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Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

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Southern Wesleyan U. SWU 0-1
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Winner Lenoir-Rhyne Univ. LRBB 1-0
Southern Wesleyan U. SWU
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Southern Wesleyan U. SWU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
Lenoir-Rhyne Univ. LRBB 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 X 3 4 1

W: Lanham, Joshua (1-0) L: Wages, R (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bears Open Ramirez Era With Shutout Win over Southern Wesleyan

Florence, SC-- Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball opened their 2020 season, and their first year under Head Coach Chris Ramirez, with a 3-0 win on Saturday afternoon. Alex Shirazi and Joshua Lanham combined to allow only two hits and strike out 16. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 3, Southern Wesleyan 0
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (1-0), Southern Wesleyan (0-1)
Location: Sparrow Stadium | Florence, S.C.

STATS OF GAME:
  • Shirazi started for the Bears and traded zeroes with Warriors starter Rett Wages through five innings.  Both teams only had a single hit in the first five innings.
  • The Bears finally broke through in the Bottom of the 6th, with two out Damian Pierce hit his first homerun for the Bears. The homer gave the Bears a 1-0 lead, which is all the runs the Bears needed today.
  • Freshman Lanham relieved Shirazi in the 6th inning and only allowed a single to lead off the 9th while striking out 8 hitters to record his first collegiate win. 
  • LR did have chances earlier in the game but went 0-3 with runners on third with less then 2 outs. 
  • The Bears did add two runs in the bottom of the 7th thanks to a Bryce Stober RBI single and three errors by the Warriors.  
  • Junior Will Jones started the rally in the 7th with a single to centerfield. Going back to last year, Jones has had at least one hit in 6 out of his last 7 games for the Bears. 
  • All three of the Bears runs today were with two outs. 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE: 
  • Despite only playing one time in program history before today, these two programs will play each other twice in the next 11 days. Lenoir-Rhyne will make the trip to Central, SC to play Southern Wesleyan on February 11.
  • In the previous meeting here in Florence in 2018, the Bears used three pitchers and only allowed four hits to beat Southern Wesleyan 4-0.
  • With the win today, The Bears are now 5-1 in the last six opening day games. The only loss was last year to Rollins. However, the Bears rebounded and beat Rollins the next day.
  • The Bears have not opened their season at home since 2014, when they hosted North Greenville to open the year.
  • Today was Ramirez's first win with the Bears and his 200th in his career.
  • Rett Wages had the rare four strikeout inning. Wages struck out four Bears in the third inning thanks to a throwing error by the Warriors after a drop third strike. 
UP NEXT: The Bears will play host Francis Marion at 11 am tomorrow morning then play Mars Hill at 2 PM.
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