ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – The Lewis University baseball team defeated Trinity Christian 9-3 Wednesday (April 19) at Brennan Field in a nonconference contest.
 
TEAM RECORDS
Trinity Christian 19-20 | Lewis 20-16
 
SUMMARY
The Flyers opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning when Tony Fleischauer (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic) hit a three-run home run to center, scoring Kevin Barry (Bartlett, Ill./South Elgin) and Michael Alt (Appleton, Wis./Kimberly). Cain Headrick (Custer Park, Ill./Providence Catholic) made it a 4-0 lead in the second with a single to right field, scoring Chris McDevitt (Chicago, Ill./St. Rita).
 
The Trolls came back with two runs in the bottom of the third inning, but Lewis answered with three more runs in the bottom of the fourth. McDevitt had a RBI single that scored Fleischauer, Jack Blazevich (Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove South) hit a sacrifice fly to score Jason Krol (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) and George Bilecki (Chicago, Ill./Marist) doubled to score McDevitt.
 
Alt made it 8-2 in the sixth inning with a RBI single that score Headrick, while a Barry home run in the seventh made it 9-2. Trinity Christian added a run in the eighth inning to make the score 9-3.
 
Headrick finished the game with three hits, while Fleischauer had three RBI. AJ Casmer (Lisle, Ill./Lisle) (3-0) went two innings in relief, allowing no hits and no runs to pick up the win, while Kyle Hussey (Mokena, Ill./Providence Catholic) earned his first save with three innings of relief, allowing one earned run on three hits.

UP NEXT
Lewis returns to Great Lakes Valley Conference play when it travels to take on Drury with the first game Friday at 5 p.m.