Orioles lose Big 8 battle with Union City 2-1. 

The Orioles and Chargers battled pitch by pitch and it was the Chargers getting a 2-1 win in a good high school baseball game on Tuesday.  The second game of the scheduled DH was rained out and make up details are being worked out.  

The Orioles scored 1st when Ethan Copas who walked came around to score on a hard hit ball by Alex Barry.  The Chargers answered with a sacrifice fly to tie the score.  The Chargers got the game winning run in their half of the 6th inning.  

Brennan Allman started on the mound for the O’s and was effective for 4 innings.  Jimmy Maynard pitched the final 3 innings in relief and was equally effective.  The Orioles could not generate enough offense and had just 2 hits -singles by Ryan Kempter and Mason Graves.  Copas walked two times for the Orioles  who only had 6 base runners all game.  The Chargers had 8 hits and walked a total of 6 times. 

The Orioles are now 6-3 in league play and 12-7 overall.