March 16, 2010
Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score
OAKLAND CITY, Ind. - Baseball dropped a non-conference doubleheader at Oakland City on Tuesday afternoon by scores of 9-8 and 3-2.
The Flyers led 8-5 entering the bottom of the seventh but lost on a 3-run walk-off home run by the Mighty Oaks of Oakland City.
Lewis had to rally back in the game, scoring four in the sixth and one in the seventh. Junior Vince Campagna (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) had a bases clearing double in the sixth inning.
Junior Charles Gille (Rockford, Ill./Boylan Catholic) started on the mound for the Flyers in game two but unfortunately Lewis dropped a their second of two one-run affairs.
"We added on runs in game one and swung the bat well but they made keys plays down the stretch," head coach Tim McDonough said. "Then in game two Chuck (Gille) threw well but we didn't compete at the plate well enough."
Oakland City improves to 4-6. Lewis falls to 10-9. The Flyers open Great Lakes Valley Conference play on Saturday with a doubleheader at noon.
A Catholic university sponsored by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, Lewis offers nearly 80 undergraduate majors and programs of study, accelerated degree completion options for working adults, various aviation programs and 22 graduate programs in nine fields. The 9th largest private, not-for-profit university in Illinois is being honored for the sixth consecutive year by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report. For more information please visit www.lewisu.edu.
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