ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - The Lewis University baseball team dominated St. Francis (Ill.) in its home opener Tuesday (March 19), winning 12-0 in seven innings. It goes in the books as the first shutout of the season for the Flyers.
TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 9-11 | St. Francis (Ill.) 4-12
GAME SUMMARY
Lewis wasted no time in getting the scoring started, with
George Bilecki (Chicago, Ill./Marist) hitting a two-RBI single in the bottom of the first that scored
Chris McDevitt (Chicago, Ill./St. Rita) and
Jason Krol (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) and made it 2-0. The Flyers added three more runs in the second, started by McDevitt drawing a walk to bring home
Jackson Hunley (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie).
Krol then singled to bring in
Michael Alt (Appleton, Wis./Kimberly) and
Mikey Kocen (Beach Park, Ill.) to make it 5-0 Flyers. The runs kept coming in the third for Lewis, as Hunley made the most of his first collegiate hit, sending it over the right-field wall for a three-run home run plating
Patrick Keaty (South Elgin, Ill./South Elgin) and
Tony Fleischauer (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic).
Kocen later singled to bring
Thomas Fox (Norfolk, Va./Norfolk Christian) around to score and push the lead to 9-0.
Luke Carlson (Granville, Ill./Putnam County), making his first start of the season on the mound for Lewis, finishing with no runs allowed in three innings pitched on four hits and no walks, striking out five.
Ray Cantelo (Blue Island, Ill./Marian Catholic) took over on the mound from there for the Flyers, pitching a scoreless fourth inning with one hit and no walks to earn the win (1-0). After
Seth Nanna (Carmel, Ind./Westfield) kept St. Francis off the board in the fifth, Lewis added two more runs in the bottom half.
Fox led off with a double and
Angelo Cantelo (Blue Island, Ill./Marian Catholic) homered to drive him in and make the score 11-0. Keaty added a solo shot in the sixth to make it 12-0, which would hold through the end of the game.
Ryan Manikowski (New Lenox, Ill./Providence) had a scoreless sixth inning on the mound for the Flyers and
Dru Jasnoch (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township) finished off the shutout in the seventh. In addition to not allowing a run, Lewis also issued no walks in the win.
UP NEXT
Lewis baseball has its first home GLVC series this weekend against Maryville. Game one is set for Friday (March 22) at 2 p.m. CT.
