FAYETTE, Iowa - The Lewis University baseball team beat Upper Iowa, 20-7, Sunday (April 14) to finish off a four-game sweep of the Peacocks. The Flyers' offense was phenomenal all weekend, scoring 56 total runs and reaching double digits in each of the four games.

TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 17-19 (11-13 GLVC) | Upper Iowa 8-27 (5-19 GLVC)

GAME SUMMARY
Lewis scored three runs in the top of the first, finishing the series with multiple runs in the first inning in all four games. Thomas Fox (Norfolk, Va./Norfolk Christian) and Michael Alt (Appleton, Wis./Kimberly) both singled to start the game, then Jason Krol (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) hit an RBI groundout to score Fox.

Chris McDevitt (Chicago, Ill./St. Rita) singled to bring home Alt, and George Bilecki (Chicago, Ill./Marist) later tripled to send him home. Upper Iowa responded with three runs of its own in the bottom of the first to tie the score at 3-3.

The Flyers regained the lead when Angelo Cantelo (Blue Island, Ill./Marian Catholic) singled to bring Krol across the plate in the third to make it 4-3. The Peacocks responded with a run in the bottom of the fourth inning to even it up at four runs apiece.

In the top of the sixth, Cain Headrick (Custer Park, Ill./Providence Catholic) walked and Tony Fleischauer (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic) doubled him home to give Lewis a 5-4 lead. Upper Iowa responded with two runs in the bottom half to take its first and only lead of the game, 6-5.

The Flyers were quick to respond with five runs in the top of the seventh. McDevitt doubled to bring home Alt, then Cantello hit a two-run double that scored Krol and McDevitt. Bilecki bashed a two-run homer to cap off the rally and put Lewis ahead 10-6.

Lewis scored four more in the eighth to pull away, scoring all four runs with two outs. Alt doubled and later scored on a single by McDevitt, then the Flyers loaded the bases for Bilecki to hit a two-run single and bring home Krol and McDevitt.

After the bases were loaded again, Fleischauer was hit by a pitch to plate Cantelo and put the lead at 14-6. In the ninth, Lewis added six more runs to make it 20-6.

Alt singled and later scored on a passed ball, and Headrick was later hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to bring home Krol and make it 16-6. Fleischauer then added a grand slam to give the Flyers 20 runs, the second-most of the season for Lewis.

Luke Brown (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) (1-2) earned the win with two innings in relief, allowing two runs on two hits and one walk, striking out three. Kyle Hussey (Mokena, Ill./Providence Catholic) had two scoreless innings on the mound for Lewis, and Ryan Manikowski (New Lenox, Ill./Providence) and Zac Maslona (Carol Stream, Ill./St. Francis) both tossed one scoreless inning in the win for the Flyers.

UP NEXT
Lewis baseball wraps up the series at Upper Iowa Sunday (April 14) at noon CT.