ANDERSON, S.C. – Lenoir-Ryne junior David Bell's two-out double to the gap in left-center plated Bryce Stober with the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning and the 24th-ranked Bears outlasted Anderson, 11-10, in the series finale of a three-game South Atlantic Conference weekend, Sunday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.

Anderson slipped to 9-11 overall and 0-3 in conference play, while Lenoir-Rhyne improved to 16-5 and 3-0 with its 11th win in 13 outings.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Senior catcher Carlos Hernandez led the Trojans at the plate by going 3-for-5, with a double, a pair of singles and drove in five runs on the afternoon. The native of Maracay, Venezuela also scored a run. Senior Justin Fox added three singles in five at-bats, while driving in two runs and crossing the plate three times. Freshman Gray Wells was 2-for-4 at the plate, with a pair of singles. He also reached on a walk and on catcher's interference in the second inning and scored two runs on the day.

Freshman Braeden Harrison notched a single and an RBI-double, while shortstop JC LeGrand crossed the plate twice after posting a single and reaching base on two walks. Freshman Mac Ketchin added a single and a third-inning walk.

Junior Jonathan Duffie (0-1), the fourth of five Trojan hurlers, absorbed the loss in relief after allowing just the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth on a single, while tossing three innings. He struck out two and did not walk a batter.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Behind RBI-doubles from both Hernandez and Harrison, the Trojans plated a pair of runs in the first inning and capitalized on a pair of singles, a walk, catcher's interference and a pair of sacrifices to build a 6-0 lead after just two innings.

Lenoir-Rhyne countered by outscoring the Trojans, 10-2, over the next four frames to claim a 10-8 edge at the end of six innings, but neither offense was ready to call it quits.

AU rallied to knot the score at 10 apiece by scoring a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh on Hernandez's one-out single through the left side that brought home both LeGrand and Fox.

Following a scoreless eighth inning that saw both sides retired in order, Stober beat out an infield single to the left side, then crossed the plate when Bell ripped a double to the gap in left-center before being thrown out at third on the relay from Fox to LeGrand to Owens for the third out.

LeGrand led off the bottom of the ninth with a walk and moved into scoring position two batters later when Wells singled through the left side, but the Trojans were unable to push across the tying run.

STAT OF THE GAME
The two teams combined to score at east one run in every inning except the eighth, with the Trojans' 10 runs marking their highest offensive output of the season.

NOTABLES
• Brayden Owens leads the team with seven multi-hit games.
• Braeden Harrison is riding a five-game hitting streak.
• JC LeGrand has reached base safely in 14 straight games.
• Kye Andress has reached base safely in nine consecutive games.
• The Bears were tabbed to finish second in the SAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, after winning the 2022 SAC Tournament.
• Lenoir-Rhyne leads the overall series, 29-13. AU has won two of the last seven meetings, while the Bears have claimed 10 of the last 12 matchups. The first-ever meeting between the two programs occurred during the 2009 campaign.
• The two teams combined to strand 12 runners on the afternoon.
• Justin Fox, who is tied for sixth in the SAC with eight stolen bases, swiped two today.

UP NEXT
AU will step back out of conference action to visit Newberry on Tuesday. First-pitch against the Wolves is scheduled for 6 p.m.