ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Lindenwood baseball team (18-18, 5-7 OVC) defeated Saint Louis (16-21, 6-9 A10) by a score of 9-1 on Tuesday night to extend their current winning streak to a season-long four games. It was the Lions' first win over the Billikens since the 2023 season as they snapped a five-game skid against SLU.
Five Lindenwood arms combined to limit Saint Louis to only one run on eight hits with nine combined strikeouts.
Ethan Smith picked up his first win of the season after giving up just two hits with a trio of strikeouts through the game's first three innings.
The offense's nine-run showing was their highest scoring output since the Lions' 10-4 win over Missouri on March 25th.
Charlie Isom-McCall led the way with two hits and two RBIs, while
Kam Edwards also recorded multiple hits with a 2-5 outing.
How it Happened
Three consecutive one-out base hits for the Lions in the top of the second loaded the bases for
Owen Ralph, who drove in the game's first run with an RBI groundout. Lindenwood added another run in the top of the third with
Charlie Isom-McCall singling and moving to third on a
Jake Radosevich base hit before reaching home on a
William Zareh RBI fielder's choice turned double play after the cleanup man was caught off the bag and tagged out well after the run had already scored.
SLU got one run back in the bottom of the fifth with Duff scoring on a sacrifice fly after singling and stealing second and third.
Following a scoreless sixth inning, Lindenwood would create some separation in the seventh, scoring four runs in the frame on just one hit. After a
Kam Edwards leadoff base hit,
Filip Sarota and
Owen Ralph were walked to load the bases before
Sam Driscoll was hit by a pitch to force home a run.
Charlie Isom-McCall would draw a walk of his own to bring in another run, and after a pitching change,
Will Geary was plunked to keep the line moving. After a strikeout,
William Zareh was walked with two away to extend Lindenwood's lead to 6-1.
The Lions added three insurance runs in the top of the ninth, with
Charlie Isom-McCall and
Tanner Simpson recording RBI base hits to make the score 8-1 before Simpson was able to add one more on a
Matt Graf RBI single after moving from first to third on a pair of wild pitches.
The Billikens put two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth, but were unable to string together any runs as
Tanner Paschke closed out the game for Lindenwood, recording the final two outs with strikeouts.
Next Up
Lindenwood travels to Morehead State this weekend for an important OVC series. Game one against the Eagles is scheduled for Friday, April 17th at 5:00 p.m.
