CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College baseball team clinched the series over #17 Lindenwood University with a 7-1 win on Monday afternoon. The Choctaws moved to 2-1 on the season while LU falls to 1-2.
 
Turning Point
Leading 2-0 after the first, three frames, the Choctaws tacked on four runs in the bottom of the fourth to open the gates en route to the six-run win.
 
Inside the Box Score

• Four Choctaws posted multiple hits in the win led by Hunter Wilson's four-hit performance as he also drove in a pair of runs.
• Kyle Smith, Blaine Crim, and Ty Alderman each recorded a pair of hits on the day. Smith led the team with three RBI.
• Chris Crosby (1-0) picked up the win on the mound. Crosby tossed 6.1 innings and allowed the lone run on five hits with four strikeouts and three walks.
• Brandon Kennedy and Tommy Taborda each saw action out of the bullpen. Kennedy pitched 1.2 frames with a strikeout and hit. Taborda closed the door on the contest with the final inning on the hill and logged a pair of strikeouts.
• Nick Paulda led Lindenwood at the dish going 2-for-3.
• Justin Taylor (0-1) received the loss on the mound as he allowed six runs on 10 hits.

 
Inside the Flow

• MC jumped on the board early with a run in the second and third innings. Ty Alderman got the scoring started with a double to center field that scored Luke Yancey. Crim added the second run with a single that scored Grant Barber.
• A pair of two-RBI hits opened up the contest in the fourth inning. Smith's single to center drove in Dylan Duplechain and Alderman to extend the lead. Wilson added a double that plated Smith and Hunter Sykes.
• Lindenwood's lone run of the game came on a solo homerun from Jackson Fuller in the top of the fifth.
• The Choctaws closed out the scoring as it responded in the bottom of the fifth as Smith doubled down the left field line to score Duplechain.

 
Noteworthy

• The series sweep is the first over a nationally-ranked opponent since 2014 over Concordia-Texas.
• Smith recorded multiple hits in each game of the series and leads the team with seven hits on the season, including five doubles.
• Crosby made his MC debut on the mound and recorded his first win of the season.
• Wilson's four-hit performance is the most by a Choctaw this season.

 
Next Up
Mississippi College returns to action this weekend as it hosts Missouri S&T in a four-game series. The series is slated to begin on Saturday, Feb. 10 and conclude on Sunday, Feb. 11. Both doubleheaders are slated for 12 p.m. starts.