Baseball Recap: West Union Has No Trouble Against Wheeler

Eagles

Margin (Wins)

03/28/25 vs West Lowndes	21
03/21/25 @ Houlka	17
04/04/25 @ Smithville	15
03/28/25 vs West Lowndes	15
03/17/25 vs Houlka	12

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but West Union had no problem doing just that on Friday. They were the clear victors by an 11-1 margin over Wheeler. West Union might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten contests by seven runs or more this season.

Jon Grey Morrisson made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out 13 batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. He has become a key player for West Union: the team is undefeated when he posts at least eight strikeouts, but 9-13 otherwise. Morrisson was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.

In other batting news, West Union got a big performance out of Benton Burks, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, two RBI, and one double. West Union is 6-1 when Burks posts two or more runs, but 6-12 otherwise. Tyson Henry was another key player, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one double.

West Union always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .556. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Wheeler only posted an OBP of .167.

West Union's victory bumped their record up to 12-13. As for Wheeler, their loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 8-15.

West Union will have a chance to go back-to-back against Wheeler: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.