Harrogate, TN.- The Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball team fell 4-2 on Tuesday afternoon at Lincoln Memorial in a mid-week non-conference matchup. Connor Smith scored both runs for the Bears including his 5th home run of the season. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game Final: Lincoln Memorial 4, Lenoir-Rhyne 2
Records:  Lincoln Memorial (11-16, 8-12 SAC) | Lenoir-Rhyne (16-10, 13-7 SAC)
Location: Lamar Hennon Field | Harrogate, TN.

STATS OF GAME:

• Hayden Gresham (1-1) got his first start of the year. The sophomore went four innings giving up four runs (two earned) while striking out three Railsplitters but suffered the loss in this one. 
• Lincoln Memorial jumped on the Bears early with three runs in the first. All the action happened after the first two batters were retired to start the inning. 
• Both teams traded solo home runs in the fourth. Bears got theirs from Smith then Dalton Dedas hit one for Lincoln Memorial in the bottom half.
• Brett Fulk, Joey Cobb, Kanan Butler and Ben Friebel combined to throw four scoreless innings for the Bears out of the bullpen. 
• LR was held to three hits on the day, a single by Nick Clarno and a triple and long ball from Smith. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

• The teams split the season series this year with LR winning earlier this year 10-9 after a Xander Ferlenda walk-off single. Both games this year were non-conference games. 
• Bears fell to 0-7 when opponents score in the first inning this year.
• Also 0-7 this year when opponents have out-hit the Bears as LR was out hit 10-3 today. 
• The triple for Smith was his first career three-bagger for the sophomore. 

UP NEXT: LR returns home to start a four-game SAC series with Wingate on Friday. First pitch of game one is at 1:00 PM.