ROME, Ga.- The Hawks were back in action at home for their final home series of the regular season against the Union University Bulldogs.  The Hawks were unable to complete the comeback in the first game of the double-header and lost 8-6.

Shorter improved to 23-12 overall, and 20-12 in conference play, while Union improved to 14-21 overall, and 12-20 in conference play.

Game 1- Shorter jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning courtesy of a single through the left side by Jacob Pajer which scored Nathaniel Butterworth and Luis Acevedo.  Union then came back in the third inning with three runs to take the lead 3-2. Jacob Pajer hit a triple to right center in the bottom of the fourth to score Matt Christian and Luis Acevedo, which gave the Hawks the lead back, 4-3. Union then scored two more runs in the seventh to take the lead, 6-4. In the eighth inning, Nathaniel Butterworth hit a solo homerun and then Jakob Woods hit a blooper in front of the right fielder that scored Luis Acevedo. After eight innings, the game was tied at six. In the top of the ninth, Union scored two runs, which made the score 8-6. In the bottom of the ninth, Cory Mason hit a single to get on base. Then Aaron Reardon was up to bat and hit a bomb over the right field wall which looked to be fair from the press box, but it was unfortunately called a foul ball. 

Game 2- Game two started slower than game one did, with the first runs in the game not coming until the top of the fourth inning when Union scored two runs to take a 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the fifth, Nathaniel Butterworth hit a solo home run to left center, which was his second home run of the day to get the Hawks back within one run. Union doubled their score in the sixth inning to lead 4-1. The Hawks scored another run in the bottom of the sixth after Kaleeq Brannigan singled to left center which scored Matt Christian. Union added another run in the top of the seventh inning to extend their lead, 5-2. In the bottom of the seventh, Butterworth struck again, but this time with a single in between the third baseman and the shortstop which turned into a scoring play after a throwing error by the third baseman. Later in the inning, Jacob Pajer scored on a wild pitch to cut the lead down to one, 5-4. Union hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning to extend their lead to 7-4. The Hawks mounted a comeback in the bottom of the ninth with a double from Kaleeq Brannigan to score Luis Acevedo and Cory Mason. Then Kobe Jones hit a walk-off two-run home run to right center which clinched the win for the Hawks and a playoff berth to the GSC Tournament.

The Hawks will be back in action on the road for their final series of the regular season against Montevallo starting Friday April 30^th at 6pm EST.