The Lindenwood baseball team (22-21, 9-7 OVC) secured the series win over Western Illinois (12-26, 5-12 OVC) with a 4-1 win on Saturday afternoon.

GAME OVERVIEW
Lindenwood got the scoring started in the top of the first when Sam Grunberg nearly left the yard, but drove in a pair. The Lions brought one more home later in the inning on a Charlie Isom-McCall fielders choice, giving the Black and Gold a 3-0 lead after one.

Ethan Smith kept the Leathernecks hitters off balance. After allowing a pair of hits in the first, he did not allow one until the seventh, but he pitched out of jam with his seventh strikeout of the day.

Lindenwood tacked on a run in the eighth with a two-out rally that began with a Tyler Thompsom double. Jake Radosevich drove him home with a single to center and Thompson just beat the throw, growing the lead to 4-0.

The Leathernecks got on the board in the bottom of the eighth, plating one, cutting the deficit to 4-1. Smith finished his day, tossing 7.2 innings, giving up that one run and striking out a season-high eight. Bennett Stice finished off the win going 1.1 innings out of the pen to earn the save.

GAME LEADERS
Ethan Smith (7.2 IP, four hits, one run, win)
Sam Grunberg (1-4, one run, two RBI)
Filip Sarota (2-4)

UP NEXT
These two teams will close out their series tomorrow at 1:00 p.m.