LAKELAND, Fla. - The Freed-Hardeman Lions jumped four spots to No. 18 in the latest NAIA Baseball Coaches Poll, and split two games played at the RussMatt Baseball Classic in Florida on Tuesday.

The Lions (25-4-1) downed Clearwater Christian (Fla.), 4-2, before losing to Southeastern (Fla.) by the same score.

On Monday, FHU defeated Fredonia State (N.Y.), 7-3, in its first game of the week.

Ryan Wood took a shutout into the final inning against Clearwater Christian before yielding two runs after back-to-back errors early in the inning. He allowed four hits over seven innings and struck out three while improving to 3-0 on the season.

The Lions scored three times in the fourth inning, highlighted by Garrett Ferguson's RBI triple, to take a 3-0 lead. FHU added another run in the seventh on an RBI single by Kyle Dearing.

Like Wood, Chris Hatfield carried a shutout late into the game with Southeastern before the Fire scored four runs in the eighth inning, turning a 2-0 FHU lead into a 4-2 deficit. The Lions went in order in the ninth. Hatfield (4-2) allowed six hits over eight innings, with four of those hits coming in the eighth.

In Monday's game, Freed-Hardeman took control with a four-run fourth and two runs in the sixth while Eric Tompkins (1-0) picked up the win in relief of Greg Young. Ferguson put FHU ahead with a two-run single, and Joe Mike and Lincoln Lakoff added run-scoring hits in the inning.

Seven Lions each had one hit in the win over Fredonia State with Ferguson and Mike both driving in two runs. Justin Mackey and Bobby Seda had two hits in the win over Clearwater Christian.