OAKLAND CITY, Ind. – On its conference bye weekend, the Lewis baseball team stepped outside of Great Lakes Valley Conference play and split a doubleheader with Oakland City Saturday (April 28) at Pinnick Field. The Flyers dropped the first game 1-0 but rebounded to win the second game 7-2. Lewis is now 18-23-1 overall, while Oakland City is 13-27.
 
Game 1 – Oakland City 1, Lewis 0
The only run scored in the pitcher's duel occurred in the bottom of the first inning as a single and double from the first two batters plated a run for the Mighty Oaks. From there Lewis pitcher Pete Hamot (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South) (4-4) shut down the Mighty Oaks, going all six innings, allowing four hits and the one run, striking out seven. Caleb Wagner (3-7) earned the win for Oakland City, giving up just three hits.
 
The biggest threat for the Flyers came in the top of the seventh inning. Anthony Cavalieri (Western Springs, Ill./Fenwick) led off with a single. After a pop out, Anthony Rios (Lemont, Ill./St. Laurence) singled to center. A ground out put runners on second and third with two outs, but a pop up to the shortstop in shallow left field ended the game.
 
Game 2 – Lewis 7, Oakland City 2
Both teams scored early runs in the second game as the Flyers scored twice in the first and Oakland City answered with a run in the bottom of the first. Connor Rutherford (DePere, Wis./DePere) drove home the first run on a single to center and later scored on a Neal Tyrell (Minooka, Ill./Minooka) single up the middle. Lewis extended its lead to 4-1 in the fourth inning as Jermaine Terry (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield South) knocked in a pair of runs on a double to right center field. Brandon Post (Elk Grove Village, Ill./Elk Grove) made it 5-1 in the fifth with a RBI groundout to shortstop. After a Mighty Oaks run in the bottom of the fifth made it 5-2, Lewis closed the scoring in the seventh when Ethan Bloom (Schaumburg, Ill./Hoffman Estates) homered to right center field, scoring Rutherford.
 
The top four batters for the Flyers combined to go 9-for-15 with five runs scored and four RBI. Tyrell went 3-for-4, while Cavalieri and Bloom each went 2-for-4 and Rutherford was 2-for-3. On the mound Blake Marks (Gardner, Ill./Gardner-South Wilmington) (6-3) went all seven innings, allowing five hits and one earned run, striking out three.
 
The two teams face off again Sunday (April 29) for two more games, beginning at 12 p.m.