JEFFERSON CITY, TENN. - In game one of a three-game South Atlantic Conference series, Andrew Patrick struck out 10 in six innings of work and allowed just two runs to pitch No. 15 LR past Carson-Newman on Friday afternoon. Patrick improved to 6-1 on the bump this year and 21-5 in his LR career. For the day, Lenoir-Rhyne pitchers Patrick, Scott Meitzler, Cole Bramhall, Michael Allen and Caleb Cockerham went  5.1 innings from the fourth to the ninth without allowing a hit.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP

Final: #15 Lenoir-Rhyne 12, Carson-Newman 4
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (34-9, 15-4 SAC), Carson-Newman (20-19, 12-6 SAC)
Location: Jefferson City, Tenn. | Silver Diamond

STATS AND INFO

• Lenoir-Rhyne scored the first nine runs of the game with 3-spots in each of the first, second and third innings. 
• With two outs and one on in the first, Cole Stanford singled up the middle and Blake Bean scored on an error with Stanford advancing to third.
• The next batter was Tyler McPeak who slugged his 14th long ball of the season, a majestic shot over the center field fence.
• Sal Carricato connected on a 2-out, 3-run home run to center field in the top of the second that put the Bears up 6-0.
• RBI singles by Bryce Stober and Mason Maxwell made it 8-0 and another fielding error from the Eagles plated Stober for the ninth run of the game. 
• Patrick didn't give up a hit until the third where Carson-Newman had four hits and pushed across four runs with only two being earned. 
• From that point forward, Patrick didn't allow another hit and struck out seven in his final three innings of work.
• Wade Cuda drove in the 10th run of the game with a single to score Bean and make it 10-4 in the top of the seventh.
• Cuda added a bomb to LF for his 10th homer of the season and put LR up 12-4.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Patrick's 21 career wins rank him sixth in program history. Additionally, Patrick is up to 216 career strikeouts which moves him into fifth place in program history.
• Cuda extended his hitting streak to 11 straight.
• This was the 18th game Lenoir-Rhyne has scored in double figures this season.
• Carricato's bomb was the Bears' 67th of the season which is the second-most in a single-season in program history trailing only the 2022 team that slugged 82.
• LR pitchers struck out 13 batters in the game, the 24th double-digit strikeout game of the season for the staff.
• The Bears look to keep pace with SAC-leaading Newberry this weekend. The Wolves take on Wingate and enter the weekend with a 1.5 game lead in the league standings.
• This is the 99th matchup in series history with Carson-Newman. LR has gone just 14-36 all-time in Jefferson City.

UP NEXT: Lenoir-Rhyne and Carson-Newman will close up their three-game series on Saturday, April 15 with a doubleheader starting at 12:00 p.m.