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SALISBURY – Sophomore John Grigg threw a complete game shutout and juniors Justin Dean and Aaron Stamper each homered on Saturday, leading Lenoir-Rhyne University to a split with host Catawba in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) baseball.
The Bears won that second game 5-0 after the Indians won the opening game 6-5, and that nightcap victory gave LRU its first win of a weekend series over Catawba since 2002.
LRU (15-7, 4-2) also beat the Indians (8-11, 4-2) at Newman Park on Friday night.
The Bears are idle until Friday, when Newberry, S.C., comes to Hickory for the first game of a weekend series. That game begins at 6 p.m. at Bears Field.
Catawba 6, LRU 5
The Indians rallied from a 4-0 deficit to take the win to win.
Catawba’s Luke Setzer had a game-winning, run-scoring single in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Heath Mitchem also drove in two runs while Clay Young (2-2) earned a win in relief and Connor Johnson pitched the final two innings for his first save of the year.
Junior first baseman Alex Reynolds hit a three-run home run but senior Connor Dailey fell to 2-1 after taking the loss.
LRU 5, Catawba 0
Grigg, who played high school baseball at Burns, improved to 3-0 after allowing just five hits and striking out five.
Catawba’s Michael Elwell fell to 1-2 after being tagged with the loss.
Dean and Stamper hit solo home runs. Dean’s was his team-high fourth of the season.
- Reported by LRU Sports Information