HICKORY, N.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne Softball Team saw its six-game winning streak come to an end in a doubleheader split with Erskine on a sunny but chilly Tuesday afternoon.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Finals: Erskine 7, Lenoir-Rhyne 3; Lenoir-Rhyne 6, Erskine 2
Location: Bears Field | Hickory, N.C.
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (11-6), Erskine (9-4)
STATS OF GAME ONE:
• After Erskine scored in the top of the first,
Savannah Moorefield would lead off the bottom half of the inning with a triple to right field. The next batter was
Erin Boone who singled Moorefield home to even the game just two batters in.
• LR would run out to a 3-1 advantage by pushing across two runs in the third inning.
Mackensi Swain would plate Moorefield with a single down the left field line and
Talon LaClair scored on an Erskine error.
• However, the visitors would score the game's final six runs to grab the victory. Erskine pushed across two runs in each of the fourth, fifth and seventh innings.
• Morgan Hendrix earned the win by allowing three runs on seven hits and one walk. Reigning South Atlantic Conference Pitcher of the Week
Brandi Parks suffered the loss by allowing four runs in her four innings of work.
• Moorefield went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a stolen base.
STATS OF GAME TWO:
• Game two was the opposite of game one with Erskine scoring early and the Bears scoring six straight runs to earn the win.
• With LR down 2-0, the Bears would score once in the bottom of the third and erupt for four runs in the fourth.
Natalie Parham drew a bases loaded walk and Moorefield drove in one with an infield single. LaClair would push two across with an RBI single up the middle.
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Ashten Hinkle drove in the final run for LR with a double that plated
Leanna Sherrill.
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Kimberly Blair earned the win in relief, firing 3.2 scoreless innings and permitting just two hits. Blair struck out three for her second victory of the year.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
• LaClair reached base safely in all four plate appearances in the second game.
• Moorefield has six multi-hit games so far in 2019 and her 19 runs scored is by far the team leader.
UP NEXT:
LR continues its home stand with a doubleheader against Augusta on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
