Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Salisbury, N.C.-- Lenoir-Rhyne's Baseball Team fell to #3 Catawba in a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon in Salisbury. Catawba wins the weekend series two games to one after the Bears won Friday evening 4-2. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game One Final: #3 Catawba 19, Lenoir-Rhyne 4
Game Two Final: #3 Catawba 5 , Lenoir-Rhyne 4
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (12-11, 4-5 SAC), Catawba (17-3, 8-1 SAC)
Location: Newman Park | Salisbury, N.C.

STATS OF GAME ONE:

• Catawba used a seven-run 4th inning to take a 9-0 lead.  All seven runs were scored with two outs, Jackson Reaper's three-run blast was the big blow in the inning.
• Will Jones and Andy Lopez got the Bears on the board in the 6th. Both hit two-run home runs in a four-run inning for the Bears. 
• Senior Alex Shirazi got the start but only lasted 3 2/3 innings. Shirazi gave up 8 runs on 8 hits.  3 2/3 innings is Shirazi shortest start in his career for the Bears.
• LR used seven pitchers in relief of Shirzai. Bears bullpen struggled surrendering 11 runs and hits in 4 1/3 innings.  
• 19 runs and 19 hits were a season-highs allowed for the Bears so far. LR gave up 13 runs and 16 hits against Mount Olive in separate games last month. 

STATS OF GAME TWO: 

• Bears jumped on the Indians with three first inning runs. David Bell lead off with a single and then Jones walked before Connor Smith doubled them in. Lopez finished the scoring by staying hot with an rbi single to score Smith.
• After the Bears scored on a wild pitch to take a 4-0 lead in the third, Reaper struck again for the Indians. Reaper's second three-run homer of the day got the Indians to 4-3.
• Catawba tied it with an unearned run in the 4th, chasing Bears starter Jarrod Large from the game.  Large went 3+ innings allowing 4 runs on 4 hits. 
• Catawba manufactured the game-winning run in the 5th, Reaper led off with a single, stole second, move to third on a ground ball then scored on a sac fly to gave the Indians the 5-4 win. 
• Brett Fulk and Ben Friebel both pitched scoreless out of the bullpen for the Bears. 
• LR had a chance to tie it in the 7th, Bryce Stober lead off with a double, went to third on Brock Johnson's SAC bunt but Bell grounded out to third and Ferlenda struck out to end the game. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE: 

• Jones, who started his 100th career game yesterday evening, hit his fourth career homerun in the 6th.
• Lopez's homerun was his first as a Bear. 
• Ferlenda went 2-4 in game one. It was Ferlenda 9th multiple hit game already for LR
• LR error in the 4th inning of game two marks the Bears 8th straight game with at least one error. 

UP NEXT:  LR will return home Monday for a 3:00 PM doubleheader against Lake Erie.