HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University baseball team pounded out 11 home runs Saturday on the way to a pair of run-rule victories over Lindenwood, 18-7 and 13-3, at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field.
 
Jude Hall and Mo Little blasted three homers apiece for Southeastern (3-0) while Ryan Brome, Parker Coley, Conner O'Neal, Bailyn Sorensen and Logan Walters contributed one each off Lindenwood (0-3) pitching. Hall and Little hit a pair in the day's second game.
 
SLU rapped out 28 hits in the two games, 18 of those coming in the first game alone. A junior infielder from Brandon, Mississippi, Little finished the day a combined 6-for-8 at the plate with seven RBIs. Hall, a second-team preseason All-Southland selection, was 5-for-8 with eight RBIs. Another preseason second-team selection, Coley went 3-for-5 with five RBIs.
 
Southeastern wraps up its four-game series with Lindenwood on ESPN+ at 1 p.m. Sunday at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field. Free general admission tickets are available for active military members who present a valid service ID at the gate.
 
Fans can listen to the game broadcasts in the Hammond area on KSLU 90.9 The Lion. In addition, an audio stream is available online at www.LionSports.net/ListenLive and via the Lions Gameday Experience and MyTuner Radio apps. The MyTuner app is compatible with the Apple CarPlay software available in most late-model automobiles. Search for KSLU 90.9 FM in the TuneIn app.
 
GAME ONE – SLU 18, Lindenwood 7 (7 innings)
SLU got the offense started in the third inning. After Coley was hit by a pitch to open up the inning, Brome launched a two-run homer with one out. It was the second of the season for the senior from Katy, Texas and second in as many games.
 
Lindenwood responded with three runs in the top of the fourth, taking its only lead of the day. A throwing error by Little put a runner on ahead of designated hitter Filip Sarota. His two-run shot tied the game. Two batters later first baseman Sam Grunberg staked his team to a short-lived 3-2 lead with a solo homer to left-center field.
 
Southeastern batted around in the fourth. O'Neal drew a leadoff walk, advancing to second base on a wild pitch. Ben Robichaux drew a one-out walk and both runners advanced on another wild pitch. Coley plated O'Neal and Robichaux with a double down the third-base line. Dane Watts, with the first of his two hits in the game, drove in Coley with a single to right field.
 
TJ Salvaggio greeted reliever Easton Rackers with a single to left-center field. Hall drove in both Watts and Salvaggio with a double to left-center. Little put SLU up, 8-3, with an RBI single to center.
 
Both teams canceled each other out over the next two innings, scoring a pair of runs each in their respective halves of the fifth and sixth. O'Neal's two-run blast to straight-away center field provided the SLU offense in the sixth.
 
Six more runs by Southeastern in the seventh finished off the game. Back-to-back homers by Hall and Little forced Lindenwood into its bullpen for the fourth time in the game. After O'Neal reached on a dropped pop-up, Walters ended the contest with the first home run of his Southeastern career.
 
Lakin Polk (1-0) earned the win, allowing three runs – one earned – in 4.0 innings of work. The junior from Ponchatoula, Louisiana struck out six and did not walk a batter. Brady St. Pierre (1.0 IP) and Larson Fabre (2.0 IP) worked the final three innings for SLU. Lindenwood starting pitcher Zach Buschschulte (0-1) suffered the loss, allowing six runs in 3.1 innings pitched.
 
Little (4-for-5), Hall (3-for-4), Salvaggio (3-for-5), Walters (2-for-5) and Watts (2-for-3) turned in multi-hit performances at the plate.
 
GAME TWO – SLU 13, Lindenwood 3 (7 innings)
Home runs once again provided a spark for Southeastern. Coley and Sorensen launched back-to-back blasts with two outs in the second.
 
In the next inning, back-to-back blasts from Hall and Little highlighted a four-run inning.
 
With SLU leading 6-0 in the fourth, Sarota ended a second shutout bid by the Southeastern pitching staff. He launched a one-out offering over the wall in left-center.
 
Southeastern batted around once again in the fifth, scoring five runs. Five walks and a pair of hit batters provided the bulk of the offense in the inning. The Lions' only hit was a solo home run by Little, his second of the game.
 
After Lindenwood scored two runs in the seventh to temporarily avoid being run-ruled, Hall ended the game in the bottom of the inning launching his second home run of the game one batter after pinch-hitter Brady McGee's leadoff single.
 
Luke Barbier (1-0) earned the win, allowing one run in the 4.2 innings of work. He walked two and struck out two batters. Sophomore right-hander Kaleb Howell logged the final 2.1 innings for Southeastern, striking out three. Lindenwood starting pitcher Eli Brown (0-1) suffered the loss, allowing seven runs in 4.0 innings of work.
 
Coley (2-for-2), Little (2-for-3) and Hall (2-for-4) turned in multi-hit performances during the second game.
 
CLEAR BAG POLICY
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Fans interested in becoming active supporters of the baseball program are encouraged to join the Diamond Club. Lion baseball alums are encouraged to join the exclusive S Club, which is restricted to Southeastern athletic letter winners.
 
All membership fees and donations to both the Diamond Club and S Club (baseball) are available for the exclusive use of the Southeastern baseball program. Membership information is available by contacting the Lion Athletics Association at laa@southeastern.edu or (985) 549-5091 or by visiting www.LionUp.com.
  
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