O'FALLON, Missouri -  The Lyon College Scots baseball team relied on its bats and the complete game pitching of Clayton Burke to defeat the William Woods Owls 10-7 in the opening round of the American Midwest Conference tournament on Wednesday morning.

The Scots (34-19) score five times in the bottom of the first inning. Alec White walked with the bases loaded to score Troy Strack. Aaron Hurd singled to left field to score Alan West and Joe Weatherford, then Chris Lara grounded out to the second baseman, but White scored on the play. Kaden Doan singled to left field to bring in Hurd and put the Scots up 5-0.

William Woods scored four times in the third inning and added another run in the top of the sixth to tie the game 5-5. 

The Scots grabbed the lead back in the bottom of the sixth inning when West singled and Doan scored to make it 6-5.

Lyon College added four more runs in the bottom of the seventh to go up 10-5. Lara started the scoring with a sacrifice fly to bring in Hurd. Evan Hylek singled to center to score Doan, Weatherford walked with the bases loaded to bring in Hylek and Strack scored on a wild pitch.

The Owls scored twice in the top of the eighth inning, but Burke shut them down in the ninth. Burke pitched a full nine-inning game and struckout seven batters.

The Scots advance to the semifinals of the winners bracket at 10 a.m. on Thursday against Columbia College.