USI Comes Up Short Against Lewis

The USI baseball team had their hot streak cooled by Lewis Friday night, 8-5.

5-3 ... across town at u-s-i... screaming eagles fans were hoping southern indiana could push their hot streak to 5 in a row against lewis ... ............... eagles threatening early ... with two on and two out in the second ... and the pride of mount vernon ... bryce krizan delivers with a bloop to shallow center ... plating wyatt daly with the icebreaker ... ................ meanwhile ... u-s- i hurler austin gossman was in cruise control early ... .............. scary moment in the second ... a two-out fly to center ... sophomore austin moody gives chase ... put the clamps on it ... but a cataclysmic collision with the left fielder knocks the ball loose ... putting a runner on third ... and knocking moody out of the game ... ................ but gossman comes back to end the threat with his favorite letter "k" ... preserving the 1-0 screaming eagle lead ... .............. in the third ... the flyers have a runner on third again ... anthony rios lifts a dying quail to center ... moody's replacement steven molinet comes up with the diving snag ... but it's still deep enough to tally the equalizer ... lewis goes onto take a 8-1 lead into the ninth ... u-s-i rallies but comes up short ... 8-5 the final to the majors and the city of brotherly love