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LOS ANGELES – Tommy Cheek went 2-for-3 and scored two runs Friday night to lead the Loyola Marymount University baseball team to a 4-2 win over Northern Kentucky University at Page Stadium.
Cheek also drove in two runs for Loyola Marymount, which snapped a 1-all tie in the bottom of the sixth inning by scoring twice. Cheek's run-scoring single up the middle drove in Austin Miller to give the Lions a 2-1 lead. Cheek later scored on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Cohen to extend Loyola Marymount's advantage to 3-1.
NKU cut the Loyola Marymount lead to 3-2 in the eighth inning when
Logan Spurlin plated
Cody Kuzniczci with an RBI single. Kuzniczci began the rally with a double down the left-field line, and Spurlin followed with a single to right.
The Lions responded with a triple by Cheek to begin their half of the eighth inning, and he scored on a single by Tanner Donnels to make it a 4-2 game. Bret Dahlson pitched the final 1.1 innings and picked up the save for Loyola Marymount, which is 7-7.
Kuzniczci and Spurlin both were 2-for-4 at the plate for the Norse, who are 3-9.
Cody Cooper pitched seven innings and scattered five hits, allowing two earned runs and striking out four.
Friday marked the first meeting between NKU and Loyola Marymount.
The two teams continue the three-game series Saturday night at 9 p.m. Links to live stats, video and John Asalon's audio broadcast will be available at nkunorse.com.
