GREENWOOD, S.C. – The Lincoln Memorial University baseball program traveled to South Carolina first their first road series, but fell in the series opener to Lander on Friday night.
Lander did not take long to get their bats going, jumping out to a quick 2-0 lead after the first on a two-run home run by DeRubeis. The Railsplitters answered in the top of the second as
Kevin McCarthy knocked one up the middle to get a runner on.
DJ Alexander, Jr. got in the action as he drilled a double down the left field line to bring in McCarthy to cut the Bearcat lead in half.
Lander kept their offense rolling in the second as they quickly pushed their lead to 7-1. The Bearcats notched five runs on five hits in the inning to take their lead.
Both defenses went into lock down mode as the next three innings saw no runs as both offenses went three up, three down.
Lincoln Memorial got the offense going in the sixth as
Carson Boles was given first after being hit by the Bearcat pitcher.
Ryan Kurth then doubled to left field to bring both LMU runners to scoring position.
Jaeger Keeline then hit a sacrifice fly to bring one run in. McCarthy was able to notch an RBI single later in the inning, but Lander still held the lead, 7-3.
The Bearcats went onto extend their lead in the eighth after notching three straights RBI hits to take a 10-3 lead before further extending their lead to 12-3 on a two-run home run by DeRubeis. Lander went onto hold the lead as they were able to get out of the ninth to secure the win in game one.
Up Next
The Railsplitters will be back tomorrow in Greenwood for a doubleheader with the Bearcats on Saturday, February 26. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m. with game three to follow shortly after the conclusion of game two. The three-game series was originally slated to conclude on Sunday, but due to potential for severe weather, but staffs agreed to make Saturday a DH.
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LMURailsplitters.com, as well as LMU's social media platforms —@LMURailsplitter on Twitter, @LMURailsplitters on Facebook and @lmurailsplitters on Instagram — for complete coverage of Railsplitter baseball through the 2022 season.
