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9
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne L-R 37-8, 15-6 SAC
7
Carson-Newman C-N 25-20, 10-10 SAC
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne L-R
37-8, 15-6 SAC
9
Final
7
Carson-Newman C-N
25-20, 10-10 SAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne L-R 0 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 9 12 2
Carson-Newman C-N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 7 8 1

W: Butler, Kanan (2-0) L: Noah Pridmore (4-4) S: Allen, Michael (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bears Take Series at Carson-Newman with 9-7 Win

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball won its third straight SAC series on Saturday afternoon with a 9-7 win over Carson-Newman on Saturday. David Bell, Erick Ramirez and Anthony Porrino all went deep to pace the Bears offensively, and LR got a strong start from Austin Edwards in the victory. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 9, Carson-Newman 7
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (37-8, 15-6 SAC), Carson-Newman (25-20, 10-10 SAC)
Location: Jefferson, City, Tenn. | Silver Diamond Baseball Complex

STATS AND INFO
  • The Bears hit back-to-back home runs in the 2nd inning, with Bell hitting a two-run shot and Ramirez hitting a solo bomb. It was LR's 4th and 5th homers of the series, and the game was 3-0 at that point. 
  • The Bears added another run in the 5th on an RBI double from Nick Clarno to make it 4-0. 
  • LR got three tallies in the 6th, the first on a double from Brayden Collett, who then came around to score on a wild pitch. 
  • Drew Yniesta had a three-hit game, but he also drove in a run in the 6th with a bases-loaded walk. It was 7-0 after six inning. 
  • Anthony Porrino hit home run number nine on the season in the 7th, a solo shot that made it 8-0. 
  • The Eagles got five runs back in the bottom of the 8th, capped off by a three-run homer by Zach Boze. 
  • The Bears got an insurance run in the top of the 9th from a sac fly from Bell. He had three RBIs today, and has 39 on the season. 
  • The Eagles got two more in the 9th and brought the tying run to the plate, but Michael Allen closed to the door for his first save of the season.
  • Starting pitcher Edwards lasted four innings and gave up just one hit and two walks, and struck out seven. Kanan Butler got the win, pitching a scoreless inning of relief. Braden Houston pitched two scoreless innings of relief, and Allen picked up the save. 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • With the win, the Bears clinched their first series win at Carson-Newman since 2003. 
  • Every win this season from this point on will extend the program record for wins in a season. 
  • The Bears had 14 more strikeouts on the mound, extending their own single-season SAC record to 517.
  • Porrino and Yniesta are now hitting .386 and .385, respectively. 
UP NEXT: The Bears return home to host #6 North Greenville on Monday at 5 p.m.
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