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Black Bears Take Second Sweep of the Season with a 7-2 Win over Muckdogs

June 21, 2016 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
West Virginia Black Bears News Release


It was a beautiful night for baseball at Monongalia County Ballpark as the Black Bears took their second sweep of the season over the Batavia Muckdogs with a final score 5-2.

3B Hunter Owen hit a 2-run homerun in the bottom of the first to give the Black Bears an early 2-0 lead.

The Black Bears continued their offensive attack in the bottom of the second when starting pitcher for the Muckdogs, P Humberto Mejia walked and hit two batters bringing up Black Bear's SS Erik Forgione to hit a sac fly that would put another run on the board for the Bears with a score of 3-0.

In the top of the fifth, the Muckdogs got a run on the board with a single up the middle by 2B Rony Cabrera followed up with a ground ball to short by SS Samuel Castro that would score Cabrera making the score 3-1.

The Muckdogs continued fighting to catch the Bears in the top of the sixth. With a runner on second, Cabrera's shot in the gap would bring in a run, putting the Muckdogs only one run behind the Black Bears with a score of 3-2.

With the Muckdogs down by one, the Black Bears advanced their lead in the bottom of the seventh with a double by CF Clark Eagan that would bring in a run making the score 4-2. The Black Bears continued to advance their lead when a wild pitch and walk would bring in Eagan to score putting them on top 5-2. The Muckdogs pitching continued to struggle as they walked the next 4 batters bringing in two more runs for the Black Bears increasing the lead 7-2.

The Black Bears will be on the road tomorrow, June 22, for a three game set versus the Staten Island Yankees. The Bears will be back at Monongalia County Ballpark on Saturday, June 25 at 7:05pm for game one versus the State College Spikes and West Virginia University theme night!

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