ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – Drury won their fourth straight game with explosive offense performances and shutdown pitching in the sweep of Lewis to improve to 19-22.
 
GAME ONE – Drury 6, Lewis 3
Coming off the Panthers second doubleheader sweep of the season, Drury was in search of their third straight win.
 
Drury scored five runs in the first inning to take an early lead. Claire Nelson drove in Emma Niemczyk after she reached on an error. A Kaley Adzick double scored Landry Cochran. A second straight double from Isabel Ervin cleared the bases to score Adzick and Nelson.
 
Lewis responded in the bottom of the second with two runs of their own on two hits.
 
Still 5-2 in the bottom of the sixth, the Flyers scored on an RBI single from Chloe Kohnhorst to make it a 5-3 game.
 
The Flyers' tightening the game up did not faze the Panthers. An error by the Flyers put Niemczyk on first; she advanced on a walk by Nelson. Niemczyk scored the next at-bat on another double from Kaley Adzick.
 
Lewis threatened in the bottom of the seventh, but Jordyn Foley shut them down, giving Drury the 6-3 win.
 
GAME ONE NOTES

• Drury had five runs in the game with four walks.
• Kaley Adzick had two doubles in the win with two RBIs.
• Chloe Kohnhorst had three of Lewis' seven hits.
• Jordyn Foley improved to 9-8 in the complete game with three strikeouts.
• Jolee Strohmeyer was the losing pitcher after allowing six runs (two earned) and striking out three batters.
• The Flyers had five errors in the loss.
• Drury did not record an error in the win.

 
GAME TWO – Drury 13, Lewis 0 (5 inn.)
Similar to game one, the Panthers scored a run in the first inning on a solo home run from Claire Nelson.
 
Gabrielle Bax added a second run at the top of the second inning after a single scored Kenna Trower, who was running for Kelsey Palmer, who had singled to start the inning.
 
Drury opened the game up in the third inning with four runs on three hits and a Lewis error.
 
After Kaley Adzick put the Flyers down in order for the second straight inning, Drury scored two more in the top of the fourth inning on an RBI double from Isabel Ervin and a sac fly from Reece Anderson to set the Panthers up for the run-rule win.
 
In place for the run-rule win, Drury added five runs in the top of the fifth inning on five hits to put the game on ice and give the Panthers a 13-0 run-rule win.
 
GAME TWO NOTES

• Drury swept their third doubleheader of the season behind 13 hits.
• Lewis was held to two hits in the game.
• Gabrielle Bax had three hits in four at-bats with three RBIs.
• Claire Nelson hit her third career home run in the win.
• Madi Divis had two RBIs in the win.
• Kaley Adzick improved to 7-8 in the circle with the complete game win. She struck out three batters for her 200th career strikeout.
• Avery Flynn was the losing pitcher for Lewis. Flynn went 2.2 innings, allowing six runs. Olivia Shaw relieved Flynn with the final 2.1 innings and seven runs allowed.
• Drury has now won four straight games.

 
UP NEXT
Drury returns to Springfield on April 18 for a doubleheader against Quincy starting at noon.
 
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