UNITED UNWAVERING DURING DOUBLEHEADER
HANOVERTON OH- United came out swinging on Friday and never let up, blasting Wellsville in both ends of a doubleheader with scores of 21-1 and 16-0.
Game 1: United 21, Wellsville 1
The Golden Eagles wasted no time lighting up the scoreboard. In the first inning alone, they piled it on — an error opened the gates, Josie Wargo punched an RBI single, Grace Coffee brought in two with a groundout, Jillian Dietrich ripped a two-run triple, Payten Kekel slapped an RBI single, and a wild pitch tacked on one more.
United kept their foot on the gas in the third, hanging nine runs on eight hits. Callie Koons started it with a single, Chloe Angelo tripled to drive one in, Kekel followed with a single, Coffee tripled in two more, and Dietrich picked up another two-run knock before Angelo capped the rally with another RBI single.
Dietrich got the ball for United and was solid, giving up just one hit and an unearned run over four innings while striking out six. United racked up 15 hits, with Dietrich, Kekel, Angelo, Koons, and Wargo each picking up two knocks. Lacey showed patience at the dish, working three of United’s seven walks.
Rylee Brown picked up the lone hit for Wellsville.
Game 2: United 16, Wellsville 0
If Game 1 wasn’t enough, United came out even hotter in Game 2, exploding for 11 runs in the first inning alone.
Josie Wargo led the way, crushing a two-run double early, then blasting a two-run homer to right field later in the same frame. Chloe Angelo got things started with an RBI double, Brittany Miller drove in a run with a single, Koons punched a two-run single, and Payten Kekel doubled home another pair before Wargo’s big fly put the exclamation point on the inning.
United kept piling on. In the second, Dietrich singled in a run, Koons added a sac fly, and a Wellsville error pushed across another. RBI singles by Kendall Erb and Miller in the third pushed the lead to 16-0.
Kekel took the ball and dominated, tossing four hitless innings, striking out seven, and walking two. United racked up a ridiculous 17 hits, with Miller, Angelo, and Wargo each racking up three apiece. Koons and Lacey also had multi-hit games. Defensively, United was clean all afternoon, not committing a single error.
United flat-out rolled on Friday — pounding the ball, running the bases aggressively, and playing flawless defense across both games. Next up, the Golden Eagles hit the road Monday for a showdown with Alliance.
