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Joel Rotkvich
Steve Woltmann
Joel Rotkvich had two hits and two runs scored in game two.
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Lewis LEWIS 19-15
14
Winner Quincy QU 27-8
Lewis LEWIS
19-15
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Final
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Quincy QU
27-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lewis LEWIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1
Quincy QU 0 3 7 1 1 2 X 14 15 2

W: Shull, Braden (5-1) L: Talarico, Robert (0-3)

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Winner Lewis LEWIS 20-15
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Quincy QU 27-9
Winner
Lewis LEWIS
20-15
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Final
5
Quincy QU
27-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lewis LEWIS 3 1 0 4 1 4 3 16 19 1
Quincy QU 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0

W: Herron, Jake (4-3) L: Crawford, Cole (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Lewis Baseball Splits Non-League Doubleheader At Quincy (L 14-1, W 16-5)

QUINCY, Ill. – Lewis and Quincy played a pair of similar games with different outcomes on Wednesday (April 20) afternoon. The two Great Lakes Valley Conference teams split the non-conference doubleheader. Quincy won game one 14-1 while Lewis won game two 16-5. Being non-conference, both games were seven-inning contests.

Game One – Quincy 14, Lewis 1 (HTML Box | PDF Box)
The Hawks went ahead in the second with a three-run spot. They put it away the next half inning thanks to a seven-run third inning. The Flyers were out-hit 15-3 in the game.

Lewis' lone run came in the seventh inning on a solo home run by freshman Zach Parker (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South). Now 12 different Flyers have a home run on the season.

Freshman Robert Talarico (Joliet, Ill./Joliet West) took the loss for Lewis. He is now 0-3. Braden Shull went six innings for the Hawks for the win. He improves his record to 5-1.

Game Two – Lewis 16, Quincy 5 (HTML Box | PDF Box)
The Flyers pushed a run across every inning but the second. A three-run first inning got the Flyers offense going. Junior Brandon Collins (Tinley Park, Ill./Lincoln Way North) led the game off with a double. It was one of his three hits in the game. Senior Kurt Becker (Palatine, Ill./Palatine) also had three hits and knocked in three runs.

Each Lewis starter had a hit and a run scored. Sophomore Ethan Bloom (Schaumburg, Ill./Hoffman Estates), senior Austin Mastela (Homer Glen, Ill./Lockport) and freshman Connor Rutherford (DePere, Wis./DePere) each had a home run.

It was 16-0 entering the seventh inning when the Hawks scored five runs to make the final an 11-run difference.

The visitors out-hit Quincy 19-5.

Junior Jake Herron (Joliet, Ill./Joliet West) started for Lewis. He went three innings, allowing no runs and one hit to get the win (4-3). Cole Crawford took the loss for Quincy (1-2).

The Hawks are now 27-9. Lewis is 20-15. The Flyers are back in action on Saturday (April 23) in a GLVC doubleheader at Southern Indiana. Note the first pitch of 2 p.m. The doubleheader was originally scheduled to start at noon.


 
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