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BSB
5
Winner Coker COKER 14-16
0
Lenoir-Rhyne LRBB 21-14
Winner
Coker COKER
14-16
5
Final
0
Lenoir-Rhyne LRBB
21-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Coker COKER 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 5 5 0
Lenoir-Rhyne LRBB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2

W: Garrett Dunn (1-0) L: Gresham, Hayden (1-2)

3
Coker COKER 14-17
5
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LRBB 22-14
Coker COKER
14-17
3
Final
5
Lenoir-Rhyne LRBB
22-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Coker COKER 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 6 0
Lenoir-Rhyne LRBB 0 0 0 2 3 0 X 5 6 1

W: Cobb, Joey (1-0) L: Zachary Hinson (1-1) S: Friebel, Ben (3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Splits with Coker in Non-Conference Matchup

Hickory, N.C.--Playing their third straight doubleheader in the last three days, The Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball team returned home and spilt a non-conference doubleheader with visiting Coker. Will Jones hit a two-run homerun and Joey Cobb threw four hitless innings in a 5-3 win in the second game. In game one, Bears were held to three hits in a 5-0 loss. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game One Final: Coker 5, Lenoir-Rhyne 0
Game Two Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 5, Coker 3
Records:  Lenoir-Rhyne (22-14, 18-10 SAC) | Coker (14-17, 12-11 SAC)
Location: Durham Field | Hickory, N.C.

STATS OF GAME ONE:
  • Bears were held to three singles in this game. LR did not get a hit until Connor Smith led off the 5th with a single up the middle. A Wade Cuda single in 6th and an Andy Lopez pitch hit single in the 7th were the only hits in this one for the Bears.
  • The Cobras got a two-run homerun from Jackson Williams in the second and that is all they needed in this one. 
  • Brian Castillo added a solo shot for the Cobras in the 6th to make it 5-0. 
  • Hayden Gresham (1-2) took the loss in this one. Gresham got the start and went 1 1/3 inning allowing the two-run homerun to Williams.
  • Brett Fulk, Michael Allen, Austin Blevins went 5 2/3 innings out of the pen only allowing one earned run in relief. 

STATS OF GAME TWO: 
  • Joey Cobb (1-0) got the win in game two throwing four hitless innings while striking out a career high seven Cobras.
  • Will Jones got the Bears on the board with a two-run homerun in the bottom of the 4th.
  • Bears added three runs in the fifth with RBIs from Wade Cuda, Drue Galassi and Nick Clarno.
  • After Coker got within two with a two-run home run homerun from Reilly Hall. Tanner Moyers came in for a scoreless inning to get the hold then Ben Friebel worked a scoreless inning for his third save.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • Will Jones with two hits in game two now is two hits shy of 150 of his career.  
  • E.J. Ranel's eight game hitting streak was snapped in game one today. 
  • During Ranel's eight game hitting streak he has batted .448 with 4 HR's 9 RBIs and 12 runs scored.
  • Since the calendar flipped to April, Matt Mackey had been red-hot hitting .444 with 3 HRs and 12 RBIs. During the streak, his batting average has increased 51 points to .307 entering today. 

UP NEXT:  LR will finish the regular season with a four-game SAC series against Newberry starting Saturday at 1:00 PM.
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