Trojans break even with Union, lose to Spanish Fork
Apr 16, 2024 01:17PM ● By Brian Shaw
The Morgan Trojans baseball team got the break they needed in one of the first pitches of the game between them and Union Tuesday April 2.
Down by the score of 0-1 with two batters on, senior Ben Harden stepped to the plate in the bottom of the first inning and swung.
The ball flew over the wall for a three-run home run in an 8-6 win over Union.
It was Harden’s first home run of the season for Morgan, who rode the arm of Camron Talbot to victory. Talbot scattered six hits over seven innings of work and went wire-to-wire for his fourth win of the season in four starts.
Senior Brigham Spens was also pivotal for Morgan [7-7, 1-3 Region 13], hitting two RBI. Sophomore George Jensen collected a double RBI and fellow sophomore Luke Bauerle hit an RBI in the win.
Later in the day, the Trojans would play Union again—with a different result.
Senior Ryder Waldron gave up two home runs to one Union player in the fifth inning and that turned out to be the difference in a 3-7 loss for Morgan.
The Trojans were all knotted up at 1-1 through four innings and would score on an RBI double in the top of the fifth to go ahead 2-1.
It was the first time in the second game of this doubleheader that Morgan led, but it would be short-lived as Union went through its entire batting order in the bottom of the fifth inning, scoring six runs.
For the Trojans, Waldron struck out four batters and allowed seven hits in the loss. At the plate, Morgan was led by Benton Palmer’s first double of the year; the sophomore now has five RBI.
Ben Harden and Luke Bauerle each hit an RBI for Morgan, who wrapped up a busy week the next day as they hosted Spanish Fork in a non-league game Wednesday, April 3.
The Trojans trotted out Luke Bauerle, who got peppered for 11 hits in a 4-9 loss. It was the senior’s first real action on the mound; he struck out two batters in the process.
Spanish Fork jumped out to a 5-0 lead after two and a half innings but the Trojans showed their mettle with a four-run bottom of the third in which Palmer and Bauerle each drove in a run and the senior Harden belted a two-run double.
That was all she wrote for Morgan, who will next take on South Summit in Region 13 action at home Tuesday, April 9, and travel there Thursday, April 11 before the Trojans take on Roy in non-league action Saturday April 13. λ
