ATHENS, W.Va. — The Bobcats jumped out with offense in both ends of Sunday's baseball doubleheader, but Concord answered each time and went on to take both games from Wesleyan at Anderson Field, claiming a 7-3 win in the opener before completing the sweep with an 11-5 victory in game two.
 
In the first game, Concord set the tone early with three runs in the bottom of the first. A leadoff walk to Nick DiSanti helped ignite the opening frame, and the Mountain Lions added RBI hits from Dawson Gragg and Korbin Bostic while also benefiting from a Wesleyan error to move in front 3-0. Concord added solo home runs from Sam Stowe in the second and Bostic in the third, then tacked on another run in the fourth to build a 6-0 cushion.
 
Wesleyan broke through in the fifth. Carter Collins launched a solo homer to left, and later in the inning Coleman Cross delivered an RBI single to score Dylan Neach and trim the deficit to 6-2. The Bobcats continued to pressure Concord's bullpen in the seventh when Matthew Neach singled, Isaac Lough reached, and Alex Smith drove in a run with a single to right, but Concord's relievers closed the door before Wesleyan could draw closer than four.
 
Matthew Neach paced the Bobcats offensively in the opener, finishing 3-for-3 with a walk, while Alex Smith went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Carter Collins added two hits, including his home run. Dylan Neach also scored once, and Cross contributed a hit, a walk, and an RBI. Concord countered with an 11-hit attack led by Bostic, who went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs, while Matthew DiSanti collected two hits and an RBI. Drake Long took the loss for Wesleyan, allowing six runs, five earned, over four innings.
 
Game two followed a different script at first, as the Bobcats answered a four-run first inning by Concord with a huge second inning of its own. After Alex Smith singled and Josiah Segura belted a two-run homer to left, Wesleyan continued the rally with Dylan Neach's single, Carter Collins' walk, a sacrifice bunt by Chase Gora, Grant Shumaker's RBI single, and a sacrifice fly from Coleman Cross. By the end of the inning, the Bobcats had erased the early deficit and surged in front 5-4.
 
Concord, however, steadily regained momentum. The Mountain Lions tied the game in the fourth on a sacrifice fly from Nick DiSanti, then erupted for six runs in the fifth to seize control for good. Jared Lavergne started the decisive rally with an RBI single, Sam Stowe followed with a two-run single, and Matthew DiSanti delivered the biggest blow of the inning with a three-run double to left-center that pushed the lead to 11-5.
 
Wesleyan was held scoreless after the second as Concord's bullpen settled in. Logan Darrow entered in relief and earned the win by working 3.2 scoreless innings, helping the Mountain Lions navigate through the middle frames before Joseph Hastings and Rocco Fizzano finished it off.
 
Segura turned in one of Wesleyan's top offensive performances in the nightcap, going 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs. Isaac Lough added two hits, Shumaker finished with a hit and an RBI, and Smith, Dylan Neach, and Carter Collins each scored in the five-run second inning. Coleman Cross contributed both an RBI single and a sacrifice fly. Concord's offense was powered by Matthew DiSanti, who went 3-for-3 with three RBIs, Dawson Maynard, who had three hits and two RBIs, and Lavergne, who also drove in three while scoring twice. Anthony Hernandez was charged with the loss after working 4.2 innings.
 
Wesleyan will host a doubleheader weekend against the University of Charleston on April 18 and 19. Both doubleheaders begin at 1 p.m.