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Alex Kahn
5
Lenoir-Rhyne LENOIR-R
6
Winner Lincoln Memorial LINCOLN
Lenoir-Rhyne LENOIR-R
5
Final
6
Lincoln Memorial LINCOLN
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LENOIR-R 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 11 1
Lincoln Memorial LINCOLN 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 8 0

W: P. Armour () L: Schofield, Peyton ()

7
Lenoir-Rhyne LENOIR-R 0-0
13
Winner Lincoln Memorial LINCOLN 0-0
Lenoir-Rhyne LENOIR-R
0-0
7
Final
13
Lincoln Memorial LINCOLN
0-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lenoir-Rhyne LENOIR-R 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 7 6 2
Lincoln Memorial LINCOLN 3 3 0 4 1 2 X 13 16 1

W: C. White () L: Gradisar, Kellen ()

Game Recap: Baseball | | Jason Stuebe, Athletic Communications Assistant

Baseball drops a pair at Lincoln Memorial

Harrogate, Tn. - For the first time this season, The Lenoir-Rhyne baseball team dropped a weekend series. After a comeback on Friday night to take game one, LR lost a pair of games on Saturday as Lincoln Memorial took game one 6-5 on a walk-off home run, followed by a 13-7 series-clinching victory.

Alex Kahn hit a home run and added three RBI's in the night cap as LR will return home next Wednesday to start a six game home stand. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game One Final: #9 Lenoir-Rhyne 5, Lincoln Memorial 6
Game Two Final: #9 Lenoir-Rhyne 7, Lincoln Memorial 13
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (26-6, 13-5 SAC), Lincoln Memorial (19-14, 9-9 SAC)
Location: Harrogate, TN

GAME ONE INFO:
  • For the second straight game, LMU took an early lead as the Railsplitters went up 4-1 after four innings.
  • Just like last night, LR stormed back with four straight runs to take a 5-4 lead heading into the bottom of the 7th. LMU tied things up in the seventh with an RBI groundout.
  • Lincoln Memorial's Kevin Fernandez gave the home team the win with a walk-off home run with one out in the 9th. 
  • Mackenzie Wainwright and Owen Blackledge had six of the Bears 11 hits, with Blackledge adding three RBI's.
  • Cole Laskowski went 2-for-4 with a run and RBI.
  • William Girardi got the no decision with six innings of work, allowing four runs. Peyton Schofield took the loss with 2 1/3 innings out of the pen allowing two runs. 
GAME TWO INFO:
  • Lincoln Memorial scored in every inning but the third, including three runs the first and second innings before a four spot in the 4th inning. 
  • Lenoir-Rhyne got a pair of runs in the second before trying to battle back with a pair in the sixth.
  • Down 13-4, the Bears got runs in the seventh from Mackenzie Wainwright, Owen Blackledge, and Cole Laskowski, but the lead was to much to overcome. 
  • Alex Kahn hit the Bears only home run of the weekend with a two-shot in the 6th. 
  • The Bears were held to just six hits as no LR player had a multi-hit game in this one. 
  • Kellen Gradisar got the start but only lasted 1 2/3 innings allowing six runs (three earned)
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • This loss drops the Bears to third place in the SAC
  • Mackenzie Wainwright extended his hitting streak to 22 games. 
  • Wainwright and Laskowski have been on base in all 32 games this season. 
UP NEXT: Lenoir-Rhyne will return home for a mid-week double header against Bluefield State. The Big Blue are currently 3-25 and have not played since Thursday March 27th against Wheeling, a 5-2 loss. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 PM for Durham Field. 
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