No. 23 UMO Baseball Completes Series Sweep Of Lenior-Rhyne 14-8

HICKORY, N.C. --- No. 23 University of Mount Olive Trojans completed the three-game sweep of the Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne 14-8 on Saturday at Bears Park in Hickory, N.C.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: 
Mount Olive 14, Lenior-Rhyne 8

Records: Mount Olive (6-1) Lenoir-Rhyne (1-6)
Location: Bears Field, Hickory, N.C.

How It Happened
Play-by-Play

GAME RUNDOWN

• Mount Olive opened the game with a groundout, but the Trojans did not let that define the inning as a double by Nate Estes, a walk to Zack Smith, and a second double in the inning by Joe Mason pushed home the game's first run.
• UMO took a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the second when Lenoir-Rhyne answered back with two RBI-singles and a grand slam to take a 7-1 advantage heading into the third.
• JT Stone drew a one-out walk and moved into scoring position on a wild pitch to kick-start the UMO third.
• Following a strikeout, Justin Lee connected on a pitch and deposited it into centerfield for a base hit and scored Stone for the only run of the inning.
• Mount Olive was not left alone in the home run category as Mason helped get UMO to within one with a grand slam of his own making the score 7-6 LRU.
• A walk to Stone and a hit by pitch to Logan Welch put two more runners on for Mount Olive in the inning and Lee came up once again to push one across as his RBI-single scored Stone to tie the game at seven.
• UMO took the lead two batters later after an error by the Bears allowed Welch and Lee to score and the Trojans led 9-7.
• The Bears tried to claw their way back into the game in the sixth with an RBI-double but the one run was all Lenoir-Rhyne scored as Mount Olive went on to add three runs in the seventh and one in the ninth to close out the game.

KEY STATS

• Caleb Irwin (1-0) was credited with the win in relief going six and a third allowing one unearned run off three hits and struck out four Bears.
• Joe Mason led the team with five RBI going 2-for-4 with two walks at the dish.

Up Next

Mount Olive will finally open their home schedule at Scarborough Field Saturday, February 16 against the Royals of Queens University (N.C.). First pitch Saturday is scheduled for 12 p.m.