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SALEM, N.C. (February 20, 2011) — The Lincoln University baseball team dropped a pair of one-run games to open the 2011 season, dropping contests versus Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association rival Winston-Salem State, 4-3 and 6-5.  

Kyle Brooks (Baltimore, Md./Seton Hill HS) went four for six with three RBIs and had Lincoln (0-2, 0-2 CIAA) positioned to take the second game.

In the seventh, down 6-3, Morris and Robinson walked to begin the inning and came around later in the frame when Brooks' grounder back to the pitcher sailed away from its target. With Brooks on second, the Rams recorded the final two outs to secure the win.

The Lions were up earlier in the game after piecing together three-runs on four singles including a two-RBI poke by Brooks, scoring Melvin Robinson (Bear, DE/William Penn) and Alexander Donald (Los Angeles, Calif./Dorsey HS).

The Rams (7-6, 4-2 CIAA) countered with three runs in the bottom of the fourth with the big blow a two-run double by Dominique Fitzgerald.

In the first game, sophomore Phil Tomsic pitched the first game, giving up four runs, just two earned, on four hits while Dan Spikes (Fort Washington, Md./Riverdale Baptist HS) collected his first collegiate hit and RBI.

— LU —