The Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball Group recorded its third-straight win with a 10-4 victory over Mars Hill to open the weekend sequence.
Sal Carricato had one other spectacular sport on the plate as he led the Bears with 4 RBIs. The redshirt junior additionally had a pair of extra-base hits with a third-inning double and a sixth-inning dwelling run.
Though the Lengthy Island, N.Y. native had an important day driving within the runs, Cole Stanford went 4-for-5 on the plate for his first four-hit sport in his LR profession. The redshirt junior had three singles and his eleventh dwelling run of the season.
Dillon Chapa continues to provide profitable begins on the mound along with his seventh victory of the common season. The junior from Waller, Texas struck out seven batters and solely allowed three earned runs in his 5.2 innings pitched.
After Chapa’s day got here to an in depth, the LR bullpen didn’t look too unhealthy themselves. The mixed group of 4 pitchers allowed just one hit and three walks of their 3.1 innings of labor.
With Carricato’s four-RBI sport, the redshirt junior now leads the workforce with 55 RBIs on the season. This was additionally the fifth time in his LR profession that he has a sport with 4 or extra RBIs. Carricato additionally closes in on essentially the most dwelling runs in a single season for the Bears with 16 complete on the 12 months. Tyler McPeak presently holds the report after a 18-home run season in 2023.
Along with Carricato’s and Stanford’s multi-hit video games, Owen Blackledge had a 2-for-5 sport on the plate. The junior now has 13 multi-hit video games in 2024. Blake Bean was the third LR participant to have a multi-RBI sport by driving in two runs. The graduate pupil introduced each runs throughout the plate with a fourth-inning single.
McPeak, who has the longest lively hit streak on the workforce, prolonged his stretch to 11-straight video games with a second-inning single.
With the win, LR leads the all-time sequence, 90-40-1. The Bears have gained nine-straight video games over Mars Hill. That ties for the longest win streak within the all-time sequence historical past. With the victory, the Bears have clinched at the least a .500 report in South Atlantic Convention play for the fourth-straight season. Head Coach Chris Ramirez earned his 350th profession victory with the outcome. 151 of these wins have come at LR. If the Bears are in a position to win any of their video games tomorrow over Mars Hill, LR will clinch a spot within the 2024 SAC Match.
Lenoir-Rhyne is 29-19 total, 15-13 within the South Atlantic Convention. The Bears will conclude the common season with a doubleheader in opposition to Mars Hill. The ultimate day will start at 12 p.m. with a nine-inning contest, adopted by a seven-inning sport at 3 p.m. from Mars Hill, N.C.
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