ST. CHARLES, Mo. – The Lindenwood baseball team (23-19, 9-8 OVC) picked up a big 3-2 win over Little Rock (26-18, 12-5 OVC) at the Lou Brock Sports Complex on Saturday afternoon. The victory evened the weekend series against the Trojans and improved the Lions' record to 9-2 in conference play during the month of April.

Aaron Jungers got the win for Lindenwood after allowing just one unearned run on zero hits with a strikeout through the game's final two innings, improving his record to 5-0 on the year.

Seth Benes was lights out through a seven-inning start, keeping Lindenwood in the game while the offense struggled to find its footing early on. Benes finished with a line of one run allowed on six hits with seven strikeouts, tossing five straight scoreless innings to finish his outing.

Offensively, Lindenwood overcame a sluggish start to score three runs through the game's second half. Will Geary led the way with two hits, one RBI, and a run scored while William Zareh and Filip Sarota also recorded one hit and an RBI apiece.

How it Happened
Following a scoreless first inning, Little Rock loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the second after three consecutive base hits to lead off the frame. However, the Trojans were only able to manage one run after a 6-4-3 double play and strikeout ended the inning.

The score remained 1-0 until the bottom of the fifth when Tanner Simpson scored Lindenwood's first run of the weekend on a two-out Filip Sarota base hit after drawing a walk and moving into scoring position on a Tyler Ellis single. The Lions loaded the bases following another walk but were unable to bring any additional runs across.

After Seth Benes worked through his fifth straight scoreless inning, Simpson moved into scoring position with no outs after drawing another free pass and moving to second on a passed ball. However, the Lions were unable to capitalize on the prime scoring opportunity and the tally remained unchanged entering the eighth.

In top of the frame, Aaron Jungers retired the Little Rock side in order, and after Will Geary singled and stole second with two outs in the home half, William Zareh delivered a clutch base hit to left field to drive in the go-ahead run.

However, after a throwing error allowed the leadoff man to reach and advance to second for Little Rock in the top of the ninth, a ground out to advance the runner followed by a sacrifice fly tied the game.

The Lindenwood bats went back to work in the bottom of the ninth, loading the bases with one out following a single and two walks. Sam Driscoll initially appeared to have beaten the throw home on a slow chopper down the third base line for the winning run, but he was ruled out after a review.

Now with two outs and the bases still juiced, Will Geary stepped to the plate and came through with a walk-off RBI single through the right side to plate Filip Sarota and even the weekend series.

Next Up
The rubber match between the Lions and Trojans is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Sunday.