Hickory, N.C.--The Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball team dropped a pair of extra inning thrillers to visiting Newberry on Saturday. Drue Galassi hit a pair of homeruns for the Bears, including the game-tying homerun in the 7th to force extra innings in game two.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game One Final: Newberry 6, Lenoir-Rhyne 3 (11 innings)
Game Two Final: Newberry 6, Lenoir-Rhyne 5 (10 innings)
Records:  Lenoir-Rhyne (22-16, 18-12 SAC) | Newberry (21-12, 18-8 SAC)
Location: Durham Field | Hickory, N.C.

STATS OF GAME ONE:

• After Newberry scratched a run in the first, Galassi got it back plus one with his 11th homerun of the season.
• The Wolves tied it at two with a two-out single by Ian Clements in the 2nd. 
• Newberry took the lead back in the 3rd without getting the ball out of the infield on a hit and two errors by the Bears which helped the Wolves gain a 3-2 advantage.
• Connor Smith got the Bears even with a solo shot to lead off the bottom of the 5th. 
• The game remained tied until the 11th when the Wolves broke through with three runs off Kanan Butler (0-1)
• Alex Shirazi was brilliant in the no decision. Shirazi went a career high ten innings and did not allow a run in his last seven frames. Shirazi allowed only five hits and struck out nine Wolves. 

STATS OF GAME TWO: 

• Will Jones scored on a shallow pop up that Newberry's second baseman Dalton Lansdowne caught running with his back to the infield to give the Bears a 1-0 lead in the second. 
• Lansdowne got the run back for the Wolves with a single to right field in the following inning. 
• Newberry's Kenny Bergmann got the Wolves back in the lead with his first homerun of the year a solo shot in the 5th.
• Bears tied it with a Wade Cuda safety squeeze scoring Xander Ferlenda in the bottom of the 5th. 
• Wolves took a 6-3 lead after scoring three times in the top of the 7th. A Zachary Biles sacrifice fly and a two-run double by Luke Orr gave them the lead.
• However the Wolves could not hold the lead as Galassi hit a three-run homerun to tie it with one out in the 7th.
• Newberry thought they added two runs of the bat of Aidan Baur in the 9th but Jones made a leaping catch at the wall to keep it tied. 
• In the Top of the 10th, Newberry got an infield hit, wild pitch, passed ball and then got the run scored on a safety squeeze by Ian Clements.
• Bears had the tying and winning run on base in the bottom half but Newberry's Devin Makovsky (2-1) got Cuda to foul out to end the game. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

• Both of teams entered today in the top 25 in stolen bases on the year. The Bears are 25th with 52 stolen bases while Newberry is 5th with 68. 
• Both teams entered today in the top five in batting average in the SAC. LR entered hitting at .305 clip while Newberry was right below them with a .298 average.
• However LR comes into the game leading the conference with 56 homeruns while the Wolves have only hit five long balls on the year. 
• Jones' single to right field in the second of game was his 150th career hit. 
• Wade Cuda's last nine games has seen the freshman hit .407 with three doubles and nine run scored and has at least one hit in eight of nine games. 
• Shirazi will finish the regular season with a career best 2.65 ERA. 
• Galassi's two homeruns today tied him for the SAC lead. 

UP NEXT:  Both Teams will conclude the regular season tomorrow with a doubleheader starting at 1:00 PM.