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Evansville, Ind. – The Lewis University baseball team's run in the 2013 Great Lakes Valley Conference Baseball Tournament ended on Saturday (May 11) with a 6-3 loss to Bellarmine at USI Field.
 
The Flyers, with 31-16 record on the season, now wait to find out if they will receive an at-large bid to compete in the NCAA Midwest Regional. The NCAA Selection show will start at 9 PM on Sunday (May 12) on www.ncaa.com. The Knights, improving to a 28-21 mark, will take on Drury in the GLVC Championship game on Sunday at Bosse Field.
 
“We played two hard-fought games today,” Lewis head baseball coach Tim McDonough said. “I have to tip my cap to Bellarmine in game two today.
 
“They got a couple more hits than us when they needed them.”
 
Lewis put a run on the board in the first inning when junior Alex Slaby (Davenport, Iowa/Davenport West) scored on a sacrifice fly by junior Ben Albano (West Dundee, Ill./Jacobs).
 
Bellarmine answered in the bottom of the inning when Phil Leopold singled in Michael Morrissette.
 
The Flyers took a 2-1 lead in the top of the six when sophomore Mike Barajas (Chicago, Ill./Nazareth) singled through the left side of the field to score senior Brian Norwood (Medinah, Ill./Lake Park).
 
In the bottom half of the inning, Bellarmine posted four runs on two hits. Graham Spencer picked up two RBI with a double down the left field line, while Nick Hladek scored on a wild pitch and Spencer crossed the plate on a single by Justin Eberenz.
 
The Flyers scratched a run across in the top of the eighth when Norwood scored on Slaby fielder's choice.
 
Bellarmine picked up an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth inning on a Spencer sacrifice fly.
 
Lewis starting pitcher sophomore Dylan Cysewski (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central) was credited with the loss in 5.1 innings pitched. Cysewski (0-2) gave up three runs on five hits, while striking out four and walking one.
 
The Knights' Benjamin Fuchs (3-4) earned the win, throwing 6.2 innings, while giving up two runs on eight hits. He also struck out two and walked three.
 
Lewis eliminated Missouri-St. Louis from the tournament with a 9-4 victory to advance and face Bellarmine at USI Field later in the evening. UMSL finished the season with a 28-19 mark.
 
Lewis jumped on the board in the second inning when senior Ian O'Connor (Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg) singled in junior Kyle Kapka (Mount Prospect, Ill./Prospect) from second.
 
UMSL evened the score in the top of the second after Cody Garlington batted in Lucas Matecki from third.
 
In the fourth inning the Flyers added three more runs four hits. Slaby singled to left field, scoring Barajas before junior Drew Buddle (Bartlett, Ill./South Elgin), who went 4-for-5 in the game, doubled in freshman Joe Sparacio (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield Central) and Slaby.
 
The Flyers picked up another run in the bottom of the fifth when Barajas tripled off the wall in left center, scoring Norwood. In the sixth inning, Lewis added two more runs on a hit and error. Albano scored Buddle on a sacrifice fly to center field, as Slaby also scored on a throwing error by the centerfielder.
 
UMSL picked up a run in the seventh when John Pilackas scored on a sacrifice fly to right by Justin Lois, but the Flyers answered with two runs in the their half of the inning to go up 9-2. Norwood scored on a pass ball before Slaby singled home Sparacio.
 
The Tritons scored two in the eighth on three hits, cut the score to 9-4.
 
Lewis starter senior Michael Schroeder (Crown Point, Ind./North Newton) went eight innings in the win, giving up four runs, three earned, on eight hits. Schroeder (5-3) struck out six and walked four.
 
UMSL's Jonathan Rosario (4-1) took the loss throwing 4.1 innings, giving up five runs on 10 hits, while striking out two and walking one.