JACKSON, Tenn. – The Union University baseball team opened its home and conference schedules Friday by splitting a doubleheader with Valdosta State at Fesmire Field.
The Bulldogs (4-5, 1-1 GSC) lost game one 7-3 after conceding six runs in the first three innings before winning the back end of the twin bill 2-1 on a sensational outing from starting pitcher Elijah Ramsey.
Colby Davis finished the day with four hits, and Carson Chavies reached base four times and tallied a triple, his third of the season. Chavies leads the conference with an OPS of 1.571.
Game One: Valdosta State 7, Union 3
Valdosta State collected seven hits, walked five times, and benefited from three Union errors in the opening game and quickly claimed a 6-0 lead that Union never made particularly close. Five Blazers posted multi-hit games in the matinee, including Pedro Moreno, who recorded a single, a double, three walks, and a hit batsman.
Blazer Starter Zac Dodson scattered five hits and a walk in his 6.2 innings of work, while Union’s Eli Snelson was roughed up for six earned runs in 2.2 frames.
Snelson gave way to effective relief from Lane Evans, who pitched 4.1 innings of one-run ball, and scoreless innings by Ethan Orwig and Noah Toney.
Colby Davis went 3-4 with a double, and Chavies was hit by a pitch and tripled among his two hits.
Game Two: Union 2, Valdosta State 1
Ramsey compiled a gem in the seven-inning latter affair, pitching 6.0 innings while allowing only three hits and a walk. In tossing a scoreless seventh, Briant Bazydlo lowered his season ERA to 1.08.
The Bulldogs manufactured a pair of runs in the first inning with three singles, a fielder’s choice, and a VSU error. After VSU got one score back in the second, the two pitching staffs posted 10 consecutive zeros.
Union outhit the Blazers five to three and won a game with fewer than ten hits for the first time this season (1-6).
Up Next
The Bulldogs and Blazers are scheduled to conclude their series at 1:00 p.m. Saturday. Stay tuned to uuathletics.com for up-to-date information in light of the threat of rain.
