MARION, Ill. - The eighth-seeded Lewis University baseball team won, 12-4, over top seed Indianapolis Saturday (May 11) in the GLVC Tournament, then beat second seed Maryville 6-3 in the last game of the night. The Flyers force another game with the Saints Sunday (May 12) morning ahead of the championship game in the afternoon.

GAME 1 TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 28-25 | No. 10 Indianapolis 35-18

GAME 1 SUMMARY
Indianapolis started the scoring with two runs in the top of the first. Lewis got on the board in the bottom of the third as Thomas Fox (Norfolk, Va./Norfolk Christian) drew a leadoff walk and later scored on Chris McDevitt's (Chicago, Ill./St. Rita) sacrifice fly.

Luke Carlson (Granville, Ill./Putnam County) worked his way out of a bases loaded, one out jam in the fourth with a strikeout and a flyout to keep the Flyers within one. The Greyhounds added a solo home run in the fifth to make it 3-1.

Lewis quickly got the run back in the bottom half as McDevitt singled and reached second on a wild pitch, then scored on Jason Krol's (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) RBI single. Three errors by UIndy led to the Flyers scoring four runs in the seventh to take a 6-3 lead.

Fox scored on the first error, which allowed McDevitt to reach base. Angelo Cantelo (Blue Island, Ill./Marian Catholic) hit a sacrifice fly to bring home Mikey Kocen (Beach Park, Ill.), and then McDevitt scored on the third error of the inning as Cain Headrick (Custer Park, Ill./Providence Catholic) reached base.

Lewis scored six more runs in the eighth to pull away as the Greyhounds committed three more errors. Kocen reached on an error to score Patrick Keaty (South Elgin, Ill./South Elgin), and McDevitt reached on a fielder's choice to bring Fox across the plate.

Headrick added a two-RBI double to score McDevitt and Krol to make it 10-3 Flyers. Michael Alt (Appleton, Wis./Kimberly) then reached on an error, and another error by the Indianapolis catcher scored Headrick before George Bilecki (Chicago, Ill./Marist) hit an RBI double as Alt came home to bring the score to 12-3.

The Greyhounds scored one more run in the ninth but could not get close as Lewis won 12-4. Colin Amsden (2-2) earned the win, throwing four innings in relief and allowing one run on two hits and a walk, striking out five batters.

GAME 2 TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 29-25 | Maryville 36-17

GAME 2 SUMMARY
Maryville scored first with a pair of runs in the top of the second. The Saints added another run in the sixth to make it 3-0.

Lewis scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh to take the lead as Maryville committed four errors. Cantelo doubled home McDevitt and Krol to get within one at 3-2.

Three more errors by the Saints led to Headrick and Alt scoring as the Flyers grabbed the lead. Kocen then singled to score Jackson Hunley (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie) and make it 5-3 Flyers.

Lewis added another run in the eighth as Cantelo doubled and later scored on a single by Alt. Maryville got two runners on base in the ninth but couldn't score and the Flyers secured the 6-3 victory.

Daniel Rosado (Burbank, Ill.) (2-2) picked up the win on the mound with three innings in relief, allowing one run on one hit and three walks, striking out three batters. Jackson Bruno (Chicago, Ill./Notre Dame Prep) earned his fourth save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning, allowing one hit and no walks.

UP NEXT
Lewis baseball advances to championship Sunday (May 12) and will face Maryville again at 9 a.m. CT. The winner will play Quincy at 12:30 p.m. CT for the GLVC Tournament Title.