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Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

LF
4
Lenoir-Rhyne LRBB 2-2
7
Winner Newberry NBY 4-0
Lenoir-Rhyne LRBB
2-2
4
Final
7
Newberry NBY
4-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LRBB 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 3
Newberry NBY 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 X 7 11 2

W: Q. Driggers (1-0) L: Benjamin, Jackson (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Two-Out Rallies Push #15 Newberry Past Bears.

Newberry, SC--. #15 Newberry scored six of their seven runs with two-outs to led them to a 7-4 victory over the Bears in a non-conference matchup Tuesday evening. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final:  #15 Newberry 7, Lenoir-Rhyne 4
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (2-2), Newberry (4-0)
Location: Smith Road Complex | Florence, S.C.

STATS OF GAME:
  • Freshman Jackson Benjamin got the ball for his first career start. Benjamin went two innings, allowing 4 runs. 
  • Newberry got a run in the first with four hits but a big double play started by Xander Ferlenda limited the damage.
  • Mike McHugh tied the game with his first homerun of the season in the 2nd. McHugh has now hit safely in all four games this season. 
  • Newberry's first three hitters reached base in the bottom of the third. LR almost got out of it with only one run but, with two outs, Luke Orr hit a 3-2 pitch into left center for a bases clearing double. The double gave the Wolves a 5-1 lead. 
  • For the second game in a row, Ben Friebel gave the Bears two scoreless innings in relief. Friebel has only allowed one hit in four innings out of the pen. 
  • Andrew Dye and Hayden Gresham also came out of the pen and put up a zero in their inning of work. 
  • Newberry added a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the 8th with another two out hit. The Wolves scored six of their seven runs with two out. 
  • The Bears did not go quietly in the 9th. Conor McGee had a two-out, two-run double in the top of the 9th to cut the lead to 7-4 but Newberry's Jacob Jeffcoat stuck out Adam Dempski to end the game. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE: 
  •  Even through Newberry is a SAC foe, this game is a non-conference game. For the 2020 conference season, Each team will play 9 out of the 11 other SAC teams for a total of 27 conference games.  The Bears will not play Newberry or Coker this season for conference play.
  • Newberry did sweep the Bears last year at home including a walk off in game 3 of the series.
  • Will Jones single in the 6th inning was his 90th career hit as a Bear.
  • Bears Bryce Stober threw out two more runners trying to steal today. He has now throwing out 4 out of 7 possible base stealers. Newberry entered tonight with 15 stolen bases in their first three games, which leads the SAC but Stober threw out both runners. 
  • McGee's hit in the 9th was his first career hit and rbi. 

UP NEXT:  #20 Mount Olive welcomes the Bears for a weekend series. The series will be a doubleheader on Saturday then a single game on Sunday. First pitch will be at 12:00 PM on Saturday.
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