Crusaders had a chance to equalise on the half-hour but Glenavon goalkeeper Tuda Murphy blocked Rainey's pointblank effort.
BBC: Crusaders 2-1 Glenavon
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Garrett should have killed off Ballymena on 69 minutes after a poor Blayney clearance but the keeper blocked the striker's pointblank effort and Gary Haveron stopped the follow-up effort.
BBC: Ballymena United 2-3 Newry City
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Leon Thompson looked certain to halt Coalisland's prospects by blasting in a goal but former Tyrone player Peter Donnelly somehow got back to block the pointblank effort on the goal-line.