INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Indianapolis baseball team celebrated senior day with a 11-5 win over the Lewis Flyers, taking the four-game series 3-1 and moving to 32-17 with a 17-15 conference record.
 
Prior to the contest, the Hounds celebrated a group of 13 seniors. The group included Isaac Bair, Aaron Blake, Jared Bujdos, Brandon DeWitt, Nick Foy, Cameron Ginter, Brian Keeney, Kase Lawson, Wyatt Phillips, Adam Rakestraw, Reid Rector, Denton Shepler and Brady Ware.
 
In the process of the 11-5 victory, Bair had a quality day going 2-3 with four RBIs and a walk. The Greyhounds bullpen was lights out as well with Diego Cardenas, Frankie Klemm, Phillips, Ginter and Foy all combining for three and two-thirds innings of one run baseball.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The contest was a tale of back-and-forth offensive punches, but it seemed every punch the Flyer's threw, the Hounds answered back bigger. The first saw both squads put up zeros, but it was the second where a Chris McDevitt two-run homer put the Flyers up.
 
Refusing to be beaten on senior day, Bair got the Hounds two of their own, roping a ball into right for two RBIs. A DeWitt single into center and later a Drew Donaldson double off the wall in right center made it 5-2 after the second.
 
The Flyers continued to fight however, putting up two more in the top of the third to eat into the Hounds' lead. But it was a no-fly-zone for the Hounds on a humid Sunday as Bujdos hit a lazer of a double down the left field line that scored Shepler and Ware. A Bair sac-fly to left and then a Easton Good tri9ple added on two more. Finally, Donaldson added another RBI, with a sacrifice fly to right.
 
The Hounds and Flyers would trade runs in the sixth as well, with Bair floating a ball into left field for his fourth RBI of the day. The Hounds would put in a plethora of seniors in the final innings, with Rector launching a ball into left center that was mere inches from being a home run, with Rector settling for a double instead. A combo of Ginter and Foy would close the contest, leaving the game 11-5 and the Hounds with a series victory.
 
HOUND BYTES
Al Ready on the team's successful senior day…
"It was a great series for the Greyhounds, to cap it off with a win on senior day is the icing on the cake. We were able to get almost everybody in, the only senior I didn't get in was Aaron Blake, he's been outstanding for us with his schedule with nursing school and everything. I'm just so proud of the guys, all of them have worked so hard over the last four and five years, to be able to able to cap it off with a big GLVC series win against a tough Lewis team and to be able to ride that into the GLVC tournament, you can't ask for anything more."
 
Rector on his double in the last inning…
"Felt amazing, kind of a surreal moment, something that is picture perfect ideal, especially after graduating and this being my last year of baseball, it's something precious in my eyes."
 
UP NEXT
The Hounds await to find out who they will play in the GLVC conference tournament. Stay tuned to @UIndyAthletics on Twitter for more information.