Union baseball coach Dustin Hamrick saw the good and the bad this past week from his Yellowjackets.
On Tuesday, the Yellowjackets run-ruled Sebastopol 13-3. The Yellowjackets then turned around and lost 10-1 to Morton.
“It was a tale of two teams this week,” Hamrick said. “On Tuesday, we looked great against Sebastopol and Saturday we looked pretty bad against Morton. We’re just very inconsistent and have got to get it together for this week starting district play with Scott Central.”
Union, now 6-6 on the season, will get back to action this week as they open Division 4-2A play with Scott Central. In a schedule change, Union will host Scott Central on Tuesday and play at Scott Central on Friday. On Saturday, Union will host Nanih Waiya in a 1 p.m. contest and Leake Central in a 3:30 p.m. contest.
Union 13, Sebastopol 3
The Yellowjackets jumped out early with five runs in the first inning and went on to take a 10-run win over the Bobcats on Tuesday at the Rush Tournament in Meridian.
After going up 5-0, Union scored four in the fourth and sixth innings while Sebastopol scored two in the fourth and one in the sixth.
Union had 10 hits in the contest as Jaylon Buckley was 3-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and three RBIs. Casey Morris was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs while Trevor Patchin was 2-for-3 with a run scored. Micheal McDonald only had one hit but drove in three runs while Jacob Moore drove in two runs. Lane Hanna walked twice and scored twice while Cameron Sones and J.T. Vance each scored twice.
Morris got the start on the mound and pitched six complete innings, giving up three unearned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five.
Morton 10, Union 1
The Jackets fell behind early and dropped a nine-run loss to Morton on Saturday.
Morton started quick and scored three in the first and two in the second for a 5-1 lead. Morton added one in the third and four in the fifth for their final runs.
Union had just four hits in the game as Lane Hanna was 2-for-2 and Jaylon Buckley was 2-for-3. Micheal McDonald scored Union’s only run as he was driven home by Austin Tate.
Lane Hanna got the start and pitched 3 1/3 innings as he gave up six runs on six hits while striking out three and walking two. Trevor Patchin pitched one inning and gave up four runs on one hit and two walks. Buckley pitched the final 1 2/3 innings and gave up two hits.
