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HARROGATE, Tenn. – Lenoir-Rhyne University came from behind to win the second game of a baseball doubleheader on Saturday at Lincoln Memorial.
After the Railsplitters hit four home runs en route to a 6-4 win in the opening game, the Bears won 10-5 in seven innings to split a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) battle.
LRU (22-14, 10-8) next plays on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Lander, S.C.
Lincoln Memorial is 23-11 overall and 9-9 in the SAC.
Lincoln Memorial 6, LRU 4
The Railsplitters hit four home runs – led by two by Chris Salvey – and he drove in four runs.
Lincoln Memorial scored four runs in the first inning.
Down 6-1 entering the seventh inning, LRU scored three runs but got no closer.
Junior Justin Dean had three hits for the Bears – a single, double and triple – and drove in a run. He is hitting a team-best .381.
Lincoln Memorial’s Joe Bobiak improved to 6-1 after earning a victory while Marco Rios picked up his second save of the season.
LRU 10, Lincoln Memorial 5
Junior outfielder Aaron Stamper hit a game-tying, two-run home run and finished with three RBIs while junior first baseman Matthew Freeman hit a bases-clearing double as the Bears overcame a 4-1 run deficit in the first inning.
The Bears won despite a grand slam in the first inning from the Railsplitters’ Tyler Adams.
Sophomore John Grigg improved to 6-1 while senior Landon Whitson pitched two scoreless innings in relief.
Rios (4-1) took the loss for Lincoln Memorial.
- Reported by LRU Sports Information