MOREHEAD, Ky. – The Lindenwood baseball team (20-18, 7-7 OVC) secured their third consecutive OVC series win with a 15-2 run-rule victory at Morehead State (18-20, 5-9 OVC) on Saturday. The Lions recorded season-highs for runs scored, total hits (14) and home runs (5) in the contest.
Five LU batters registered multiple hits in the game, led by
Tyler Ellis and
Sam Driscoll with three knocks apiece. Ellis went 3-4 with two homers, a double, and four RBIs while Driscoll went 3-4 with a double, triple, home run, and two RBIs.
Jake Radosevich extended his team-long reached base streak to 17 games while
Filip Sarota recorded a hit for the eighth consecutive game, which is also the longest active streak on the team.
Seth Benes went all seven innings on the mound, surrendering just three hits with five strikeouts to improve his record to 4-3.
How it Happened
After neither side managed a base runner through the first two frames, the two offenses exploded for eight combined runs and four homers in the third inning. Lindenwood plated six runs in the top of the third, with
Filip Sarota recording the game's first hit with a leadoff double before
Owen Ralph recorded his first homer of the season with a two-run shot to center field giving LU the lead.
Three of the next four Lindenwood batters reached base to load the bags for
William Zareh, who brought in
Sam Driscoll with a sacrifice fly to make the score 3-0 in favor of the Lions. With two still on and two out,
Tyler Ellis went deep to center field for his fourth home run of the season to double the lead.
Morehead State would get two runs with back-to-back solo homers to lead off the bottom of the third, but
Seth Benes retired the next three MSU batters in order to limit the damage.
The LU offense went back to work in the top of the fourth with an
Owen Ralph one-out base hit soliciting an MSU pitching change before
Sam Driscoll blasted a two-run homer over Allen Field's right field wall to extend the Lindenwood lead back to six. It was Driscoll's first longball of the season, and the Lions' season-high third homer of the game.
The home run parade continued in the top of the sixth, with a
Sam Driscoll triple followed by consecutive walks loading the bases for
Jake Radosevich, who homered to right field for a grand slam to make the score 12-2.
Tyler Ellis then added another run with a solo homer to center for his second long ball of the game.
The Lions kept pouring it on in the seventh, with
Charlie Isom-McCall singling to drive in
Owen Ralph and
Sam Driscoll, who reached base with a double to come just a base hit short of completing the cycle.
With a 15-2 lead and the 10-run rule in effect,
Seth Benes worked through the bottom of the seventh without allowing another run to finish the complete game and secure the series clinching win.
Next Up
The Lions and Eagles will finish out the weekend on Sunday at 12:00 p.m. CT. Lindenwood begins a five-game homestand with a midweek contest against UMSL on Wednesday, April 22nd at 5:00 p.m.
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