LIBERTY, Mo. - The Lewis University baseball team dropped both games of a doubleheader at William Jewell College Saturday (April 27). The Cardinals won game one, 15-7, and game two 15-1.

GAME 1 TEAM RECORDS
William Jewell 27-18 (17-14 GLVC) | Lewis 24-21 (16-15 GLVC)

GAME 1 SUMMARY
Lewis started fast, scoring two runs in the top of the first as each of the first four batters reached base safely. Thomas Fox (Norfolk, Va./Norfolk Christian) led off with a double and later scored on Chris McDevitt's (Chicago, Ill./St. Rita) single, followed by Jason Krol (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) hitting an RBI single to score Mikey Kocen (Beach Park, Ill.) to make it 2-0.

William Jewell scored one run in the bottom of the first, and the Flyers got it right back in the second as Kocen hit an RBI double to bring home Patrick Keaty (South Elgin, Ill./South Elgin). The Cardinals added two runs in the second to tie it at three.

Lewis tacked on another run in the third as Keaty had an RBI groundout that sent George Bilecki (Chicago, Ill./Marist) across the plate but Jewell scored two in the bottom half to take its first lead of the game at 5-4. The Flyers jumped back ahead on a three-run home run by Bilecki, scoring Krol and Angelo Cantelo (Blue Island, Ill./Marian Catholic), in the top of the fourth that made it 7-5.

Unfortunately for Lewis, that was all the Flyers would score. After the Cardinals scored one in the bottom of the fourth, a nine-run fifth inning made it 15-7 WJC and that score held through the end of the game.

Ryan Manikowski (New Lenox, Ill./Providence) (0-3) took the loss on the mound, allowing three runs in 2/3 of an inning on one hit and one walk with one strikeout.

GAME 2 TEAM RECORDS
William Jewell 28-18 (18-14 GLVC) | Lewis 24-22 (16-16 GLVC)

GAME 2 SUMMARY
William Jewell charged ahead early with four runs in the first inning, six in the second and two in the third for a 12-0 lead. The Cardinals added two more runs in the fifth to make it 14-0.

Fox hit a leadoff homer in the top of the sixth for Lewis' only run in the game, and Jewell scored one in the bottom half to make it 15-1 for the final. Christopher Seropian (Chicago, Ill.) (1-1) was charged with the loss, allowing four runs on three hits and two walks and registering one out.

UP NEXT
Lewis baseball comes home for its final series of the season next week against Indianapolis. Game one against UIndy will be Thursday (May 2) at 2 p.m. CT.