ST. LOUIS, MO. – Freshman catcher Jacob Stoker recorded two hits, including his first collegiate home run, to help the University of Missouri-St. Louis baseball team to a 5-4 win over Lewis on Monday in the finale of the three game GLVC series.
 
Stoker's long ball came in the seventh inning that broke a 4-4 tie and proved to be the game-winner for the Tritons. Defensively, Stoker also caused havoc for the Flyers on the base paths, throwing out two runners trying to steal second.
 
Records: UMSL (1-12, 1-2 GLVC), Lewis (7-5, 2-1 GLVC)
 
Junior Ryan Siverly earned in the win in relief, tossing three scoreless innings. He scattered two hits, both of which came in the ninth inning, but he was able to work out of the jam, leaving runners at first and third to end the game.
 
Junior Bobby Shallenberger went four and one-thirds in the start with Lewis scoring four unearned runs on him. Those all came in the fourth inning after a pair of two-out Triton errors and gave the guests a 4-1 lead.
 
UMSL evened the score at 4-4 in the sixth with two of those runs coming on two outs. A one-out pinch hit RBI groundout from freshman Keaton Bruegenhemke began the scoring, while junior Andrew Hayden and freshman Mitchel Becher each followed with RBI singles.
 
Stoker scored three runs in the game, including in the first inning, when he led off with a single before coming home on the fly ball to center from junior Jackson Dvorak.
 
UMSL recorded hits as a team, while Lewis tallied seven and left 10 runners on base.
 
Up Next: UMSL travels down I-70 tomorrow to face future GLVC member Lindenwood in a single nine-inning game at 1 p.m.