MIDDLEBURY, VT – The Union College team dropped a 6-3 nonconference decision to Middlebury on Tuesday evening at Forbes Field.
 
One big hit was the difference maker in the contest, as the Panthers hit a grand slam in the seventh to take a 6-0 lead. Union finally got on the board in the ninth inning, scoring three runs on three hits, and without the four-run shot by Middlebury, Union would have gained the lead. However, the Panthers escaped the final inning to hand the Dutchmen just their seventh loss of the season.
 
 Middlebury scored its first run on a ground ball in the fifth, before scoring their second run with a bases-loaded hit by pitch in the seventh. Alan Guild was the next batter up for the Panthers and hit the grand slam for the 6-0 lead.
 
In the ninth, Kevin Chaimowitz led off with a base on balls. First years Chris O'Brien and Mike Papaleo hit back-to-back singles to load the bases.
 
Sean Cullen then stepped up and hit a third-straight single for the Dutchmen, allowing Chaimowitz to score. Chris Symington then earned a base on balls which gave O'Brien the free pass home for Union's second run.
 
Later with one out. Will Bellamy hit a ground ball and reached on a fielder's choice which also allowed Papaleo to score, but with the Panthers getting the second out, they were then able to end the game with the next at-bat.
 
Union will be back at Shuttleworth Park for its final nonconference game of the regular season, hosting Trinity College at 6:30 p.m. (ET).