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Pat Ship DH
4
Shippensburg SHIP-B 0-7
9
Winner LR LRBSB 10-1
Shippensburg SHIP-B
0-7
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Final
9
LR LRBSB
10-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Shippensburg SHIP-B 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 8 2
LR LRBSB 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 X 9 12 2

W: Patrick, Andrew (3-0) L: Nick Zegna (0-2)

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Shippensburg SHIP-B 0-8
16
Winner LR LRBSB 11-1
Shippensburg SHIP-B
0-8
2
Final
16
LR LRBSB
11-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Shippensburg SHIP-B 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1
LR LRBSB 0 0 1 6 1 1 1 6 X 16 14 2

W: Lanham, Joshua (3-0) L: Kaleb Sophy (0-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bears Take Two from Shippensburg to win 8th Straight

HICKORY, N.C. - Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball continued its torrid start to the season on Friday, sweeping a doubleheader with Shippensburg (PA) by scores of 9-4 and 16-2. Andrew Patrick and Joshua Lanham both earned their third wins of the season, as each guy pitched seven innings and allowed two runs. Wade Cuda continued his unbelievable streak, going 6-for-8 with a home run and two doubles in the sweep. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Game one final: Lenoir-Rhyne 9, Shippensburg 4
Game two final: Lenoir-Rhyne 16, Shippensburg 2
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (11-1), Shippensburg (0-8)
Location: Hickory, N.C. | Durham Field

STATS AND INFO

Game one
  • Cuda got things rolling with yet another leadoff, first-pitch home run in the bottom of the 1st. It was the center fielder's sixth home run of the season, first in the SAC and tied for first in the country. 
  • Luis Atiles added an RBI single, which was followed up by a two-run home run from Anthony Porrino. Porrino's 16 RBIs is first in the SAC and tied for third in Division II.
  • Shippensberg added an unearned run against Patrick in the 4th, the first run (earned or unearned) that Patrick has given up the whole season. 
  • David Bell broke things open in the 6th with a three-run home run, his second of the season and the fifth of his career. 
  • A two-run home run in the 7th for Shippensburg's Justin Darden marked the first earned runs Patrick gave up this season. 
  • The Bears added two more runs in the 7th and 8th innings respectively, with Nick Clarno coming home on a wild pitch and an RBI single from Drew Yniesta. 
  • Patrick's final line was 7 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K. 
  • Henry Cartrett and Kanan Butler finished off the win for the Bears out of the bullpen. 
Game two
  • Joshua Lanham got the start, giving up single runs in the first and second innings, but nothing after. Lanham retired the final seven batters he faced in order. 
  • With the Raiders up 2-0 after two innings, the Bears cut the lead to 2-1 in the third after an RBI single from Cuda.
  • Then, the floodgates opened in the 4th. LR tallied its second six-run inning of the week, fueled by five walks by Raider pitching. Bell got the big hit, a two-run double down the left field line to score Clarno and Scott Meitzler. 
  • Another RBI single from Cuda, a sac fly from Atiles, and another RBI single from Porrino stretched the lead to 7-2 after four. 
  • LR added another run in the 5th after Meitzler doubled and came home on a Clarno RBI single. 
  • Cole Laskowski added an RBI single the other way in the 6th to drive in Atiles. 
  • The Bears added another six-spot in the bottom of the 8th inning. Several walks and a couple hit-by-pitches fueled the run, but two-run doubles from Erick Ramirez and Caleb Fluno in pinch-hit at-bats put the finishing touches on a dominate win for LR. 
  • Braden Houston and Ben Friebel pitched scoreless innings for the Bears to preserve the win. 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • The eight-game winning streak is the longest for Lenoir-Rhyne since 2017 when the Bears won the first nine games of the season. 
  • LR moves to 8-0 at home in 2022. The Bears went 10-11 at home in 2021. 
  • The Bears have now scored double digit runs in five out of the last six games. LR was 13-0 scoring double digit runs in 2021, and is 5-0 in 2022 scoring double digits. 
  • Lanham and Patrick are tied for the national lead in wins with three. 
  • Cuda is tied for third in the nation in home runs with six, with three of those coming on the first pitch of the inning. 
UP NEXT: The Bears will try to complete the three-game sweep of the Raiders tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Durham Field. 
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