Joplin, Mo. -- The tenth ranked Missouri Southern baseball team had a pair of four-run innings and the Lions took the series finale with visiting Lindenwood, 15-7 today at Warren Turner Field. 

The Lions (10-1, 2-1 MIAA) got a strong start from Chris Hoffman as he went four innings and struck out seven, walking just two and allowing three hits. Zach Litchen pitched the final five innings for the win to go to 2-0 on the season. He struck out eight and allowed just two runs, while scattering four hits. 

Richie Gorski went 2-for-3 at the plate with a home run, a double, three runs scored and three driven in, while walking three times at the plate. Jackson Cain went 3-for-4 with four runs scored and two driven in, while Tyler Sutherland was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and runs scored. Jacob Bryant went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two scored, while Brett Graham drove in two in his only plate appearance, and scored once. 

Jesse Rall officially went 0-for-1 at the plate with two runs scored, but was hit by a pitch in his first four plate appearances of the day. Trever Burkdoll went 2-for-5 and drove in two. 

Lindenwood (6-3, 1-2 MIAA) had three hits from Wes Degener and two from Sam Baxter. 

The Lions got on board in the first without a hit after Gorski scored on a Bryant double-play. Lindenwood tied it up in the third, but the Lions got two more back in the bottom of the inning on a two-RBI slingle from Sutherland. 

After Lindenwood had gone ahead 6-5 in the top of the fifth, Southern answered back with four of its own in the Matt Smith started the inning with an RBI, while Cain had a two-RBI triple. Danny Biggs followed that up with a sacrifice fly, scoring Cain. 

Bryant drove in a run in the sixth and Gorski added an RBI double in the seventh. Graham drove in two in the eighth and Burkdoll drove in two more in the inning. 

The Lions will be back in action next weekend with a three-game series at Nebraska-Kearney.