Written By Cody Rose 

The Union City Bears baseball team took the field on Wednesday afternoon taking on the Saegertown Panthers in a region game. The Panthers would strike early, scoring eight runs in the first inning, the Bears would play better the rest of the game however, outscoring the Panthers 4-1, but would ultimately fall short losing 9-4, falling to 3-7 (2-7) on the season. The Bears will be back on the field Thursday afternoon, as they take on the rival Cambridge Springs Blue Devils. 

Game stats:

Union City:

Batting:

3B Aidan Shuman – 1/4 run, RBI

RF Quinlan Magee – 2/4 run

C Trevin Capela – 1/4 RBI

LF/1B Bryce Drayer – 2/4 RBI

CF Steven Klakamp – 0/4

SS Lucas Doutt – 0/2 walk

1B/P Luke Racop – 0/3

2B Isaac Tripp – 2/3 run

P/LF Wyatt Post – 0/2 walk

CR Desmond Pieper – run

Pitching:

SP Wyatt Post – 5.0 IP, 5 K, 2 BB, 10 hits, 9 R, 9 ER

RP Luke Racop – 1.0 IP, 1 K, 0 BB, 0 hits, 0 R, 0 ER

Saegertown:

Batting:

P/CF Wyatt Burchill – 2/3 two runs, two RBI

CF/RF Luke Young – 1/2 run, two RBI

1B/SS Henry Shaffer – 2/3 run, RBI

SS Connor Shaw – 0/1

SS/P William Shaffer – 1/3 run, two RBI

DeMarcus Manning – 1/2 run

1B Garrett Crawford – 0/1

LF Sully Zirkle – 1/3 run, RBI

3B Josephy Grundy – 0/3

C Gabriel Jordan – 1/2 walk, run

2B Everett Gardner – 1/2 run, RBI

2B Jonathan Grundy – walk

Pitching:

SP Wyatt Burchill – 3.0 IP, 6 K, 1 BB, 5 hits, 4 R, 3 ER

RP William Shaffer – 4.0 IP, 8 K, 1 BB, 3 hits, 0 R, 0 ER