Baseball unable to complete sweep on Sunday vs Lenoir-Rhyne

Salisbury, N.C. —- The Catawba College baseball team was unable to complete the sweep of conference rival Lenoir-Rhyne on Sunday, falling in the series finale at Newman Park, 12-8. The Catawba Indians dropped to 13-6 overall and 3-3 in South Atlantic Conference play .

TEAM STATS

- Both teams recorded 10 hits

- The Catawba Indians had four of six extra-base hits; both teams hit a homer

- Catawba committed two of three errors

- The Catawba Indians had all three steals in the contest

- Catawba's pitchers allowed 11 earned runs on 10 hits and seven walks, striking out four; LR's staff allowed six earned runs on 10 hits and six walks, striking out six

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Dylan Driver was 2-for-3 with two RBI, a run scored and two steals

- Logan Rogers hit a two-run homer with two runs scored

- Cole Hales went 3-for-3 with two doubles and two runs scored

- Ty Hubbard was 2-for-5 with an RBI

- Chase Johnson provided the final 2.2 innings of shutout baseball, without allowing a hit

HOW IT HAPPENED

SECOND INNING

- LR's Sal Carricato hit a leadoff homer in the second

- Three singles scored Khi Holliday

- A sacrifice bunt and a double had the Bears leading 4-0

- Hubbard's RBI single scored Hales to get Catawba on the board in the bottom half

FOURTH INNING

- Hales' lead-off double allowed him to score on a throwing error

- Driver's two-out, two-RBI single tied the game at 4

FIFTH INNING

- The Bears added four runs in the fifth to take an 8-4 lead

- The first two runners reached base for the Catawba Indians in the bottom half, and Cooper Bryson's RBI groundout added a run to Catawba's tally

SEVENTH INNING

- The Bears added four more in the seventh, taking a dominant 12-5 lead

EIGHTH INNING

- Catawba loaded the bases with one out in the eighth.

- Hunter's RBI sac fly and Rogers' two-run blast to center field cut Catawba's deficit to 12-8, but that was the final run support they would get, as LR avoided the sweep

UP NEXT

- The Catawba Indians head to North Georgia over Spring Break, starting a two-game series with the Nighthawks on Tuesday; first pitch is set for 5 p.m.