The Lindenwood baseball team (11-21) picked up an 11-9 win over Bradley (10-19) in midweek action from Peoria, Ill.

GAME OVERVIEW
Lindenwood jumped on Bradley early as Filip Sarota drove in a pair of runs with a single to give the Lions a 2-0 lead in the top of the first. The Braves answered right back with two of their own to even the score at 2 apiece after one.

Bradley scored one in the third to regain a 3-2 lead, but Aaron Jungers was able to pitch out of a jam to keep it a one run ballgame. This allowed Lindenwood to knot things up at three in the top of the fourth after some clutch two-out hitting from Chase Honeycutt as he drove in Sarota. The Lions manufactured a run in the fifth with Kam Edwards and Logan Stevens pulling off a double steal, scoring Edwards, putting Lindenwood up 4-3.

Lindenwood kept the pressure on with four more runs in the sixth. Evan Funkhouser doubled home Honeycutt, while three more runs scored on an error, growing the lead to 8-3. Bradley added another run in the sixth to make it 8-4 and had the pressure on in the seventh. Easton Rakers came on in the inning and got a key double play with the bases loaded to keep the Lions in front by four.

The Braves kept chipping away with two more in the eighth, cutting the deficit to 8-6. Dawson Hokuf led off the ninth with his team leading fourth homer of the year, pushing the lead back to three. After a Bryson Arnette single, Sarota hit a two-run homer, his third knock of the night, making the score 11-6. Bradley picked up three in the ninth, but Carson Subbert shut the door as Lindenwood earned the 11-9 win.

GAME LEADERS
Filip Sarota (3-5, one home run, two runs, four RBI)
Dawson Hokuf (2-5, one home run, two runs)
Bryson Arnette (2-5, one double, two runs)

UP NEXT
Lindenwood hosts Tennessee Tech for the first of a three-game series on Friday beginning at 5:00 p.m. from Lou Brock Sports Complex