Written By Cody Rose 

The Union City Bears baseball team was back on their home field on Thursday afternoon, taking on the Rocky Grove Orioles, hoping to win their third straight game. Lucas Doutt, Trevin Capela and Aidan Shuman would each drive in runs for the Bears, in what would be a close game throughout, but the Bears would come up just short, falling to the Orioles 5-4, as they fall to 3-5 (2-5) on the season. The Bears will look to regroup and get a win Friday afternoon when they travel to Maplewood to take on the Tigers.

Game stats:

Union City:

Batting:

SS Lucas Doutt – 1/4 run, RBI

RF Quinlan Magee – 0/4

C Trevin Capela – 1/4 RBI

1B Bryce Drayer – 0/2 walk, run

CF Steven Klakamp – 0/3

3B/P Aidan Shuman – 1/3 RBI

2B Isaac Tripp 

DH Luke Racop – 0/2 walk

P/3B Miles McCaslin – 1/1 two walks, run

LF Wyatt Post – 0/2 run

Pitching:

SP Miles McCaslin – 1.2 IP, 0 K, 1 BB, 5 hits, 3 R, 1 ER

RP Aidan Shuman – 5.1 IP, 6 K, 3 BB, 1 hit, 2 R, 2 ER

Rocky Grove:

Batting:

Elijah Wilson – 0/3 run, RBI

Dillon Hamilton – 1/3 walk, RBI

Haydon Bevier – 1/3

Mykah Stone

Logan Gavin – 2/4 two RBI

Aaron Wetjen – 0/4

Trenton Rice – 0/1 walk, run

Logan Patterson – 1/3 run

Carson Whitling – 0/1 two walks, run

Dallas Ross 

Schiffer Anderson – 1/3 run

Pitching:

Elijah Wilson – 5.2 IP, 4 K, 4 BB, 3 hits, 4 R, 3 ER

Aaron Wetjen – 0.1 IP, 0 K, 0 BB, 1 hit, 0 R, 0 ER

Haydon Bevier – 1.0 IP, 2 K, 0 BB, 0 hits, 0 R, 0 ER