The Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball Group and Mars Hill closed out their common seasons by splitting the Saturday doubleheader.
Within the first recreation of the day, the Bears jumped out to an early 4-0 lead by way of the primary two innings. Nonetheless, the Lions roared again by scoring 12 runs in the course of the third, fourth and fifth innings mixed.
Whereas the Bears had a two-run lead coming into the underside of the fifth, Mars Hill had sufficient horsepower to get previous LR within the 13-11 win.
Within the second recreation of the day, LR and Mars Hill traded off some productive innings with the Bears scoring three runs within the second and the fourth, whereas the Lions had a three-run third.
The distinction maker within the recreation, along with the collection, got here within the sixth inning, when the Bears dropped six runs on the Lions to energy themselves to a collection victory with the 13-3 consequence.
In recreation one, Cole Laskowski had certainly one of his finest performances of the season with gathering group highs with 4 RBIs and three runs. It’s only the third time within the redshirt junior’s LR profession that Laskowski had a recreation with 4 or extra runs batted in.
Along with his spectacular recreation, it was additionally the primary multi-home run recreation of Laskowski’s LR profession. He had a two-run house run in each the primary and fifth innings.
For the second-straight recreation, Sal Carricato crushed a house run for the Bears with a solo shot within the first inning. The redshirt junior now has a team-high 17 house runs on the yr, which is tied for second-most in a single season in program historical past.
Hogan Stallings had an enormous pinch-hit at-bat for the Bears with a three-run house run within the fifth inning. It’s the second house run of the season for the redshirt junior.
Khi Vacation received the sport began with a surge on the plate with a lead-off triple. The junior from Tupelo, Miss., additionally was certainly one of three Bears to attain a number of runs.
Tyler McPeak, who had a team-high 11-game hit streak, had his stretch snapped with a 0-for-5 recreation on the plate. It’s only the seventh time this season that the graduate pupil had a hit-less recreation.
Caleb Cockerham, who was handed his second lack of the season, gave up two hits and three earned runs in his one inning of labor.
In recreation two, McPeak had an ideal recreation on the plate with a 3-for-3 efficiency. The graduate pupil additionally had a team-high three RBIs and two runs.
After his four-RBI recreation on Friday, Carricato had a two-RBI recreation for the Bears. The redshirt junior had a multi-RBI recreation in every contest over the weekend, bringing his complete to 59 on the common season.
The Bears had no bother discovering the hole as they rattled off six doubles within the contest. That’s the second-most doubles in a single recreation this season; the one efficiency that was better was a seven-double recreation towards Saint Michael’s on March 14.
Vacation hit his third house run of the season with a two-run shot within the fifth inning. Two of Vacation’s lengthy balls have come on the street.
Kellen Gradisar, who has earned a win in three consecutive begins, went 4 innings on the mound. The freshman gave up solely 5 hits and three earned runs in his 4 innings pitched.
After Gradisar’s begin got here to a detailed, the LR bullpen was almost lights out for the second day in a row. The mixed group of Tyler Parks, Randan Rigdan and Andy Cook dinner gave up just one hit of their three innings of labor.
Nathan Kidder, who pinched hit for the Bears within the seventh inning, collected his first hit of the season with a single.
With the doubleheader cut up, LR leads the all-time collection, 91-41-1. For video games which have been performed within the NCAA period at Mars Hill, N.C., the Bears have a 30-17 file. The Bears had been unable to enhance their win streak over the Lions to 10 with a 13-11 loss in recreation one of many doubleheader. The nine-game win streak is tied for the longest within the collection historical past.
With the 13-3 win within the second recreation of the doubleheader, the Bears have clinched a spot within the SAC Match. With the 30 regular-season wins, it marks the third-straight season that the Bears have reached that tally.
LR Baseball is now 30-20 total, 16-14 within the South Atlantic Convention. The Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball Group will start postseason play with the 2024 SAC Match. The Bears would be the No. 8 seed within the event and can spend the primary weekend in Salisbury, N.C. LR is slated to play No. 1 seeded Catawba on Friday, Could 3 at 6:30 p.m.
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