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Sports Release                                                                                               April 1, 2006

LMU & UAH Will Play Rubber Match 

HARROGATE, TN – After losing to UAH 8-6 in the first game of Saturday’s double-header, the Railsplitters bounced back in game-two to notch a close 1-0 win over the Chargers to set Sunday’s final game as the deciding factor of who will take the regular season series.

LMU’s Reed Neff (Brentwood, TN) got the loss on Saturday.  Neff who falls to 7-3 overall, pitched seven innings, allowing seven hits and eight runs which were all earned, while walking two Charger batters and striking out three.  Teammate Kyle Wakefield (Kalamazoo, MI) who is projected as the starting pitcher in Sunday’s final game pitched the final two innings for Lincoln Memorial.  Wakefield cruised through both innings, giving up only one hit and no damage with a strikeout.

Although LMU got the loss, Railsplitter highlights at the plate in the first game included junior Joe Workman’s (Dayton, KY) triple and freshman Bryon Izzo’s (Miramar, FL) fourth homerun of the season.

Game-two turned out to be a pitcher’s dual between Workman of Lincoln Memorial (6-3) and UAH pitcher Tom Longyear (0-4).  Workman pitched the full seven inning shutout of the Chargers, allowing only four hits, three walks and recording six strikeouts.  Longyear was almost as impressive, giving up five Railsplitter hits, one run and one earned run with four walks and four strikeouts.

The only run of the game came in the bottom of the second inning when LMU’s Dustin Rowland (Eagle River, AK) singled through the left side to score teammate Derek Treece (Powell, TN).  Rowland was 1-1 at the plate with a walk and the game-winning RBI.

Sunday’s final game between the Railsplitters and the Chargers not only signifies who will win the series, it will also mark the final time that Lincoln Memorial and the University of Alabama-Huntsville will compete against each other in regular season play as Gulf South Conference opponents. Sunday’s action gets underway at 1:00 p.m.

Alabama-Huntsville 8, Lincoln Memorial 6 (Apr 01, 2006 at Harrogate, TN) (Game 1)
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Alabama-Huntsville.. 001 500 200  -  8  8  1      (8-26, 2-5 GSC)
Lincoln Memorial.... 040 001 100  -  6 11  0      (20-13, 4-3 GSC)
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Pitchers: Alabama-Huntsville - Troy Mitchell; Jordan Steele(7). Lincoln Memorial - Reed Neff;
Kyle Wakefield(8).
Win-Troy Mitchell(2-4)  Save-Jordan Steele(1)  Loss-Reed Neff(7-3)  T-2:33  A-210
HR UAH - Adam Keenum (1); Blake Heym (5).
HR LMU - Bryon Izzo (4).


T. Mitchell faced 1 batter in the 7th.


R. Neff faced 1 batter in the 8th.

Lincoln Memorial 1, Alabama-Huntsville 0 (Apr 01, 2006 at Harrogate, TN) (Game 2)
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Alabama-Huntsville.. 000 000 0 -  0  4  0      (8-27, 2-6 GSC)
Lincoln Memorial.... 010 000 X -  1  5  0      (21-13, 5-3 GSC)
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Pitchers: Alabama-Huntsville - Tom Longyear. Lincoln Memorial - Joe Workman.
Win-Joe Workman(6-3)  Loss-Tom Longyear(0-4)  T-1:30  A-225

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