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Harding University Athletics

Sebastian Martinez
1
Lyon LYON 16-18
9
Winner Harding HU 28-14
Lyon LYON
16-18
1
Final
9
Harding HU
28-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lyon LYON 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 2
Harding HU 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 X 9 12 0

W: Lobo, Javier (3-1) L: Ian Jackson (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Scott Goode (4/17/23)

Homers Hand Harding Baseball a 9-1 Victory

SEARCY – Sophomore Javier Lobo cruised through five scoreless innings, and Harding blasted three home runs Monday in a 9-1 victory over in-state foe Lyon at Jerry Moore Field.

The Bisons (28-14) will play the second of five games this week Tuesday against Union (TN) tomorrow in Jackson at 6 p.m.

Lyon (16-18) is affiliated with the NAIA this season and is located in Batesville.

Lobo (3-1) has allowed only one earned run over his last five outings, covering 15 1/3 innings (0.59 ERA). Monday, he allowed only one hit and struck out six, throwing 73 pitches, 43 for strikes. He retired 11 straight after giving up a one-out single in the first inning.

Seth Johnson hit the first of Harding's three homers to lead off the second, clearing the scoreboard over the right-field wall. It was his 12th home run of the season, tying him for third on HU's single-season list.

Collin Helms, who went 3-for-3, followed the home run with double and later scored on Logan Lacey's sacrifice fly.

A pair of Harding homers plated three more in the third. After Cody Smith walked and stole second, Coulton Doyle smashed a tracer over the left field wall for his 11th home run. Sebastian Martinez followed that with a prodigious blast over the wall in deep right center field, his third homer. The Bisons led 5-0 after three.

Harding tacked on three more in the fourth. Lacey doubled and scored on Sawyer Price's double. Price scored on an RBI single from Doyle. Smith walked and later scored on Martinez's sacrifice fly to center giving Harding an 8-0 lead.

Lobo left after five, and David Go pitched the next two innings, striking out three. Luke Whaley pitched scoreless eighth and ninth innings. The trio combined for 11 Ks and only four hits allowed.

Doyle went 3-for-5 with four RBIs and drove in Harding's final run with a single in the eighth.
 
 
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