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Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

Mackenzie Wainwright
Cordin Schrum
7
Columbus St. CSU 0-3
17
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LRU 1-0
Columbus St. CSU
0-3
7
Final
17
Lenoir-Rhyne LRU
1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Columbus St. CSU 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 11 1
Lenoir-Rhyne LRU 3 2 1 0 1 5 2 3 X 17 16 3

W: Joyce, Michael (1-0) L: C. Michel (0-2)

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

Baseball blasts four home runs in season opening victory over Columbus State

HICKORY, N.C. - New lineup, same old Bears. After having five games canceled due to weather, Lenoir-Rhyne finally got out on the field and played on Friday, taking on Columbus State in Hickory. Despite a roster overhaul from last year's record setting season the Bears didn't miss a beat, blasting four home runs in a 17-7 win over the Cougars. 

Lenoir-Rhyne picked up long balls from Seth Christmas, Sylas Boris, and two from Matt Procopio. Lleyton Lackey went 4-for-4 on the day and finished a home run shy of the cycle. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: #6 Lenoir-Rhyne 17, Columbus State 7
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (1-0), Columbus State (0-3)
Location: Hickory, N.C. | Durham Field

STORY OF THE GAME:
  • Mackenzie Wainwright opened the season scoring with an RBI to score Lleyton Lackey.
  • Seth Christmas closed out the first inning with a two run shot, making it 3-1 after one.
  • Two RBIs from Lackey in the second and a sac fly from Christmas in the third put Lenoir-Rhyne up 6-3 early.
  • Columbus State battled to cut the lead to 6-5 in the bottom of the fifth.
  • Matt Procopio capped off a five-run sixth inning with a three-run home run to center.
  • A long ball from Sylas Boris and another from Procopio gave the Bears their final total of 17 runs.
STATS OF THE GAME: BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • 17 runs is the second most the Bears have scored in an opener, just behind the 18 runs scored last year and in 1993.
  • Five Bears picked up their first career hit.
  • Lenoir-Rhyne has now won their season opener in six of the last seven seasons.
  • These teams met once last year, a 15-6 Lenoir-Rhyne win in Young Harris, Ga.
UP NEXT: Lenoir-Rhyne faces Columbus State tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 p.m. in the second game of this weekend's three-game series.
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