Baseball | 2/23/2020 2:18:00 PM

Box Score     BECKLEY, W.Va. – Tyler Ramsay homered twice while going 4-for-4 at the plate and the West Liberty baseball team never trailed in coasting to a 9-5 win against Bluefield State in non-conference action here at Epling Stadium on Sunday.
    It was the first win of the season for Coach Eric Burkle's Hilltoppers (1-6), who got a two-run homer from Ramsay in the top of the first and never looked back in handing the Big Blues (5-2) their second straight loss.
    Ramsay was far from finished. He beat out an infield single in the third frame before launching a solo homer in the top of the fifth. He added an RBI double in the sixth and closed out a productive day by working a walk in the eighth.
    Chad Matthus backed Ramsay at the plate with a double, two singles and a pair of RBIs while Jason Schutte tripled and scored three runs.
    The Hilltoppers will be idle for the next couple of weeks before returning to the diamond on March 7 with a road doubleheader at Pitt-Johnstown.
  West Liberty                                         200 312 010 – 9  11  2
Bluefield State                                     001 020 110 – 5  10  5
     WLU: Leonard (3SO, 6W), Orillion (5) (2SO, 3W), Pennybacker wp (7) (4SO, 1W) and Cooley. Ramsay HR, D, 2S, 4rbi; Matthus D, 2S, 2rbi; Schutte T
     BSC: Rayfield lp (4SO, 1W), Stambaugh (3) (1SO, 1W), Carpenter (6) (0SO, 0W), Mendez (7) (2SO, 1W) and Moore. Ross 3S, 2rbi; Moxey 2S, rbi; Wriston S, 2rbi