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Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

Moyers
4
Limestone LU 0-8
14
Winner LR LRBSB 9-1
Limestone LU
0-8
4
Final
14
LR LRBSB
9-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Limestone LU 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 5 0
LR LRBSB 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 X 14 12 0

W: Reid, Jackson (1-0) L: Robertson, N (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Uses Two Huge Innings to Rout Limestone

HICKORY, N.C. - Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball scored all 14 of its runs in the 6th and 7th innings, and the pitching staff struck out 14 or more batters for the sixth game in a row as the Bears grabbed a 14-4 midweek home win over Limestone on Wednesday night at Durham Field. The Bears remain undefeated on the 13-game homestand in the month of February. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 14, Limestone 4
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (9-1), Limestone (0-8)
Location: Hickory, N.C. | Durham Field 

STATS AND INFO 
  • The first five innings of the game were a pitchers duel. LR starter Tanner Moyers didn't surrender a run in four innings, and Caleb Cockerham pitched a scoreless fifth. 
  • Limestone grabbed the first run of the game in the top of the 6th inning on a balk with a runner on third base.
  • The Bears only recorded two hits through the first five innings, but then exploded in the sixth. 
  • Drew Yniesta started things off with a walk, Nick Clarno reached on an infield single, Luis Atiles recorded a bunt single, and LR's RBI leader Anthony Porrino delivered again with a two-run double to score Yniesta and Clarno. 
  • Bryce Stober then singled in Atiles, and was followed up by another RBI single from Brett Eurey.
  • Wade Cuda continued his recent tear, doubling in Stober. Cuda won both the SAC and Regional Player of the Week honors after his .550 week. 
  • After the Cuda double, Cole Laskowski singled in two more runs with the infield in. 
  • Clarno wrapped up the scoring in the inning with an RBI single. LR finished the inning with eight runs and eight hits. 
  • LR got six more runs in the 7th, five of which came from bases loaded walks/hit by pitch.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • The 9-1 start for LR is the best since 2017, when the Bears won the first nine games of the season. 
  • LR has now scored double-digit runs in four straight games. The Bears went 13-0 scoring in double digits in 2021. 
  • The Bears used 22 different position players and six different pitchers in the game. 
  • LR has now won four out of the last five games against Limestone. The Bears took three out of four from the Saints in 2021 in a SAC weekend series. 
  • The Bears move to 15-2 all-time against Limestone in Hickory. 
UP NEXT: The Bears welcome Shippensburg (PA) to Hickory for a three-game series starting on Friday with a doubleheader at Durham Field.
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