago, the Frostburg State baseball team has rebounded in a big way and will make its seventh Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) Tournament appearance in the last eight seasons on Friday morning.
 
Frostburg, the four seed in the conference tournament, will face sixth-seeded York (Pa.) on Friday, May 4 at top-seeded Salisbury with first pitch sated for 9:00 a.m. Frostburg enters the game with a 23-12 overall record while the Spartans are 19-17-1 overall.
 
The conference tournament features a new double-elimination pod system beginning this season that separates the tournament into two weekends. The tournament will consist of two three-team pods hosted by the top two seeds in the conference, which are Salisbury (No. 1) and Christopher Newport (No. 2). A full schedule is available at the bottom of this preview.
 
Frostburg capped the regular season with a 15-14 walkoff victory over York on Monday at Bob Wells Field to earn the four seed in the tournament and force the Spartans into the six spot. The Bobcats rallied from deficits of 4-0, 12-4 and 14-7, ultimately notching eight runs over the final two innings while not surrendering an out in the ninth.
 
Frostburg will play its second game of the day on Friday against host Salisbury at either 12:30 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. (depending on the result of FSU/YCP).
 
FROSTBURG NOTES
  • Friday will serve as the rubber match between Frostburg and York in the third meeting of the season between the two teams. The Spartans earned an 18-7 win on April 18 before Frostburg came away with a 15-14 walkoff win last Monday.
  • Since joining the CAC in 2011, the Bobcats have amassed an 85-54 (.611) record in conference play.
  • Head coach Guy Robertson enters the conference tournament just five wins shy of 300 at the helm of the Bobcats.
  • The Bobcats capped the 2018 season by winning six of their final seven games and scoring an average of 8.85 runs per game over that span.
  • Senior hurler Greg Schneider, the NCAA active leader in career strikeouts with 383, is tied for seventh nationally with 91 strikeouts in 2018.
  • The Bobcats have seven players (with at least 20 starts) hitting over .300 for the season, including senior Matt Bougourd, senior Kyle Burger, senior Logan Corrigan, junior Brock Antognoni, senior Mike Takovich, junior Nick Fuhrmann and senior Evan Colon.
  • Bougourd (.375 avg, 3 HR, 31 RBI, 11 2B) ranks ninth in the conference in batting average and is tied for 10th in doubles.
  • Corrigan and junior Brady Adam have become key contributors in a utility role this season on the mound and at the plate.
  • Senior Dan Richardson (2-0, 1.97 ERA, 41 K, 8 BB, 12 APP) and sophomore Mike Livingston (3-0, 3.70 ERA, 6 SV, 21 K, 12 BB, 14 APP) anchor the Frostburg bullpen.
  • Burger had a career day at the plate against the Spartans on Monday, going 5-of-6 at the plate with three home runs and five RBI. He is one of just four individuals in program history to hit three home runs in a game.
  • Takovich (.313 avg, 8 2B, 18 RBI) has a seven-game hitting streak.
 
YCP NOTES
  • The Spartans finished with an identical 9-9 conference record but enter the matchup losing three of its last four games.
  • Grant Oberholtzer leads the Spartan offensive attack with a .414 batting average in 37 games.
  • Joel Kenny (4-2, 4.88 ERA, 59.0 IP, 41 K) leads the pitching staff with nine starts while Will Grega (3-4, 4.08 ERA, 46.1 IP, 32 K, 14 BB) and Bobby Kuehn (4-1, 5.52 ERA, 44.0 IP, 34 K, 19 BB) have started eight games each
  • Jack Barry is the team's leading home run threat with eight while Seth Brosius is second on the team with five.
  • York is batting .328 as a team and have mashed 35 home runs this season.
  • Brosius and Zach Hossler had three hits apiece in Monday's matchup with Frostburg.
  • The Spartans have a 6.30 team ERA with 273 strikeouts and 172 walks.
2018 CAC REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
  1. Christopher Newport (31-8, 15-3 CAC)
  2. Salisbury (28-10, 15-3 CAC)
  3. Penn St-Harrisburg (28-10, 12-6 CAC)
  4. Frostburg State (23-12, 9-9 CAC)
  5. Southern Virginia (18-16, 9-9 CAC)
  6. York (Pa.) (19-16-1, 9-9 CAC)
  7. Mary Washington (19-17-1, 8-10 CAC)
  8. Marymount (Va.) (13-22, 5-13 CAC)
  9. St. Mary's (Md.) (11-20, 4-14 CAC)
  10. Wesley (10-23, 4-14 CAC) 
2018 CAC Baseball Tournament Schedule (all CAC Tournament games are 9 innings):
 
First Weekend – Two Three-Team Pods at No. 1 Salisbury and No. 2 Christopher Newport
 
Pod A (1, 4, and 6 seeds) - at Salisbury
Day 1 - Friday, May 4
Game 1 - #4 Frostburg State vs. #6 York, 9 a.m.
Game 2 - #1 Salisbury vs. Game 1 loser, 12:30 p.m.
Game 3 - #1 Salisbury vs. Game 1 winner, 4 p.m. 
Day 2 - Saturday, May 5 - IF THREE TEAMS REMAIN
Game 4 - #4 Frostburg State vs. #6 York, 11 a.m.
Game 5 - #1 Salisbury vs. Game 4 winner, 2 p.m.

Day 2 - Saturday - IF TWO TEAMS REMAIN
Game 4 - 2-0 team vs. 1-1 team
Game 5 (if necessary) - Winner advances to championship
 
Pod B (2, 3, and 5 seeds) - at Christopher Newport
Day 1 - Friday, May 4
Game 1 - #3 Penn State Harrisburg vs. #5 Southern Virginia, 9 a.m.
Game 2 - #2 Christopher Newport vs. Game 1 loser, 12:30 p.m.
Game 3 - #2 Christopher Newport vs. Game 1 winner, 4 p.m. 
Day 2 - Saturday, May 5 - IF THREE TEAMS REMAIN
Game 4 - #3 Penn State Harrisburg vs. #5 Southern Virginia, 11 a.m.
Game 5 - #2 Christopher Newport vs. game 4 winner, 2 p.m.

Day 2 - Saturday - IF TWO TEAMS REMAIN
Game 4 - 2-0 team vs. 1-1 team
Game 5 (if necessary) - Winner advances to championship

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