ST. LOUIS – Junior John Hilpert went 4-for-4 in game with a walk-off RBI single to help the University of Missouri-St. Louis baseball team to a 5-4 win in the first of two games against Lewis on Saturday. The Flyers took the nightcap, 9-5.
 
UMSL and Lewis close out the series tomorrow at 12 p.m. in a single game.
 
Records: UMSL (4-12, 2-7 GLVC), Lewis (7-8, 5-6 GLVC)
 
GAME 1: UMSL 5, Lewis 4
The Tritons rallied for the win with two runs on four hits in the bottom of the seventh, including Hilpert's walk-off RBI single. Redshirt junior Matt DiMemmo added an RBI single in that frame that tied the game at 4-4.
 
UMSL out-hit the Flyers, 11-6. DiMemmo and sophomore Mitchel Becher finished with two hits each.
 
Junior Clayton Stephens recorded a two-run pinch hit homer in the sixth that brought UMSL within 4-3.
 
Freshman Jake Uselton picked up his first collegiate win, going one and one-thirds of an inning in relief.
 
GAME 2: Lewis 9, UMSL 5
The Flyers pulled away from a 5-5 tie with a four-run sixth.
 
The Tritons had jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first, getting those runs on two hits, including an RBI single from Becher.
 
Becher also recorded an RBI single in the second to make it 4-2, while in the fifth inning, junior Bryce Burton knotted the score at 5-5 with a solo home run.
 
Both teams recorded eight hits, while the Tritons left 12 runners on base after also drawing six walks.