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Sports Release                                                                    February 17, 2006

Railsplitters Upset Twelfth-Ranked Florida Southern

LAKELAND, FL – LMU Junior lefthander Joe Workman scattered six hits and pitched a nine-inning complete game, as Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) edged 12th-ranked Florida Southern 5-4 on Friday night at Henley Field.  The win evened Lincoln Memorial's record at 4-4 and dropped FSC to 6-4.

Workman (2-1) struck out five, walked four and allowed just two base runners over the last three innings.  Derek Treece and Wes Thompson each had three hits and drove in a run, while Mickey Apple drove in two runs with a single and an infield out.

The Railsplitters reached Moccasin starter Dan Albritton (2-1) for four hits and three runs in the sixth to take the lead, then added an unearned run in the eighth that proved to be the difference. 

The Moccasins scored a run in the bottom of the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Raul Rodriguez to make it 4-3.  After Lincoln Memorial scored in the eighth to go up 5-3, the Moccasins answered with a two-out RBI-single by Will Cherry that scored Mike Grace, but Workman retired the next four batters to wrap up his complete-game effort.

Lincoln Memorial 5, Florida Southern 4 (Feb 17, 2006 at Lakeland, FL) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lincoln Memorial.... 000 103 010 - 5 12 2 (4-4) Florida Southern.... 100 101 010 - 4 6 1 (6-4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitchers: Lincoln Memorial - Joe Workman. Florida Southern - Albritton; Robinson(8). Win-Joe Workman(2-1) Loss-Albritton(2-1) T-2:28 A-127 HR LMU - Derek Treece (1).

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