March 21, 2004

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ROMEOVILLE - Matt Tanton tossed a complete-game four-hitter, retiring 23 of the last 24 hitters he faced, to propel Lewis to a 9-1 victory over Southern Indiana and a split of Sunday's Great Lakes Valley Conference baseball doubleheader.

Southern Indiana won the seven-inning opener 6-2 behind the four-hit pitching of Adam Summers.

Tanton (2-1) allowed a one-out solo home run to Mike Kottmeyer in the second to tie the score 1-1, and Adam Stone followed with a double.

From there, Tanton mowed down the next 22 USI hitters before Noah Wetzel singled with two outs in the ninth. The senior right-hander struck out Matt Keener to end the game.

Tanton fanned four and did not issue a walk.

Lewis (8-11, 2-2 GLVC) scored an unearned run in the first, then took a 2-1 lead in the second on Brian Davis (LaGrange Park, Ill./Lyons Township)' first collegiate home run.

The Flyers scored twice in the fourth. Davis and Darryl Jenkins (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield) singled with one out, and Davis scored on a throwing error by the USI catcher on a double steal. Dave Tolchin (Lockport, Ill./Romeoville)'s perfectly placed bunt single plated Jenkins.

Lewis made it 6-1 in the sixth when, with two outs, Mike Smith (Lemont, Ill./Lemont)'s double scored Jenkins and Andy Sweet (Belvidere, Ill./Belvidere)'s single drove in Smith. Lewis gave Tanton some extra insurance with three runs in the eighth, as Chris Carbonaro drew a bases-loaded walk and two more runs scored on wild pitches.

Sweet, Davis and Jenkins each had two hits for Lewis in the nightcap.

In the opener, USI (7-16, 3-7 GLVC) scored once in the first, twice in the third and three times in the fifth to support Summers (1-1), who walked just one and struck out five.

The Flyers scored an unearned run in the third and added a run in the sixth when Davis' two-out single scored Victor Naut, who had doubled.

Lewis starter Chad Dahlman (0-2) went 2 2/3 innings and took the loss. Reliever Justin Barr allowed just one hit and fanned four over the final 2 2/3 innings.

The Flyers host Wisconsin-Parkside Wednesday in a GLVC doubleheader. Game one begins at 1 p.m.