Lehigh Carbon Completes Sweep of Union
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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Union College
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0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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Lehigh Carbon Community College
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9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | 16 | 15 | 1 |
SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa.- The Cougars hosted Union College in a makeup game to complete their three game series on Thursday afternoon. Lehigh Carbon came out on top with a dominating 16-5 victory.
The Cougars offense was firing on all cylinders, with Robbie Behrens (Viera, FL/Viera (FL)), Trevor Shifflett (McGaheysville, VA/Spotswood (VA)), and Joey McNamara (New Market, VA/Mountain View (VA)) leading the charge. Behrens and Shifflett each had two hits, with Shifflett driving in an impressive four runs. McNamara had a standout performance with three hits and three RBIs.
On the pitching side, Connor Kuster (Pen Argyl, PA/Pen Argyl) earned the win for Lehigh Carbon, going three innings and allowing two runs on four hits while striking out four. The rest of the pitching staff held Union College to just five runs on 15 hits.
Union drops to 0-9 in the region and 1-15 overall.
Lehigh Carbon improves to 3-6 in the region and overall.
Up next the Cougars host the Mighty Oaks of Salem Community College on Tuesday, March 26th at 3:00 pm.