OZARK, Mo. – Lewis' baseball team won the final game of its four-game series at Drury 14-10 on Sunday at US Baseball Park in Ozark, Mo. The Flyers, 4-3, banged out 16 hits in the contest led by Brandon Post (Elk Grove Village, Ill./Elk Grove) with four while Andrew Tenison (Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg) added three hits.

"We responded well today after having disappointing efforts on Friday and Saturday and that was good to see," Lewis head baseball coach Tim McDonough said. "Offensively we really strung things together and had some big innings.

"I thought Brandon Post (Elk Grove Village, Ill./Elk Grove) and Ryan Schefske (Lombard, Ill./Glenbard East) really set the tone for us offensively and defensively," McDonough continued. "Our pitchers competed better today, but we still issued too many free passes and gave away too many runs."

Lewis struck first scoring four runs on three hits in the second inning. Austin Tittle (Lemont, Ill./Lemont) drove in the first two runs with a double scoring Tenison and Anthony Rios (Lemont, Ill./St. Laurence). Post made it 3-0 driving in Tittle with a sacrifice fly to right and Anthony Cavalieri (Western Springs, Ill./Fenwick) singled off the pitcher to drive in Dalton Crowder (Romeoville, Ill./Plainfield East) with the fourth run of the frame.

The Panthers, 5-5, got a run back in their half of the second as Clayton Engel scored on a groundout.

The Flyers scored again in the third taking advantage of a Drury error. With one out and Schefske on second, Rios singled to right center to bring home Schefske.

The Panthers got a run back in its half of the third as they loaded the bases with no one out. Ryan Ward (Hanover Park, Ill./Hoffman Estates) came onto relieve Matt Verdun (Homer Glen, Ill./St. Rita) and got a 6-4-3 double play but a run did score on the play and then retired Nikko Calabro on a fly ball to right to escape the jam.

Lewis extended its lead scoring four runs on five hits in the fifth inning. Schefske and Tenison opened the frame with back-to-back triples and then Rios singled home Tenison to make it 7-2. Rios came into score on a passed ball and Post drove in Tittle with a single back up the middle.

Drury answered the Flyers four-run fifth with four of their own. Colin Garner had the big blow in the inning driving in two with a double to left.

Lewis came right back putting up another four spot in the sixth. Verdun drove in two runs with a bases loaded single while Post and Cavalieri each drove home a run with RBI singles.

The Panthers cut the lead to 13-8 with two runs in their half of the sixth but the Flyers countered with a run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly from Connor Rutherford (DePere, Wis./DePere). Drury added two more tallies in the ninth.

Eight different players had a hit for Lewis with five of them getting at least two hits in the contest.

Robert Talarico (Joliet, Ill./Joliet West) came on relief of Verdun and Ward with one out in the fifth and went 3.1 allowing two unearned runs on five hits with five strikeouts to earn his first victory of the season.

Lewis returns to the diamond this Friday as it travels to Kirksville, Mo. to take on Truman State in a doubleheader scheduled for 12 p.m.