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The UIS baseball team opened Saturday's doubleheader with a thrilling 4-3 comeback victory over Lewis, but the Flyers responded in the second game, holding off a late UIS rally for an 8-6 win. The teams will meet again Sunday at noon to decide the series.

GAME ONE | W, 4-3

  • Lewis took the early lead, striking in the first inning on an RBI double. The Flyers added another run in the third on a wild pitch, putting UIS in a 2-0 hole.
  • The Prairie Stars got on the board in the fourth thanks to Noah Caceres, who launched a solo home run to right field to cut the deficit in half.
  • Lewis tacked on another run in the sixth, capitalizing on an error to extend its lead to 3-1.
  • In the seventh, Ty Hollandsworth singled before Ivan Dahlberg crushed a two-run homer to right to tie the game at 3-3 and force extras. 
  • Kannon Walker took over on the mound and made quick work of Lewis in the eighth, retiring the Flyers in order. 
  • In the bottom half, Ethan Bowers led off with a single, and after UIS loaded the bases, Michael Paule delivered the decisive blow, lining an RBI single to left to give the Prairie Stars a 4-3 walk-off victory.

GAME TWO | L, 8-6

  • In what started as a pitcher's duel, Lewis struck first with a solo home run in the third, then added a two-run fourth and a pair of unearned runs in the fifth to build a 5-0 lead.
  • UIS finally broke through in the bottom of the fifth when Mack Clark singled home Drew Ezard to put the Prairie Stars on the board.
  • The Flyers put up another two-run inning in the sixth for a 7-1 lead.
  • UIS refused to go quietly, erupting for five runs in the seventh. Nate Bingman sparked the surge with an RBI double before Clark scored on a balk, and Dahlberg stayed hot with a two-run single to bring the Prairie Stars within two.
  • Lewis managed to escape the bases-loaded jam, sealing the win. 
  • Mark Decicco (0-2) took the loss, while Brayden Mayer and Jack Winterbauer worked in relief.

Up Next
UIS (7-6) and Lewis (6-5) will face off one last time in the series finale, a nine-inning matchup set for Sunday at noon.
 

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