MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The University of Montevallo baseball team defeated Union at home on Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader, 9-0. UM is now 4-3 on the year and 4-3 in Gulf South Conference play. Due to weather, the games were moved to Montevallo, but UM will play as the away team this weekend.
 
Jake Smallwood got things going for the Falcons in the first inning, knocking a two-out single to shortstop that sent Khalid Collymore and Riley Cain home. Montevallo put three more runs on the board to give them a 5-0 lead.
 
Asa Awbrey hit a sacrifice fly to right field that brought Greg Lewandowski across home plate. Ben Teel then stepped up to the plate and drove a single into left field that brought Collymore and Cain home yet again.
 
After no scoring in the third, UM put up three more runs in the fourth inning. Smallwood got his third and fourth RBIs of the game by crushing a two-run homer to left field. Later in the inning, Ryan Curran knocked a double into left center field that sent Reed Latimer home and gave the Falcons an 8-0 lead.
 
Union and UM were not able to light up the scoreboard in the fifth or sixth innings, but Montevallo added yet another insurance run in the seventh.
 
In the seventh, Awbrey hit a sacrifice fly to right field that allowed Cain to score for the third time in the ball game and gave UM a 9-0 lead.
 
Smallwood led the way for Montevallo, going 3-for-5 with four RBIs and a run. Teel went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run, and Curran went 5-for-5 with one RBI.
 
Hogan Isbell spent the entire afternoon on the hill for the Falcons, getting a complete-game shutout while striking out nine.