ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — The Lindenwood Lions used a collective shutout effort from their bullpen to defeat the Saint Louis Billikens 9-1 on Tuesday evening.

Five Lindenwood relievers combined for six hitless innings after starter Ethan Milius allowed one run over two frames. Ethan Smith, Luke Wright and Tanner Paschke were particularly sharp, with Smith earning top star honors for his three perfect innings with three strikeouts.

The Lions broke open a scoreless game with a nine-run outburst, scoring in the second, third, seventh and ninth innings. Charlie IsomMcCall went 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Saint Louis scored its lone run on a fifth-inning sacrifice fly by D. Kleinheide.

Lindenwood improved to 18-18. Saint Louis fell to 15-21.