ST. CHARLES, Mo. – The Lindenwood baseball team (13-16, 1-6 OVC) picked up their first conference win of the season with a 3-2 victory over Southeast Missouri (21-9, 5-2 OVC) at the Lou Brock Sports Complex on Thursday night. The big win was fueled by a dominant performance on the mound by Josh Newell, who pitched his first complete game of the season while allowing no earned runs on just three hits with five strikeouts.

The Lindenwood bats totaled 11 hits in the contest, with Kam Edwards going 2-4 with a double and two RBIs to lead the offense. Three other Lions, including Will Geary, Jake Radosevich, and Tyler Ellis also went 2-4.

How it Happened
After Josh Newell sat down the SEMO side in order in in the top of the first, back-to-back two out singles by Jake Radosevich and Matt Graf put runners on the corners for Kam Edwards, who delivered a third base hit to plate Radosevich and give Lindenwood the early 1-0 lead.

The Lions added to their lead with a four-hit, two-run bottom of the third. Will Geary led off the frame with a double before moving up to third on a ground out and beating a throw to home on a Mathew Graf RBI fielder's choice. Kam Edwards would score Graf shortly after with a double down the left field line.

Newell would allow just one base runner through the next 5.2 innings, commanding complete control of the game recording the first 24 outs with just 75 pitches.  

However, things tightened up with two outs in the ninth, as an error in the infield allowed the game to continue before the first walk of the game put two Redhawks on base for the first time all evening.

Joe Hall then crushed a ball to deep center that got down for a two-RBI double, putting the tying run at second with SEMO cleanup man Ryan Lopetegui coming to the plate. Newell would not be denied, though, and got Lopetegui to swing into a pop out to end the game.

It was the third complete game of Newell's Lindenwood career after recording a pair of complete game shutouts in conference play last season.

Next Up
The Lions and Redhawks will continue their three-game series on Friday at 5:00 p.m. The series finale is set for Saturday at 1:00 p.m.