Radosevich’s grand slam lifts Lindenwood past Tennessee-Martin in OVC tournament
MARION, Ill. (Interstat) — Jake Radosevich hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday afternoon to give Lindenwood a 7-4 victory over Tennessee-Martin in the Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Championship.
The Lions, who managed only five hits, trailed 4-3 after the Skyhawks’ Cameron Greene homered to right-center in the top of the ninth, his ninth of the season. Radosevich then launched his 10th homer to left-center, scoring Edwards, Charlie and Geary. Tennessee-Martin had taken an early lead, scoring on a groundout by Braden Popick in the second, a single by Colten Payton in the third and another RBI single by Popick in the sixth. Lindenwood answered with a run in the second on a groundout by Noah Graf and two in the sixth on Sam Driscoll’s double and a sacrifice fly by Chase Sarota. The Skyhawks outhit the Lions 10-5. The Lions improved to 29-26, while Tennessee-Martin dropped to 24-28.