Baseball Recap: Union City Indians vs. Cambridge City Lincoln Golden Eagles
Union City can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent contest on Friday. They never let the Cambridge City Lincoln Golden Eagles onto the board and left with an 8-0 victory. That's more bragging rights for Union City, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Not much got past Trendon Spence, who gave up just four hits to keep Cambridge City Lincoln off the board. Spence has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Zackary Fulk, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayson Connor, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
On Cambridge City Lincoln's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Patterson, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Even though they lost, Cambridge City Lincoln hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That's the fewest strikeouts they've managed all season.
Union City's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-5. As for Cambridge City Lincoln, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost 12 of their last 15 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-15 record this season.
Union City will square off against Knightstown at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Union City's pitching crew has only allowed 2.5 runs per game this season, so Knightstown's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Cambridge City Lincoln, they will head out on the road to challenge Shenandoah at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.
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