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10
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne Univ. LRBB 9-8, 2-3 SAC
5
Anderson AUBB 10-7, 3-2 SAC
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne Univ. LRBB
9-8, 2-3 SAC
10
Final
5
Anderson AUBB
10-7, 3-2 SAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne Univ. LRBB 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 10 11 1
Anderson AUBB 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 8 4

W: Shirazi, Alex (3-0) L: Reynolds (1-1) S: Lanham, Joshua (1)

13
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne Univ. LRBB 10-8, 3-3 SAC
9
Anderson AUBB 10-8, 3-3 SAC
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne Univ. LRBB
10-8, 3-3 SAC
13
Final
9
Anderson AUBB
10-8, 3-3 SAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne Univ. LRBB 4 3 3 0 3 0 0 13 12 1
Anderson AUBB 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 8 4

W: Large, Jarod (2-2) L: Boles (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bears Sweep Anderson on Saturday to Take Weekend Series

Anderson, S.C.-- The Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball Team used 23 runs on Saturday to sweep the Trojans in a doubleheader on Saturday and earned the road series win from the Trojans.  Will Jones went 5-10 with a HR and 8 RBIs on the day to help the Bears to the sweep. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game 1 Final:  Lenoir-Rhyne 10, Anderson 5
Game 2 Final:  Lenoir-Rhyne 13, Anderson 9
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (10-9, 3-3 SAC), Anderson (10-5, 3-3 SAC)
Location: Memorial Stadium | Anderson, S.C.

STATS OF GAME ONE:
  • David Bell got the Bears started early, Bell had two hits and the games first three RBIs by the third inning. Bell finished the game 2-5 with a double and 3 RBIs.
  • After Anderson took the lead with four runs in the 4th inning, the Bears took the lead for good with a three-run seventh inning. Jones and Mike McHugh had huge two-out RBI hits to gave the Bears a 6-4 lead. 
  • LR put the game away with a four-run ninth, where the Bears only had one hit. The Bears took advantage of two errors by the Trojans to cap the game.
  • Alex Shirazi went 6 innings to pick up his third win on the year. Shirazi allowed 6 hits, 4 runs while striking out seven hitters.
  • Michael Allen, Brett Fulk and Joshua Lanham pitched the last three innings for the Bears. The trio only allowed one unearned while Lanham picked up his first career save.
  • Bell, Jones, Xander Ferlenda, and Connor Smith all had two hits for the Bears. Those four Bears combined for 8 of the teams 11 hits. 
STATS OF GAME TWO:   
  • Game two saw the Bears score 10 runs in the first three innings and the first 13 of the game before holding off a late comeback attempt from the Trojans.  Anderson scored eight runs in the bottom of the 5th and cut the lead to 13-9 and had the bases loaded in the 6th. 
  • Will Jones had a career high 6 RBis in the game. Jones had single RBIs in the first, second and third before hitting a 3-run homerun in the 5th.
  • McHugh also hit a 3-run homerun. McHugh connected for his third homerun in the first and finished the day 1-4 with 4 RBIs.
  • Ferlenda had a strange box score. Ferlenda scored a career high four runs but went hitless on the game. 
  • Starter Jarrod Large picked up the win for the Bears. Large evened his record to 2-2 on the season. 
  • Andrew Dye, Hayden Gresham and Trevor Smisek throw up zeros out of the bullpen for the Bears.
  • The Bears pitching did survive nine free passes on the afternoon. 
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • Alex Shirazi has a 2.35 era through his last three starts for the Bears including a pair of wins in conference.
  • McHugh actually hit his third homerun on Wednesday but with the game being suspended, the homerun will not count until the game is completed. 
  • There were 14 errors combined by the teams in the three game set.  Trojans had nine including four in each game today. 
  • The win snaps the Bears four game losing streak. 

UP NEXT:  LR will head to Belmont Abbey for midweek game on Wednesday at 5 P.M.
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