HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team split the series-opening doubleheader against Union on Sunday as the Bulldogs took game one 6-5 before the Chargers won the night cap by a 7-0 final at Charger Park. UAH moves to 21-22 (14-15 GSC), while UU stands at 28-16 (16-12 GSC).
 
Game one: Union 6, UAH 5
Game-Changer
- With UAH clinging to a 2-1 lead after two full innings in game one, Union turned the tables to two runs apiece in the fourth and fifth innings on the way to the 6-5 win over the Chargers to start the three-game series.
 
Inside the Box Score
- The Chargers totaled 12 base hits in the victory, led by Justin Ware who went 3-for-5 at the plate with a team-high two runs scored and one RBI.
- UAH benefitted from a total of four multi-hit games, as Tanner Burns, Ben Rhodes and Jay Copeland had two hits apiece in addition to the three-hit performance by Ware.
- Copeland notched the squad's lone extra-base hit with a double.
- The Blue and White stole a pair of bases in the loss with both Burns and Rhodes swiping one bag apiece.
- UAH starting pitcher Heath McRae took the loss to slip to 3-2 on the year after tossing 5.0 innings with six runs allowed and five strikeouts.
- Jake Bracewell excelled in long relief, shutting out the Bulldogs offense for the final 4.0 innings with four strikeouts.
 
Key Plays
- UAH pulled ahead early as Rhodes drove in ware on a RBI single in the bottom of the first, which Union quickly negated with one run of its own in the top of the second.
- The Chargers regained the lead in the bottom half of the second on a RBI single by Wes Anderson, but the Bulldogs proceeded to scored two runs in the fourth, two more in the fifth and one run in the sixth to maintain a 6-2 advantage.
- The Blue and White whittled away at the Bulldogs lead with one run in the sixth on a RBI single by Nolan Ramsey before two runs came in during the seventh as both Ware and Giegling collected RBI in the frame to bring the game to its 6-5 final.
 
Noteworthy
- UAH has recorded 10 or more hits in a game in five of the past six games to own a total of 18 such performances as a team.
- In his last three outings, Bracewell owns 10.1 innings with one run allowed and nine strikeouts.
 
Game two: UAH 7, Union 0
Game-Changer
- After two scoreless innings by both sides in game two, UAH forged ahead with a five-run rally in the bottom of the third highlighted by a three-run home run by AJ Walden and a solo home run by Trey Mathis en route to the 7-0 victory Sunday.
 
Inside the Box Score
- UAH posted 10 hits in the win, led by Walden and Lance Cleveland with two base knocks apiece.
- Walden also paced the team in RBI with three and tied for the team lead with Rhodes in runs with two.
- In addition to tying for the team lead in runs, Rhodes drew a team-best two walks.
- UAH starting pitcher Will Myers was masterful in his 7.0 shutout innings against Union to improve to 5-3 on the season. Myers also added 11 strikeouts and allowed just two hits.
- Eight different Chargers registered hits in the win.
 
Key Plays
- The Chargers biggest inning of the day came with the five-run rally in the bottom of the third, as Walden started it with a three-run homer and was immediately followed by a solo shot by Mathis. Ware also registered a RBI single to cap off the rally.
- UAH added to its lead on a two-RBI double by Copeland in the bottom of the fifth before both squads went scoreless in the following two innings for the 7-0 UAH victory.
 
Noteworthy
- UAH has now posted 10 or more hits in a game in six of the past seven games.
- Myers has allowed four hits or less with 5.0 innings or more on eight occasions in 2017, and today's game was his second shutout of the season and the fourth of his career.