ST. CHARLES, Mo. --The Lindenwood baseball team (12-42, 7-16 OVC) poured on the runs in an 18-13 victory over SIUE (26-26, 9-14 OVC) on Friday night at Lou Brock Sports Complex.  Prior to the game, the Lions honored head coach Doug Bletcher who is retiring after the season.

Freshman Carson Subbert pitched well out of the bullpen, going three shutout innings while allowing two hits, walking none and striking out four.

In addition to his four hits, Landon Willbrand had a walk and three RBI to lead the Lions. Sophomore Dawson Hokuf put together a standout day at the plate as well, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two walks and four RBI. Junior Logan Stevens also helped out for Lindenwood, putting together two hits in four trips to the plate while adding a home run, two walks and four RBI.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lions were trailing 5-0 in the third inning when they first put runs on the board. Lindenwood's offense started clicking and put up 12 runs, including a two-run single off the bat of Stevens and a two-run single from Willbrand.

The Lions then held the Cougars scoreless before getting back on the board the very next inning. The Lindenwood offense exploded for four runs, highlighted by a one-run single off the bat of junior Anthony Stellato, which brought the score to 16-5 in favor of the Lions.

SIUE narrowed Lindenwood's lead to 16-11 before the Lions stretched the advantage to 18-11 in the sixth inning. The Lions added two to their tally on Stevens' two-run homer to right. SIUE put two runs on the scoreboard before the game was over, but Lindenwood still coasted to the 18-13 win.

GAME NOTES
» Willbrand collected four hits on the day for Lindenwood.
» Sophomore Eli Brown struck out six Cougars hitters.
» Stevens and Hokuf drove in four runs for Lindenwood.
» The Lindenwood pitching staff combined to strike out 12 SIUE hitters.
» Lindenwood's highest scoring inning was the third, when it pushed 12 runs across.
» Lindenwood grabbed the lead at 12-5 in the bottom half of the third and never lost that advantage.
» Six Lions had multiple hits in the ballgame.
» The Lions had a total of 15 hits.
» The Lions out-hit the Cougars at a 15-14 clip.
» Lindenwood went 6-for-18 (.333) with runners in scoring position.
» The Lions got three hits in seven at-bats with the bases loaded.
» Lindenwood (MO) pitchers limited SIUE to just 4-for-26 (.154) with runners in scoring position.
» Lindenwood (MO) pitchers faced 51 SIUE hitters in the game, allowing four ground balls and 11 fly balls while striking out 12.
» The Lions drew 14 walks from SIUE pitching.
» Stevens led the Lions at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI.
 

UP NEXT
Lindenwood will close out the regular season with a 2:00 p.m. start against SIUE on Saturday at Lou Brock Sports Complex in St. Charles, Mo.