HICKORY, NC - The Bears can't be stopped, as they have now won seven straight following 7-2 and 14-6 wins over Bloomsburg on Saturday. Highlighting the day was
Mackenzie Wainwright, who hit for the cycle in game two, going 4-for-5 with four runs and five RBI's.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game One Final: #25 Lenoir-Rhyne 7, Bloomsburg 2
Game Two Final: #25 Lenoir-Rhyne 14, Bloomsburg 6
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (10-1), Bloomsburg (0-4)
Location: Hickory, N.C. | Durham Field
GAME ONE INFO:
- The teams traded runs in the second inning before Cole Laskowski drove in a run and scored on a wild pitch to make 3-1 Bears.
- Alex Khan's first career home gave the Bears a 5-1 lead in the 4th.
- Laskowski scored in the fifth and Owen Blackledge in the sixth the secure the win.
- Kellen Gradisar picked up the win, throwing six innings while striking out six.
- Cole Bramhall closed the game with a zero-spot in the 7th.
- The Bears were out-hit 7-6 in the game, their second fewest hits in a game this season.
- Blackledge and Cole Stanford each had two hits for the Bears.
GAME TWO INFO:
- The Bears were in a battle early, as they saw themselves down 4-2 going into the bottom of th second.
- Mackenzie Wainwright turned the game on his head when after a balk was called, he hit the oncoming pitch to deep right field for a three-run bomb.
- Joseph Mozingo hit an RBI single in the third to make it 6-4 in favor of the home side.
- Owen Blackledge accounted for three of LR's four runs in the fourth, hitting a 2 RBI single and scoring on a bases loaded walk.
- Sitting a triple away from the cycle in the seventh, Wainwright hit a 2 RBI triple to right field to complete the rare feat.
- Blackledge was 1-for-2 with three RBI's, two runs, and two walks in the game.
- Cole Laskowski, Joseph Mozingo, and Alex Kahn finished with two hits in the contest.
- It was a bullpen game for the Bears, as six pitchers threw.
- Peyton Schofield was the most effective, striking out five in three innings of work.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- The Bears are now 7-2 all-time against the Huskies.
- Laskowski is now three hits away from 200.
- Cole Stanford played in his 100th game yesterday for LR.
- This is LR's best start since they opened at 22-1 in 2022.
UP NEXT: Bears will open SAC play next week when they welcome Wingate to town. The three-game series starts with a single game on Friday at 3:00 PM. Wingate opened SAC this weekend with a split with UVA-Wise on Friday.