MARION, Ill. – The No. 4 seed Lewis University baseball team fell to No. 5 seed Indianapolis 3-1 Thursday (May 11) in a Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament contest at Mountain Dew Park.
 
TEAM RECORDS
Indianapolis 33-17 | Lewis 29-22
 
SUMMARY
The Flyers loaded the bases in the bottom of the third inning on a pair of singles and a walk. However, a fly out to right field ended the inning.
 
Indianapolis scored first in the top of the fourth on a bases loaded walk to make it 1-0. A double in the top of the eighth inning scored two more runs, making it a 3-0 Greyhound lead.
 
Lewis made a rally in the bottom of the ninth as Chris McDevitt (Chicago, Ill./St. Rita) walked with one out. After a fly out, Patrick Keaty (South Elgin, Ill./South Elgin) doubled to score McDevitt and put the Flyers on the board and bring the tying run to the plate. A fly out to center field ended the game.
 
Michael Alt (Appleton, Wis./Kimberly) had two hits to lead the Flyer offense. Jake Karaba (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) (7-2) went five innings, allowing one run on six hits, striking out 10. Matt Piento (Indian Head Park, Ill./Lyons) allowed two runs on three hits in four innings of relief.
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers will face the loser of the No. 1 Quincy and No. 8 Missouri S&T game Friday at 12:30 p.m.