Jayk Graham collects a hit
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Union UU 4-25, 2-17 GSC
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Winner Valdosta State VSU 18-10, 10-7 GSC
Union UU
4-25, 2-17 GSC
1
Final
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Valdosta State VSU
18-10, 10-7 GSC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Union UU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 3
Valdosta State VSU 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 X 6 9 1

W: Cody, Mitchell (5-1) L: Marty Coursey (0-7)

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Winner Union UU 5-25, 3-17 GSC
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Valdosta State VSU 18-11, 10-8 GSC
Winner
Union UU
5-25, 3-17 GSC
2
Final
1
Valdosta State VSU
18-11, 10-8 GSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Union UU 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
Valdosta State VSU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0

W: Teddy Christie (2-4) L: Andre, Kyle (4-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Splits Doubleheader with Union, 6-1, 1-2

VALDOSTA, Ga. – Valdosta State cruised a 6-1 victory in game one while Union claimed a 2-1 win in the second game as the two teams split a Gulf South Conference baseball doubleheader at Billy Grant Field Saturday afternoon.
 
Valdosta State (18-11, 10-8) scored runs in each of the first two innings of game one to jump out to an early lead. In the bottom of the first inning, Hayden Jones reached on a lead-off error and moved to second on a Mike Reed sacrifice bunt. After Bryant Hayman drew a two-out walk, Jones raced home on a single by Micahel Gouge to put VSU in front 1-0.
 
The Blazers added a run in the second when B.J. Harmon scored from first on a Jones triple to right field before Union (5-25, 3-17) mounted a threat in the fourth inning. The Bulldogs loaded the bases with just one out in the frame, but saw VSU starting pitcher Mitchell Cody induce a ground ball for a double play to end the inning.
 
UU also loaded the bases with only one out in the sixth inning, but failed to score before Valdosta State added three runs in the bottom of the inning. Hayman drew a walk to open the frame and moved to third as Gouge doubled. A sacrifice fly by Bobby Rice plated Hayman while Gouge scored when Jayk Graham singled. A base hit by Ryan Smith moved Graham to third, from which he scored when Harmon laid down a suicide squeeze bunt for a 5-0 VSU lead.
 
The Blazers added a run in the seventh thanks to a pair of Union errors while Union got its only run in the top of the ninth inning.
 
Mitchell Cody pitched his second straight complete game as he allowed seven hits and one run while striking out nine to improve to 5-1 on the season.
 
Gouge tallied three hits and drove in two runs to lead VSU offensively in the first game while Graham finished the contest 2-for-4.
 
Union struck first in the second game as it plated a pair of runs in the top of the third inning. With one out in the frame, Ty Warnimont was hit by a pitch and Shane Wilder singled. After a two out walk loaded the bases, Jim Martin singled to left to drive in both runs for a 2-0 Bulldog lead.
 
Valdosta State cut its deficit to 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth as Gouge reached on a leadoff single and Kevin Cruz walked. A sacrifice bunt by Rice moved both base runners up a base and Zac Goodno plated Gouge with a sacrifice fly.
 
Valdosta State's Kyle Andre allowed just four hits, two of which came in the third inning, and two runs in a complete game, his fourth in as many weekends, as he fell to 4-2. Meanwhile, Union's Teddy Christie allowed VSU just three hits in a complete game as he improved to 2-4.
 
The two teams conclude the three-game series Sunday afternoon beginning at 1:00 p.m.
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