LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. – The Lincoln University of Pennsylvania baseball program needed two extra frames to dispatch Alliance with a walk-off sacrifice fly on the front half of the twin-bill (4-3) before breaking the team's all-time program record for most runs scored in a single game during a 23-6 romp in the nightcap.
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The closest game on record that could be found was a 22-6 drubbing of Virginia-Lynchburg on March 18, 2012.
What You Need to Know:
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- Game 1:Â Lincoln (PA) 4 | Alliance 3
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- Game 2 (7 Innings):Â Lincoln (PA) 23 | Alliance 6
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- Records: Lincoln-PA (4-12-1, 0-0 ECC) | Alliance (1-18, 0-0 CACC)
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- Winning Streak: Lincoln-PA (W2) | Alliance's Last Win: February 23, 2018 (20-1, Game 2, 7 Innings)
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Lincoln (PA) Top Performers:
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- Alex Jones (Bear, Del./Appoquinimink) was the hero in the first game, lofting a sacrifice fly just deep enough in right field to allow Josiah Bowles (Plant City, Fla./Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy) to beat the throw to the plate and set off the raucous celebration. Jones also added a triple as well.
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- Jalen Greenidge (Richmond, Va./Monacan) was on fire all day long, hitting .667 (4-for-6) with five runs scored, two walks, a triple, a steal, and an RBI.
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- Freshman David Estevez (Philadelphia, Penn./Olney Charter) was incredible, winning his first collegiate game by grabbing season-bests in innings pitched (6.0) and strikeouts (11), giving up a measly two runs and four hits.
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- Jaden Greenidge (Richmond, Va./Monacan) was the catalyst of the offensive onslaught in game two, notching a perfect 3-of-3 showing, scoring thrice, walking once, picking up five RBIs, and falling a double shy of the cycle. His three-run bomb in the third extended the advantage to 12-0 in favor of the home side, the second long ball of his career.
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- Bryce Oliver (Williamstown, N.J./St. Augustine's Prep) also came up one hit shy of a natural cycle as well, getting the single, double, and triple but missing the round-tripper during a three-hit, four-score, two-ribbie outing.
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- DeAndre Bowens (Rock Hill, N.Y./Monticello) and Wesley Hogan (Washington, D.C./The Maret School) each collected four runs batted in while combining for a quartet of hits and runs scored, one double, one triple, and a walk.
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- The two pitchers in game one both did a commendable job as Gabriel Sanchez (Anthony, N.M./Gadsden) allowed two runs over six innings before Conner Jones (Chesapeake, Va./Grassfield) came on to earn his second win of the year with a perfect slate over three innings which saw nobody reach safely outside of two bean balls amid two Ks.
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Notes:
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- The walk-off victory was the first for the team since February 24, 2017, also against Alliance, back when they were known as Nyack, during a 13-12 triumph.
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Next:
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- Same time, same place, different opponent as the Chestnut Hill Griffins invade campus for a Sunday matinee doubleheader.
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