UMSL’s Zach Beattie hit a solo homer in the Tritons’ loss to Lewis on Friday. (Photo courtesy: UMSL Athletics)
| NCAA Baseball | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #8 Lewis (27-25) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| #5 UMSL (30-22) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
WP: Michael Sclafani (8-4) LP: Elmore, RJ – UMSL (4-5) SV: Jackson Bruno (3)
DeMarcus Dixon
Staff Writer
MARION, IL — The University of Missouri-St. Louis baseball team had its 2024 season come to an end on Friday, when the Tritons were eliminated from the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament by a 5-2 loss to Lewis University in a game at at Mtn. Dew Park.
The Flyers (27-25), seeded eighth, took advantage of a pair of Triton errors to load the bases in the second inning against RJ Elmore. Thomas Fox made them pay clearing the bases with a double to deep left center that went in and out of Bryce Kulinski’s glove to make it 3-0.
UMSL, seeded fifth, had a chance to cut into the lead in the home half of the third. With one out, Jake Issacs singled to right and Barrett Rose doubled down the left field line to put two in scoring a position but a pop out and a strikeout ended the threat.
The Tritons got on the board in the fifth as Zach Beatty led off the inning with a home run to right. Isaacs then reached on an error by the second baseman, stole second, advanced to third on Rose’s fly out to right and scored on Andrew Buescher’s ground out to first.
Lewis countered with two in the top of the sixth as Michael Alt led off the inning with an infield single and scored on George Bilecki’s two-run home run to right center.
UMSL narrowly missed back-to-back home runs from Mitchell Green and Logan Mantz as both hit balls to deep left, but were caught at the fence by Cain Headrick.
The Tritons only had one baserunner reach in the final three innings as Justin Simard led off the seventh inning to left center but that was UMSL’s last hit of the contest.
The Tritons had six hits in the contest with Rose recording two of those while Isaacs, Mantz, Simard and Beatty had one apiece. Elmore took the loss giving up five runs, two earned, on eight hits with a strikeout.
UMSL finishes the season with a record of 30-22.
UMSL sports information contributed to this story.
SCORING SUMMARY
| Logo | Team | Inning | Play Description | LEWIS | UMSL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | LEWIS | 2nd | T. Fox doubled to center field, 3 RBI (1-0 B); P. Keaty scored, unearned; M. Alt scored, unearned; C. Headrick scored, unearned. | 3 | 0 |
 | UMSL | 5th | Beatty, Z. homered to right field, RBI (3-2 FKBBB). | 3 | 1 |
| UMSL | 5th | Buescher, A. grounded out to 1b unassisted, RBI (2-2 SFBB); Isaacs, J. scored, unearned. | 3 | 2 |
| LEWIS | 6th | G. Bilecki homered to right field, 2 RBI (1-1 KB); M. Alt scored. | 5 | 2 |