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JACKSON, Tenn. – The Union University baseball team came away with a 6-2 win in the last game of a three game set against Valdosta State (Ga.) University. Valdosta State won the weather delayed opener 9-7 Saturday and and then the first game of a double-header Sunday, 10-0. Union is now 10-21 overall and 4-12 in the Gulf South Conference. Valdosta State stands 21-10 and 12-7 in the GSC.
 
The third and final game of the series was all Union early in the contest. Union started by scoring all six runs in the initial two innings. A bases loaded walk to Wylie scored Warnimont for a 1-0 Union advantage. Russell drove a ball into centerfield for a double scoring Flores and Wylie for a 3-0 edge. Wylie had the big hit of the second with a two RBI double. Martin scored on a Russell sacrifice fly for the 6-0 score. The Blazers put single runs up in the fifth and sixth but the Bulldogs stopped the rally.  Derek Roof came on in relief of starter Samuel Davis and delivered one pitch to end the sixth leaving the bases full of Blazers.
 
Wylie had a two-hit, three RBI game for Union. Martin earned two walks, but his career high nine game hit streak stopped. Davis (3-0) garnered the win while Roof (2) earned the save. Colby Wisdom (2-1) received the loss.

In the first game of the series, each team plated a single run in the third inning. After the Blazers scored four runs in the top of the fourth Union took the lead in the bottom of the frame 6-5. Andrew Allen coaxed a leadoff walk and went to second on a Michael Flores single up the middle. Wacey Russell moved the runners with a single. Parks Flowers took first on a walk forcing home Allen. The Bulldogs got back-to-back runs off Valdosta State errors. A pair of sacrifice flies from Caleb Warnimont and Zach Wylie put Union ahead. The Blazers reclaimed a lead in the fifth 9-6. The Bulldogs scored one in the ninth for the 9-7 final.

Kyle Bryan and Warnimont had two hits apiece for the Bulldogs. Union had opportunities to add to their score, but left the sacks jammed in the fourth, sixth and eighth. Ethan Bornstein (3-1) picked up the win with three innings in relief of starter Josh Mann. Jarod Stanley (4) got the save. Preston Thompson (0-4) took the loss.
 
The second game was controlled from the start by the Blazers. Valdosta State won 10-0 in eight innings by scoring in five of the eight innings, highlighted by four runs in the seventh. The four hits Union produced was the fewest since a two-hit game March 9. Jim Martin had two of the four hits. Wylie had his career and team high 12 game hit streak end. Dominic DeMasi (5-2) was the winner. Ted Christie (0-5) started and worked a little more than six innings.
 
Union travels to Harding (Ark.) University Tuesday for a 3:00 p.m. nine-inning game.

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