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Lenoir-Rhyne LR 21-14, 9-8 SAC
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Winner Lincoln Memorial LMU 22-10, 9-8 SAC
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
21-14, 9-8 SAC
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Final
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Lincoln Memorial LMU
22-10, 9-8 SAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 11 1
Lincoln Memorial LMU 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 6 8 1

W: J. Bobiak (6-1) L: Sullivan, Matt (4-2) S: M. Rios (2)

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Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 22-14, 10-8 SAC
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Lincoln Memorial LMU 23-11, 9-9 SAC
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
22-14, 10-8 SAC
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Final
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Lincoln Memorial LMU
23-11, 9-9 SAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 1 0 1 0 3 5 0 10 9 0
Lincoln Memorial LMU 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 7 1

W: Grigg, John (6-1) L: M. Rios (4-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

LR Baseball Splits South Atlantic Conference Doubleheader With Lincoln Memorial

Harrogate, Tenn. – The Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball Team (22-14, 10-8) split a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader with Lincoln Memorial (23-11, 9-9) Saturday afternoon at Hennon Field.  LMU took the first game by a 6-4 score while Lenoir-Rhyne won the nightcap, 10-5, in seven innings.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Lincoln Memorial 6, Lenoir-Rhyne 4; Lenoir-Rhyne 10, Lincoln Memorial 5
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (22-14, 10-8 SAC), Lincoln Memorial (23-11, 9-9 SAC)
Location: Hennon Field | Harrogate, Tenn.
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STATS OF THE GAME (Game 1):
•    The Railsplitters hit four home runs – led by Chris Salvey (Folcroft, Pa.) with a pair of round-trippers – in the victory.  Salvey drove in four runs as Lincoln Memorial used a four-run first inning to take control.
•    Trailing by a 6-1 score entering the seventh frame, Lenoir-Rhyne plated three runs but couldn't get any closer.  Junior outfielder Justin Dean (Mauldin, S.C.) led the way with three hits, a double, a triple and an RBI in the loss.
•    Lincoln Memorial's Joe Bobiak (Westville, N.J.) improved to 6-1 on the year after earning the victory while Marco Rios (Buena, N.J.) picked up his second save of the season.  LR senior Matt Sullivan (Bristol, Va.) (4-2) took the loss.

STATS OF THE GAME (Game 2):
•    Lenoir-Rhyne junior outfielder Aaron Stamper (Clemmons, N.C.) hit the game-tying, two-run home run and finished with three runs batted in while junior first baseman Matthew Freeman (Belews Creek, N.C.) hit a bases-clearing double as the Bears overcame a 4-1 deficit in the first inning.
•    The Bears were able to win despite a grand slam in the first frame from the Railsplitters' Tyler Adams (Woodstock, Ga.).
•    Lenoir-Rhyne sophomore John Grigg (Lawndale, N.C.) improved to 6-1 on the year after earning the win while senior Landon Whitson (Marion, N.C.) pitched two scoreless innings in relief.  Rios (4-1) took the loss for Lincoln Memorial.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
•    The Bears have already equaled last year's win total.
•    Dean, who scored three runs in the second contest, raised his team-leading batting average to .381.

UP NEXT:
Lenoir-Rhyne returns to the diamond on Tuesday, April 3, to take on Lander in Greenwood, S.C., beginning at 6:00 p.m.  Lincoln Memorial hosts Trevecca on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m., as well.
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