BARBOURVILLE, Ky. – Bluefield University baseball swept a doubleheader from the Union College Bulldogs, Saturday afternoon in Appalachian Athletic Conference action. The Rams took game one 16-14 and claimed the nightcap 13-9 to win the day and the series two games to one. Union won the series opener Friday, 7-5.
SATURDAY GAME ONE
BLUEFIELD 16, UNION 14
INSIDE THE GAME

• Bluefield plated eight runs in the first inning. Two scored on a two-run double by Johnny Medina, two more on singles by Moises Aristy and Nick Guerra, and Matt Beisecker rounded out the inning's scoring with a grand slam home run.
• Union scored five in the first and three in the third to tie the game.
• BU took the lead for good with two runs in the fifth.
• Beisecker went yard again in the seventh inning.
• Bluefield pounded out 18 hits in the contest.
• Each Ram batter collected at least one hit in the game.

LEADERS

• Beisecker was 3-for-5 with five RBI.
• Medina was 2-for-5 with three runs batted in.
• Andres Vega, Brady Joslyn, Aristy, Sean Seale, Guerra, and Bryce Medlock each had a pair of hits.
• Jaren Woodcock, the third of five Bluefield pitchers in the game, picked up the win. Woodcock worked three-and-two-third innings, allowed a pair of runs on three hits and struck out three.

GAME TWO
BLUEFIELD 13, UNION 9
INSIDE THE GAME

• The Rams scored three times in the first, one on a Joslyn single and two more on Seale's two-run double.
• The Bulldogs responded with five runs in the bottom of the first.
• BU tied the game with two in the third and took the lead with two in the fourth on a Medina two-run home run.
• Bluefield put the game away with six in the sixth. Medina blasted his second two-run homer of the game, Guerra brought home two with a single, and Vega plated two with a double.

LEADERS

• Medina was 4-for-4 with a pair of two-run home runs and four RBI.
• Joslyn collected three hits.
• Vega and Seale both had two hits.
• Gabrielle Delvalle picked up the win. Delvalle pitched six innings and struck out four.

FRIDAY
UNION 7, BLUEFIELD 5
INSIDE THE GAME

• BU scored two in the first on a two-run homer by Medina.
• Union scored one in the first then added six in the third to move ahead 7-2.
• The Rams scored in the fourth on a passed ball.
• Joslyn smacked a two-run home run in the ninth.

LEADERS

• Medina was 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
• Joslyn was 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI.
• Guerra and Medlock had two hits each.

NEXT IN LINE

• The Rams host Shawnee State, Tuesday, in a nine inning, non-conference game. First pitch at Bowen Field is set for 3:00.