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Louisville, Ky. – The No. 17 Lewis University baseball team's 12-game winning streak was snapped on Sunday (April 7) in a 7-2, 8-7 (11 inn.) sweep by Bellarmine University at Knights Field in Great Lakes Valley Conference action.
 
The Flyers fall to 18-5 on the season and 12-3 in GLVC play. The Knights move to 16-11 on the year and 11-5 against league opponents.
 
“Obviously, today wasn't the results that we wanted,” Lewis head baseball coach Tim McDonough said. “I have to give Bellarmine credit for bouncing back from yesterday's games to take two from us today.”
 
In game one, the Flyers scored single runs in the first and third inning but the Knights put up seven unanswered runs on Lewis starting pitcher senior Michael Schroeder (Crown Point, Ind./North Newton) (Crown Point, Ind./North Newton/Triton). Schroeder (4-1) threw three innings and gave up all seven earned runs on nine hits in the loss.
 
Sophomore Mike Barajas (Chicago, Ill./Nazareth) (Chicago, Ill./Nazareth) went 2-for-3 while junior Alex Slaby (Davenport, Iowa/Davenport West) (Davenport, Iowa/Davenport West/Blackhawk College) also picked up two hits and scored both of the Flyers runs. Junior Jake Murray (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North/Moraine Valley C.C.) was credited with Lewis' only RBI.
 
The Knights' starter Benjamin Fuchs (2-2) struck out two and allowed two runs, one earned, on six hits in six innings of work in the victory.
 
Lewis' offense awoke in the second game, grinding it out at the plate for 13 hits to take a 6-1 lead into the bottom of the ninth. Bellarmine scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth on four hits, including a double, and one Lewis error to send the game in to extras.
 
After a scoreless 10^th inning for both teams, Lewis pushed a run across in the top of 11^th when sophomore pinch hitter Kane Lombardo (Forest Park, Ill./Nazareth) (Forest Park, Ill./Nazareth) scored Murray, who walked to lead off the inning.
 
Bellarmine won the game in the bottom of the 11^th with a walk-off home run by Cole Metcalfe to left field off of Lewis relief pitcher sophomore Dylan Cysewski (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central) (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central). Cysewski (0-1) took the loss with 1.2 innings of work, giving up two runs on one hit, striking out and walking one.
 
Bellarmine's Ryan Dixon (1-0) picked up the win after throwing one inning and giving up one hit.
 
The Flyers return to Brennan Field to host NAIA-foe Saint Xavier on Wednesday (April 10). First pitch is set for 3:30 PM.