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Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

Mackenzie Wainwright
8
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LENOIR-R
6
Lincoln Memorial LINCOLN
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne LENOIR-R
8
Final
6
Lincoln Memorial LINCOLN
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LENOIR-R 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 8 7 1
Lincoln Memorial LINCOLN 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6 15 1

W: Morris, Nathen () L: D. Maire () S: Marley, Gavin ()

Game Recap: Baseball | | Joel Krenz, Assistant AD for Media and Communications

Baseball comes from behind to defeat Lincoln Memorial

HICKORY, NC - For the first time in nearly a month, the Lenoir-Rhyne baseball team failed to hit a home run. Despite this, they came back from a 4-0 deficit to take down the Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters 8-6. 

Michael Logan and Cole Stanford each had two hits for the Bears. Nathen Morris picked up his second win of the season in three innings of work. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game Final: #9 Lenoir-Rhyne 8, Lincoln Memorial 6
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (26-4, 13-3 SAC), Lincoln Memorial (17-14, 7-9 SAC)
Location: Harrogate, TN

GAME INFO:
  • Lincoln Memorial went up 4-0 thanks to a first inning home run and two RBI singles in the fourth.
  • Lenoir-Rhyne tied things up with a four-spot in the fifth.
  • Cole Laskowski walked with the bases loaded and Sal Carricato notched an RBI hit-by-pitch on the very next at bat. Cole Stanford closed out the scoring with a 2 RBI single.
  • LMU re-took the lead in the sixth, but Mackenzie Wainwright scored in the top of the seventh to even things back up.
  • The Bears scored a run in the eighth and Michael Logan closed things out with an RBI double in the ninth.
  • Andrew Harlow struck out nine in five innings of work, while Nathen Morris allowed just one earned run to pick up the win.
  • Gavin Marley struck out two in the ninth inning to pick up his fourth save of the year.
  • Owen Blackledge was 1-for-2 with three walks and two runs.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • The Bears are now 19-28 all-time against the Railsplitters.
  • This was just the fifth game all season the Bears failed to hit a home run.
  • Lincoln Memorial out-hit Lenoir-Rhyne 15-7 in this one.
  • Andrew Harlow is now just 10 strikeouts away from reaching top-10 all-time in single season LR history.
  • Mackenzie Wainwright extended his hitting streak to 20 games.
UP NEXT: Lenoir-Rhyne will look to sweep the series tomorrow when they face LMU in a doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. from Harrogate, Tennessee.
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