FAYETTE, Iowa - The Lewis University baseball team won, 13-1 in seven innings, at Upper Iowa Friday (April 12).

TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 14-19 (8-13 GLVC) | Upper Iowa 8-24 (5-16 GLVC)

GAME SUMMARY
Lewis started fast as Thomas Fox (Norfolk, Va./Norfolk Christian) and Mikey Kocen (Beach Park, Ill.) hit back-to-back home runs to lead off the game to give the Flyers a 2-0 lead. Upper Iowa struck back with a run in the bottom of the second to make it 2-1.

Michael Alt (Appleton, Wis./Kimberly) singled to lead off the top of the third for Lewis and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Kocen. Later in the inning, a single by Chris McDevitt (Chicago, Ill./St. Rita) brought home Jason Krol (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) to make it 4-1.

The Flyers kept the lead growing in the fourth as Fox singled home Cain Headrick (Custer Park, Ill./Providence Catholic). Lewis then scored seven runs in the top of the sixth to break the game open.

Kocen singled to score Alt to start the rally, then McDevitt hit a two-run double which plated Fox and Kocen to bring the score to 8-1. George Bilecki (Chicago, Ill./Marist) added an RBI single to bring Krol home, followed by Headrick hitting a single that allowed McDevitt to cross the plate.

Bilecki scored on a wild pitch and Patrick Keaty (South Elgin, Ill./South Elgin) had an RBI groundout that scored Headrick to cap off the scoring in the inning with the Flyers ahead 12-1. McDevitt added a solo homer in the seventh to make it 13-1.

Dylan Wolff (Joliet, Ill.) got the win (4-2) on the mound for Lewis, throwing all seven innings and allowing one run on seven hits and two walks with one strikeout.

UP NEXT
Lewis baseball continues its series at Upper Iowa Saturday (April 13) with a doubleheader starting at noon CT.