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Lipscomb Closes Gap after Winning Series of the Week
Lipscomb Closes Gap after Winning Series of the Week
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Ryan Wilkins hit home runs in both games on Saturday. <br><i>Courtest LipscombSports.com</i>
Ryan Wilkins hit home runs in both games on Saturday.
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The Bisons took the series from Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday, April 11, but could not pull out the sweep as they were defeated in game two 10-9 after taking game one 6-1.

The Bisons wasted no time getting on the board, with Jorge Gutierrez leading off the bottom of the first with a solo homerun.

Florida Gulf Coast tied the game with a run in the third, but the Bisons retook the lead for good in the fifth on a lead-off homer by Ryan Wilkins.

The Bisons added to their lead in the sixth, scoring a run on an RBI single by Justin Sanders.

Lipscomb stretched their lead to 6-1 in the seventh. Allen Bolden got the scoring going driving in Gutierrez for a 6-3 Bisons lead. The next batter, Caleb Joseph, made the score 6-1 when he drilled his tenth homerun of the season, over the batting cage in left field.

Bisons' starter, Brandon McClurg got the win in the complete game effort to improve his record to 5-1. He gave up just one run in the outing, while allowing five hits and striking out six.

Joseph led the Bisons on offense, going 2-2 with two RBIs, and two runs scored. Gutierrez and Sanders also had two hits for the Bisons.