March 26, 2006

Game 1 Box Score

Game 2 Box Score

ROMEOVILLE - The righty-lefty combination of Tim Harmatys and Jon Guzzo pitched the Lewis University baseball team to a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader sweep of Kentucky Wesleyan Sunday at Brennan Field.

Harmatys tossed a six-hitter and Guzzo drove in both runs in the Flyers' 2-1 victory in the opener, a scheduled seven-inning contest that was stretched to nine innings. Harmatys (2-1) fanned five and walked only two.

Guzzo (1-3) carried the momentum into the seven-inning nightcap, striking out 10 and allowing just six hits and one walk in a 4-1 Lewis triumph.

Kentucky Wesleyan (14-10, 12-8 GLVC) drew first blood in the opener on Nick Hansen's RBI single in the third inning. Lewis (3-19, 2-12 GLVC) tied it in the fourth on Guzzo's double down the left-field line that scored Phil Marchinski, who had singled on a perfect bunt and stolen second.

In the decisive ninth, Billy Duffy led off with a single and stole second one out later. With two outs, Victor Naut was intentionally walked and Marchinski reached on an error to load the bases. Guzzo then slapped an infield single to plate Duffy with the winning tally.

Marchinski and Jim Gabriel joined Guzzo in the two-hit club as the Flyers out-hit the Panthers 10-6. Lewis also played errorless baseball and stole six bases.

Randy Fulton (2-2) went all the way for Kentucky Wesleyan, striking out four and walking five.

The Panthers struck first again in the nightcap, this time on a fourth-inning RBI single by Tim Gaddis, but the Flyers answered immediately with three runs in the bottom of the inning.

Darryl Jenkins reached on a one-out error, went to second on a balk and scored on Naut's triple. Marchinski followed with a single to score Naut with what proved to be the game-winning run. After singles by Tim Bingham and Gabriel loaded the bases, Brandon Niewinski made it 3-1 with a well-executed squeeze bunt down the first-base line.

Lewis added an insurance run in the fifth. Duffy led off with a double, moved to third on Kevin Tyrrell (Naperville, Ill./Montini)'s sacrifice and scored on Jenkins' single.

With two outs in the seventh, Kentucky Wesleyan had the tying run at the plate and top hitter Dusty Stevens on deck. But Guzzo fanned Josh Craig to end the threat, striking out the side in the process.

Bingham was 2-for-3 to lead the Flyers to an 8-6 edge in the hits column.

Zach Woodard (1-3) yielded just two earned runs, eight hits and a walk in suffering the loss.

The Flyers continue their 12-game home stand on Tuesday with a GLVC twinbill against Indianapolis. Game time is noon.