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Romeoville, Ill. – The No. 10 Lewis University baseball team dropped two games to Southern Indiana, 4-3, 15-8 in a Sunday (April 21) Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader at Brennan Field.
 
The Flyers move to 24-7 on the year and 18-5 in conference play while the Eagles improve to 24-15 for the season and 14-14 against GLVC opponents.
 
“In game one I thought we competed and played hard but we came up a bit short,” Lewis head baseball coach Tim McDonough said. “In game two, I have to give to credit Southern Indiana. They came out hungrier and swung the bats well.”
 
In the first game, junior Jake Murray (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North/Moraine Valley C.C.) singled in junior Drew Buddle (Bartlett, Ill./South Elgin) (Bartlett, Ill./South Elgin) to put the Flyers up 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning. Lewis added to their lead in the second frame when senior Derek Thomas (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy) (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy) scored sophomore Anthony Baldassano (Woodridge, Ill./Nazareth) (Woodridge, Ill./Nazareth) from third.
 
The Eagles jumped onto the scoreboard in the fourth inning, when Andrew Cope singled in Brent Weinzapfel from third. Southern Indiana took a 3-2 lead in the sixth inning when Cope doubled in two runs and tacked on an insurance run in the top of the seventh on a Weinzapfel sacrifice fly.
 
Lewis loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh, but the Flyers were only able to push one run across as junior Ben Albano (West Dundee, Ill./Jacobs) (West Dundee, Ill./Jacobs) drew a walk to score sophomore Kane Lombardo (Forest Park, Ill./Nazareth) (Forest Park, Ill./Nazareth).
 
Lewis starter senior Michael Schroeder (Crown Point, Ind./North Newton) (Crown Point, Ind./Triton) took the loss, giving up three earned runs on seven hits in six innings of work. Schroeder (5-2) struck out six and walked two.
 
USI's Matt Bowels (7-3) picked up the win, giving up three runs, two earned, on five hits in 6.2 innings of work. Bowels struck out five and walked four.
 
In the nightcap, the Eagles kept the momentum on their side. The Flyers saw themselves down 7-0 going into the bottom of the fourth when Schroeder hit a two-run home run, scoring Murray, followed by a solo home run by Albano.
 
The Eagles' added two runs in the sixth, two in the eighth and four in the ninth to put the game out of reach.
 
Junior J.C. Burrell (Cottage Grove, Minn./Park) (Cottage Grove, Minn./Park/Eastern Michigan) hit a pinch-hit solo home run in the seventh while Schroeder hit a three-run home run for his second long ball of the game with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
 
Lewis junior Kendall Paluch (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic) (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic/Pasco Hernando C.C.) took the loss, allowing five runs on seven hits in two innings of work. Paluch (2-2) also stuck out two.
 
The Eagles' Brandon Shaw (4-1) tossed seven innings for the win, giving up five runs, four earned on eight hits. Shaw also struck out six.
 
The Flyers are back in action on Tuesday (April 23) when they head down the road to take on St. Francis (Ill.) at Silver Cross Field in Joliet. First pitch is set for 5 PM.