Baseball Preview: Union Yellowjackets vs. Philadelphia Tornadoes
Union is 8-2 against Philadelphia since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Union Yellowjackets will head out on the road to face off against the Philadelphia Tornadoes at 7:00 p.m. Union is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.4 runs per game this season.
Union waltzed into their contest on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They won by a run and slipped past the Tornadoes 9-8. Nine seems to be a good number for Union as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Samuel Allawine made a splash no matter where he played. He tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Allawine was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Hayden Dolan was excellent, going 2-for-3 with a triple and an RBI.
Union is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for Philadelphia, they dropped their record down to 1-4 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
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