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Lindsey Wilson Baseball wins doubleheader today, 5-4 and 13-1

Manuel Alonso propels offense as Blue Raiders sweep Pikeville
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By Chris Wells
News from Lindsey Wilson College

COLUMBIA, KY - For the third straight weekend, the Lindsey Wilson College baseball team swept a Mid-South Conference foe. The Blue Raiders (29-10, 14-4 in the Mid-South Conference) beat visiting University of Pikeville 5-4 and 13-1 today to complete the three-game series sweep at Egnew Park.



Manuel Alonso led the Blue Raider offense today with six hits, three runs, six RBIs and his first home run in a Lindsey Wilson uniform.

In game one, the Blue Raiders had to battle back with a pair of runs in the eighth inning to secure the 5-4 win.

Trailing 4-3 entering the bottom of the eighth, Tyler Bernard doubled and scored on Leandro Perez's RBI single to tie the game at 4-4. Perez finished the game 2-for-3 at the plate with a run and a RBI. Bernard added two hits and scored three times.

Later in the inning, Ryan Williams drove in the game-winning run with a sacrifice fly with bases loaded to give the Blue Raiders the 5-4 lead.

Darren Travers struck out the side in the top of the ninth to earn the complete-game win. Travers (6-1) allowed four runs -- three earned -- on eight hits while striking out 12 Pikeville batters.

Lindsey Wilson opened the game with runs in the first and third innings to take a 2-0 lead. Pikeville's Nate Goodwin hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning and the Bears (10-28, 1-14) added a third run in the top of the top of the fifth for their first lead of the weekend.

Perez's RBI sac fly in the bottom of the fifth temporarily tied the game at 3-3 before Goodwin delivered a RBI single in the top of the eighth to give Pikeville the 4-3 lead.

Austin Jarvis suffered the loss in relief while allowing two runs -- one earned -- on two hits in his one inning of work. Pikeville starter Chris Noble allowed four runs -- two earned -- on seven hits in seven-plus innings.

After escaping UPike's upset bid in the opener, No. 16-ranked Lindsey Wilson scored five runs in the third, four in the fourth and three runs in the fifth to beat the visitors 13-1.

Alonso finished the game 4-for-4 at the plate with two runs and five RBIs. He hit a three-run home run over the left field fence in the third. Tyler Bernard added a two-run homer -- his second in as many days -- to cap the five-run inning.

Lindsey Wilson used two hits -- RBI singles from Perez and Alonso -- and a pair of Pikeville errors in the fourth to take a 9-0 lead.

Alonso provided a RBI single and Tremaine Wooldridge a two-run single in the fifth to extend the lead to 12-0 en route to the 13-1 win.

Lance Rose (3-0) picked up the win in a controlled start for the Blue Raiders. He allowed just one hit in four innings of scoreless work. Rose also struck out four Pikeville batters.

Matt Addis, Daniel Pulliam and Jeremy Greene closed out the game to help the Blue Raiders extend their winning streak to 14 games.

Lance Harrington joined Alonso with a multi-hit game. The senior finished with three singles as the Blue Raiders out-hit the Bears 14-2 in the series finale.

Mike Rapazzo (2-7) suffered the loss allowing five runs on seven hits. Jake Sokoll and Kyle Robertson combined to allowed eight runs on seven hits in the final three innings of the seven-inning game


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