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Patrick
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Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LRBSB 46-11
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North Greenville NGU 46-9
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne LRBSB
46-11
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Final
1
North Greenville NGU
46-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LRBSB 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 7 8 1
North Greenville NGU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1

W: Patrick, Andrew (9-2) L: Reece Fields (9-2)

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Winner North Greenville NGU 47-9
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Lenoir-Rhyne LRBSB 46-12
Winner
North Greenville NGU
47-9
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Final
4
Lenoir-Rhyne LRBSB
46-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
North Greenville NGU 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 8 12 1
Lenoir-Rhyne LRBSB 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 9 3

W: Noah Takac (6-0) L: Edwards, Austin (5-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bears Split With No. 1 North Greenville; Set Up Deciding Game Saturday

TIGERVILLE, S.C. - Lenoir-Rhyne split with No. 1 seed North Greenville on Friday, winning game one 7-1 and dropping game two 8-4. The Bears and Crusaders will play a deciding game tomorrow, with the winner advancing to the Super Regional. Andrew Patrick was phenomenal in the opener, pitching seven innings and earning his 9th win of the year. The Bears were unable to complete the comeback in game two after scoring two in the 9th. Lenoir-Rhyne's two wins in this year's tournament are the most in program history, and the Bears will go for their first Super Regional appearance with a win tomorrow. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP 
Final Game One: Lenoir-Rhyne 7 , North Greenville 1
Final Game Two: North Greenville 8, Lenoir-Rhyne 4
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne 46-12, North Greenville 47-9
Location: Tigerville, S.C. | Ray and Bea Dillard Field 

STATS OF GAME ONE:
  • North Greenville started the Conference Carolinas Pitcher of the Year Reece Fields, and the Bears met him with two quick runs in the 1st. David Bell smacked the second pitch of the game for a single, and then Cole Laskowski was hit by the pitch, Drew Yniesta then laced a 1-2 pitch to left field, scoring Bell. Nick Clarno then drove in Laskowski with a sac fly to center and the Bears were up 2-0 just four batters in.
  • Two runs were all Andrew Patrick needed in this one as vintage Patrick was the story. Patrick spun his best outing of the year, pitching seven innings and allowing just one run. He worked around five walks and stranded eight men on base in his outing. 
  • The score remained 2-0 until the 7th inning. With runners on first and second after a drop third strike and a single, Bryce Stober faked out the Crusaders, attempting to bunt to put the defense in motion, and then hitting a single where the shortstop had vacated to score a run and make it 3-0. 
  • Erick Ramirez then bunted, and an error on the throw home allowed the run to score. 
  • A sac fly from David Bell scored another run to make it 5-0. 
  • The Crusaders got their first and only run of the game in the 7th to cut the lead to 5-1, but never got closer after that. 
  • Stober and Ramirez added RBIs in the 8th to make it 7-1, and that's how the game ended.  
STATS OF GAME TWO:
  • The Crusaders came back strong in game two and jumped on LR early with a 3-spot in the top of the first and one more in the top of the second. 
  • With the Bears trailing 4-0, Anthony Porrino crushed a solo homer to right-center, his 13th big fly of the season. 
  • North Greenville got that run right back in the top of the third on an RBI single from their catcher Campbell Conard. 
  • Porrino drove in his second run of the game and program record 65th of the season with a double to plate Yniesta and make it 5-2. 
  • The play of the game came in the fifth inning with the Bears having the bases loaded and two outs down by three. Clarno sent a sinking line drive to right field that Marek Chlup make a diving catch on to save at least two runs. 
  • In their next at bat after Chlup's catch, NGU tacked on two more runs to push the lead to 7-2. 
  • Down 8-2 in the ninth, LR had four straight batters reach base safely to make it 8-4 but the Crusaders escaped without any further damage to hold on for the win.
  • Noah Takac improved to 6-0 on the year for NGU with eight strong innings and just two runs allowed. Austin Edwards suffered his second loss of the year after giving up five runs in five innings. 
  • Yniesta and Porrino combined for four of the Bears nine hits on the game. North Greenville had 12 hits but just two were for extra bases. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • The Bears entered the tournament with just one NCAA Tournament win in program history and that was against Wingate in 2001.
  • LR owns three wins over teams ranked No. 1 in the nation with two over Wingate in the SAC Tournament and game one today.
  • In total, LR has eight wins over nationally-ranked opponents this year. 
  • The season series between LR and NGU is split at two with each team winning once in the regular season. 
  • Yniesta has a team-high 31 multi-hit games this year and has reached base safely in 28 straight games. 
  • On the year, Yniesta has reached base safely in all but one game. 
  • Patrick earned his ninth win and the combination of Joshua Lanham and Patrick have 20 victories on the year, more than any other pitching duo in LR history. 
UP NEXT: The winner take all game tomorrow to advance to the Super Regional is at 1:00 PM.
 
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