The Union City Bears baseball team was finally on the diamond for their season opener on Tuesday afternoon as they took on the Cranberry Berries in a non-region game.
After the Bears put the Berries down in order to start the game, the Bears would strike first to score three runs in the bottom half of the first to take a 3-0 lead after one inning.
The Berries would have a strong third inning to even the score up at three but the Bears would regain the lead after scoring a run in the fourth to make the score 4-3.
The Berries would take the lead in the seventh after scoring two runs and would never look back as they would take down the Bears 5-4.
The Bears will be back in action on Thursday afternoon as they host Cambridge Springs in a non-region game.
Game stats:
Union City:
Batting:
C Ian Kinney – 1/3 single, walk, run
2B Cooper Fox – 1/3 double, RBI
LF Luke Wright – 0/2 two walks, run
3B Hunter Price – 0/3 walk
P Luke Racop – 1/3 single, walk, RBI
1B Joe Zahner – 0/3 walk
SS Lucas Silka – 0/4 RBI
2B Aiden Toler – 0/0 walk, run
RF JJ Karmazin – 0/3
CF Ethan Mitcham – 1/2 single, walk, run
Pitching:
SP Luke Racop – 4.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 8 K, 2 BB, 1 HBP
RP Joe Zahner – 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 K, 0 BB
Cranberry:
Batting:
SS Peyton Sloan – 1/4 double
3B Zach Shumaker – 0/4
P Connor Morrow – 1/4 single, two runs
C Lincoln Galla – 0/2 walk, HBP, run
LF Jake McCloskey – 4/4 three singles, double, two runs, RBI
1B Brody Bowler – 2/3 two singles, walk, four RBIs
CF Alex McIntyre – 0/4
RF Garrison Snyder – 0/3
2B John Shreve – 0/2
Pitching:
SP Connor Morrow – 4.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 10 K, 6 BB
RP Alex McIntyre – 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 7 K, 2 BB
