In what's become a running theme this season, Union County gave their fans yet another huge win on Sunday. Everything went their way against the Sullivan East Patriots as the Union County Patriots made off with a 9-1 victory. The win was nothing new for Union County as they're now sitting on four straight.
Aleyia Satterfield made a splash while hitting and pitching. She struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Satterfield was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Union County let Olivia Reed and Morgan Dyer loose on the outfield. Reed went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases, two runs, and a triple, while Dyer went 3-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and a double. Emma Mayes was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
On Sullivan East's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Makynlee Johnson, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
Union County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Sullivan East, their loss dropped their record down to 9-20.
Union County will look to defend their home field on Monday against Clinton at 6:00 p.m. Union County is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season. As for Sullivan East, they will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against Cloudland at 4:30 p.m. Cloudland's pitching crew has only allowed three runs per game this season, so Sullivan East's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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