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Baseball falls in final GSC series

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 CAROLLTON, Georgia- The Union University baseball team were swept in their Gulf South Conference at West Georgia the final weekend of the season.

Game One: West Georgia 8, Union 5
It was the Wolves that got off to the early lead in the bottom of the first on an RBI single through the left side to give West Georgia the 1-0 lead.

Union gained their first lead in the fourth on an RBI groundout from Bailey Holbrook that allowed Tyler Mauzy to score followed up by an RBI double from Hayden Lewis that plated Ryne Roper. Union added to their one run lead with two more in the seventh when Matthew Duncan came through with an RBI single to right center that scored Holbrook and Austin Orr singled in Zach Phillips for the 4-1 Union lead.

West Georgia added a run in the bottom of the seventh, but broke the game open in the eighth scoring six runs on four hits and two Union errors to put the Wolves up 8-4.

Union added a run in the top of the ninth on an RBI groundout from Mauzy, but could not complete the comeback.

Teddy Christie started on the mound for Union cruising through 7.0 innings giving up just two runs, but ran into trouble in the eighth and was not able to record an out in the inning before being relieved by Andrew Wilson. Hayden Lewis lead the Bulldogs at the plate going 2-for-3 with an RBI and a double while Austin Orr also had two hits and an RBI in the game.

Game Two: West Georgia 8, Union 0
West Georgia kept the momentum from their comeback win in the first game of the afternoon scoring in the bottom of the first with a RBI double to left center for the 1-0 lead. The Wolves lengthened their lead in the fourth plating three more runs with an RBI single and finished off their scoring in the fifth in sixth with help from a bases clearing double to push their lead to 8-0.

Marty Coursey started on the mound for Union going 5.0 innings giving up five runs on eight hits. Joe Hudson came into the game in relief in the sixth inning but could not record an out giving up three runs on four hits with Andrew Wilson came in to finish out the game tossing the final three outs. Union managed four hits in the game including two hits from Nolen Milton who finished the day 2-for-2 with a double.

Game Three: West Georgia 9, Union 2
Union got on the board first in the final game of the series on Saturday afternoon with a RBI ground out from Dylan Moore scoring Zach Wylie in the top of the first inning.

West Georgia was quick to answer with two runs of their own in the bottom half of the first on a sacrifice fly out and an RBI single to lead 2-1. The Wolves scored five more runs over the next four innings pushing their lead to 7-1.

The Bulldogs finally got a run back in the sixth when Charlie Ellis homered for the first time in his collegiate career to right field on a 1-0 count, but the long ball would be the final run for Union who would fall 9-2 in the finale.

Zach Phillips led the way at the plate for Union going 2-for-4 with a double and a triple, but would not come in to score. Skyler Harrison started for the Bulldogs but lasted 4.2 innings before being relieved by Andrew Wilson who went 2.0 innings before giving the ball up to Nate Moenning who finished out the game.

Union concludes the 2016 campaign on Tuesday at home against UT Martin with first pitch slated for 6:00 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Teddy Christie

#35 Teddy Christie

RHP
6' 4"
Junior
R/R
Marty Coursey

#24 Marty Coursey

RHP
6' 3"
Sophomore
R/R
Skyler Harrison

#6 Skyler Harrison

RHP
6' 5"
Sophomore
R/R
Austin Orr

#12 Austin Orr

INF
6' 1"
Sophomore
L/R
Andrew Wilson

#25 Andrew Wilson

LHP
6' 1"
Junior
L/L
Zach Wylie

#5 Zach Wylie

C
5' 10"
Junior
R/R
Nolen Milton

#4 Nolen Milton

INF
6' 3"
Freshman
R/R
Nate Moenning

#34 Nate Moenning

LHP
6' 1"
Freshman
L/L
Ryne Roper

#14 Ryne Roper

INF/RHP
6' 2"
Junior
R/R
Tyler Mauzy

#23 Tyler Mauzy

OF
5' 11"
Junior
L/L
Charlie Ellis

#9 Charlie Ellis

OF
5' 10"
Freshman
L/L
Joe Hudson

#29 Joe Hudson

RHP
5' 11"
Junior
R/R

Players Mentioned

Teddy Christie

#35 Teddy Christie

6' 4"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Marty Coursey

#24 Marty Coursey

6' 3"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP
Skyler Harrison

#6 Skyler Harrison

6' 5"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP
Austin Orr

#12 Austin Orr

6' 1"
Sophomore
L/R
INF
Andrew Wilson

#25 Andrew Wilson

6' 1"
Junior
L/L
LHP
Zach Wylie

#5 Zach Wylie

5' 10"
Junior
R/R
C
Nolen Milton

#4 Nolen Milton

6' 3"
Freshman
R/R
INF
Nate Moenning

#34 Nate Moenning

6' 1"
Freshman
L/L
LHP
Ryne Roper

#14 Ryne Roper

6' 2"
Junior
R/R
INF/RHP
Tyler Mauzy

#23 Tyler Mauzy

5' 11"
Junior
L/L
OF
Charlie Ellis

#9 Charlie Ellis

5' 10"
Freshman
L/L
OF
Joe Hudson

#29 Joe Hudson

5' 11"
Junior
R/R
RHP