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Bean
20
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne L-R 19-5
5
Emory & Henry EMORY & 7-15
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne L-R
19-5
20
Final
5
Emory & Henry EMORY &
7-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne L-R 5 1 0 4 2 6 0 2 0 20 21 2
Emory & Henry EMORY & 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 9 5

W: Patrick, Andrew (2-0) L: B. Wagner (1-2)

10
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne L-R 20-5
4
Emory & Henry E&H 7-16
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne L-R
20-5
10
Final
4
Emory & Henry E&H
7-16
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne L-R 2 1 2 4 0 0 1 10 17 2
Emory & Henry E&H 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 5 3

W: Reid, Jackson (4-0) L: A. Parr (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bears Ride the Long Ball to Sweep Emory & Henry

EMORY, VA. - The Bears completed the weekend sweep of Emory & Henry thanks to three home runs from Blake Bean in the two games and nine bombs as a team in the two games. LR banged out 38 hits in the two games and improve to 6-0 in SAC play. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP 
Final Game One: Lenoir-Rhyne 20, Emory & Henry 5
Final Game Two: Lenoir-Rhyne 10, Emory & Henry 4
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (20-5, 6-0 SAC), Emory & Henry (7-16, 2-7 SAC)
Location: Emory, Va.

STATS OF GAME ONE:
  • The Bears wasted no time in jumping on the hosts with a pair of bombs in the first inning. Sal Carricato stepped up and crushed a two-run bomb before Wade Cuda hit a 3-run shot. 
  • Tyler McPeak drove in the Bears sixth run of the game with a fielder's coach. 
  • Bean connected on his first bomb of the day in the fourth with a solo shot and Mason Maxwell hit his first of the year, a 2-run shot.
  • With the Bears up 10-4, Bean hit his second long ball of the day to make it 12-4. 
  • The Bears would score six more in the sixth before Alex Rich hit the final bomb of the day, a 2-run shot in the eighth to make it 20-5.
  • Andrew Patrick earned the win and gave up three earned runs in his five innings.
  • The bullpen didn't allow an earned run in the final four innings as Andy Cook and Chipper Mcginnis struck out nine to record the 12 outs.
  • Bean, Cole Laskowski, Cole Stanford, McPeak, Maxwell, Cuda, Zach Evans and Bryce Stober all had multiple hits in the win.
STATS OF GAME TWO:
  • It was more of the same in the finale as LR pounded out 17 hits. 
  • Carricato once again started the scoring with an RBI double and McPeak drove him in as the Bears jumped out 2-0.
  • Bean would smack his third bomb of the day in the top of the second to make it 3-1.
  • Cuda drove in a run in the third and LR scored another unearned run to take a four run advantage.
  • Stanford had a run-scoring single before McPeak's 2-run bomb to put it out of reach. 
  • Carricato added a seventh inning homer for insurance. 
  • Jackson Reid moved to 4-0 with six k's in five innings with just one earned run allowed.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • The LR bullpen fired six innings without allowing an earned run. In those six innings, LR struck out 12 batters.
  • Carricato went 5-for-5 in the second game and became the first LR hitter to record 4+ hits in a game since Braden Collett on March 15, 2022.
  • This was Bean's second two-homer games of the season.
  • The Bears are 6-0 in conference play on the season, the only undefeated team in league play.
  • LR is outscoring league opponents 80-33 in those six wins.
UP NEXT: The Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball Team returns to action on Monday when they host Saint Michael's at 4 p.m.
 
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