Cavs Unable to Stop Bulldogs, Season Ends

May 9, 2008
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Kingsport, Tenn. – After heading into Friday without a blemish, UVa-Wise was unable to stop Union College in the NAIA Region XII baseball night game to suffer its second and season-ending defeat. The Bulldogs scored in each of its first four at bats on the way to a 16-6 win over the Cavs.

Despite the long list of injuries, UVa-Wise wraps up its season with the second-most victories in a year with 31. The Cavs’ 31-23 mark ended just one shy of last season’s 32-17-1 record.

Brad Robbins lined his second two-run homer of the day and a single. Brad Austin doubled and singled while Logan Limburg singled two times. Edwin Narvaez sliced a double while Brad Ricker, Jorge Laboy and Mike Lang had the other hits with singles.

After blistering Indiana-Southeast by an 18-2 score, Union (43-15) kept the offense rolling into the night game with UVa-Wise. The Bulldogs scored two unearned runs in the top of the first and added a single run in the second to move in front 3-0.

In the home second, Matt Duffy was hit by a pitch to lead off the at bat. Robbins followed by connecting for a two-run homer to cut the difference to 3-2.

UVa-Wise would get no closer. Union pushed across four more runs in the third and a pair in the fourth to make it 9-2.

Narvaez doubled home two runners in the fourth and Limburg singled home two more tallies in the fifth for a 9-6 contest.

The Bulldogs would score the final seven runs of the night with four in the sixth, two in the seventh and a final run in the ninth for the 16-6 final.