The Lindenwood baseball team (11-10) saw its comeback fall short in a 12-7 loss to Indiana Pennsylvania (7-6) on Saturday in Indiana, Pa.
 
GAME OVERVIEW
The Crimson Hawks put up three runs in the first inning to jump out in front 3-0.  Lindenwood surrendered four more runs in the third and a pair in the fourth to fall behind by nine runs.  Jayce Maag led off the top of the sixth with a double, and later scored on an infield single by Will Lanxon.  The Lions poured on the runs in the top of the seventh inning to make it a new ballgame.
 
Maag hit another double in the seventh frame, driving in Austin Schmitt in the process.  Alex Gauspohl drove in a run of his own in the next at bat, while Sam Kissane hit a two-RBI single to cut the deficit to five runs.  Kolby Schulte drove in Lanxon on a single, as Kissane closed out the score on a passed ball to make it a 9-7 margin.  Indiana added an insurance run in the bottom half of the inning, and two more in the eighth to hold on for the 12-7 win over Lindenwood.
 
GAME LEADERS
Jayce Maag (3-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 3 2B)
Sam Kissane (3-for-5, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 2B)
Will Lanxon (1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB)
 
UP NEXT
The Lions and Crimson Hawks will close out the series on Sunday for a 12:00 p.m. CST start in Indiana, Pa.