Hickory, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs piled up 11 runs on 14 hits Monday night, rolling to an 11-4 victory at Lenoir-Rhyne University in South Atlantic Conference baseball action. Wingate finishes off the three-game sweep, improving to 28-15 overall and 12-9 in the SAC while the Bears fall to 21-24 overall and 7-14 in league play.

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit Lenoir-Rhyne 14-8 on the night
- The Bulldogs had three of the five extra-base hits
- Wingate left 11 on base; Lenoir-Rhyne stranded 10
- The 'Dogs had two of the three stolen bases
- Lenoir-Rhyne committed five errors in the contest
- WU pitching struck out 11 and walked five; LR had seven strikeouts and six walks

KEY BULLDOGS

- Jed Bryant had a homer and three RBI to lead the offense
- Reece Daniel added a hit and two RBI
- Justin Guy piled up four hits including a double, driving in a run, scoring twice and stealing two bases
- Tyler Schneider contributed a hit, RBI and two runs scored
- Andrew Llewellyn went three-for-four with a run scored
- Adam Tulloch allowed a run in five innings of work to get the win
- Lane Wildman worked a perfect inning of relief with a strikeout

THIRD INNING

- Guy ripped a one-out double to left center, then moved to third on a Hunter Dula single
- Bryant followed with his league-best 16th homer of the year to give Wingate a 3-0 lead
- E.J. Ranel got the Bears on the board in the bottom of the frame with a solo shot

FIFTH INNING

- Dula led off the inning with a double, then scored on Schneider's RBI single
- A Lenoir-Rhyne error allowed another run to score, making it 5-1
- Daniel followed with a two-run single to put the Bulldogs on top by six
- Guy's RBI single capped the five-run fifth, making it 8-1

SEVENTH INNING

- Matthew Freeman's three-run homer got the Bears within four in the bottom of the seventh

EIGHTH INNING

- Schneider drew a one-out walk, then moved to second on a Llewellyn single
- He scored on a Lenoir-Rhyne error to make it 9-4

NINTH INNING

- Guy reached on a two-out single, then stole second
- Dula followed by reaching on a walk, then moved to second on a wild pitch
- They both scored when Bryant reached on another error, making it 11-4

WRAPUP

- Tulloch got the win, moving to 4-2 on the year
- The freshman allowed a run on five hits in five innings, striking out seven and walking three
- Jake Conroy took the loss, falling to 1-3
- He allowed four runs on seven hits in four innings, striking out two and walking two

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Friday, opening the final SAC series of the regular  season at 6 p.m. against Queens
- The Bulldogs and Royals meet for a doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m.