Baseball Game Recap: Scott Highlanders vs. Union County Patriots

By Team Reports Apr 8, 2024, 9:46pm

Baseball Recap: Scott Highlanders vs. Union County Patriots

Sadly, Scott is still looking for their first win of the season after nine contests. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 11-1 walloping at the hands of the Union County Patriots on Monday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Scott of the 11-1 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in April of 2016.

For Union County's part, they got a great performance from Gavin Janeway as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched.

At the plate, Ty Edds and Trot Russell did most of the damage at the plate: Edds went 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and a double, while Russell scored three runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Kaden Stinnett, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.

Scott's loss dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Union County, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-9.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Scott by a score of 3-0 later that day.

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