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Lindenwood (17-18, 5-7 OVC) at Saint Louis (15-20, 6-9 A10)
April 14 | 6:00 p.m. | St. Louis, Mo. | Billiken Sports Center
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LEADING OFF
The Lindenwood baseball team dips back into non-conference play with the first half of a home-and-home series at St. Louis on Tuesday evening. The Lions are 2-6 all-time and losers of five straight against the Billikens, with the two teams playing annually since Lindenwood made the move to Division-I in 2023. First pitch of Tuesday night's contest is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
NOTES TO KNOW
- Lindenwood enters Tuesday's contest with an overall record of 17-18 with a 4-9 record on the road. The Lions have won three straight and are 5-2 during the month of April.
- Lindenwood is batting .244 as a team this season, which is the lowest average the OVC. Â
- Jake Radosevich is batting a team-best .303 and paces the club with seven homers and 28 RBIs. He leads the squad with nine multi-RBI games and is currently enjoying the team's longest active reached base streak at 14 games.
- Charlie Isom-McCall and Will Geary lead the Lions with 11 multi-hit games this season, with Geary leading the club with 39 total hits.
- Geary also leads the team in stolen bases with 19 swiped bags on 23 attempts. LU's 72 total stolen bases are third most in the OVC.
- The Lions have a staff ERA of 4.00, which is lowest in the OVC and ranked 22nd nationally.
SCOUTING THE BILLIKENS
- Saint Louis enters this week's contest with an overall record of 15-20 after taking two of three at George Washington over the weekend. The Billikens are 2-3 against OVC opponents this season.
- SLU is batting .251 as a team this season with an on-base percentage of .351. Riley Iffrig leads the team with 39 hits and is tied with Chase Beattie for the club lead in RBIs (23). Beattie leads the team with nine home runs.
- The Bills have a staff ERA of 5.67 with a .272 batting average against. They've struck out 237 batters while allowing 153 free passes.
LAST TIME OUT
- Lindenwood swept Western Illinois over the weekend to secure their second consecutive OVC series win.
- The Lions were boosted by great pitching all weekend, only allowing a total of 5 runs over three games. Josh Newell and Seth Benes both went eight innings in games one and two, with Newell giving up two runs with three strikeouts in a 3-2 win on Friday before Benes gave up just one run on four hits with eight strikeouts in Saturday's 4-1 victory.
- Lindenwood took game three in 14 innings on Sunday, tying the program's Division-I record for longest game. William Zareh walked the game off with a base hit up the middle that allowed Charlie Isom-McCall to score from second. It was his second walk-off hit of the season.
- Lucas Niemeyer gave up just one run through the games first 5.1 innings before Aaron Jungers ate up the next 5.2 frames while allowing just one additional score. Easton Rakers got the win after tossing three shutout innings to end the game.
- Will Geary had a strong series at the plate, batting .462 (6-13) with a triple and three RBIs. He recorded two multi-hit performances, including a 3-4, two-RBI showing in game one.
CATEGORY LEADERS
Hits –
Will Geary (39)
RBI –
Jake Radosevich (28)
Home Runs –
Jake Radosevich (7)
Strikeouts –
Seth Benes (48)
Wins –
Josh Newell (5)
UP NEXT
The Lions travel to Morehead State this weekend for another pivotal OVC series. Game one against the Eagles is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. CT on Friday.
