Box Score – Game 1
Box Score – Game 2

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Brian Pernice (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown) notched six hits, including two doubles, five RBIs and four runs scored to lead Gettysburg to 13-0 and 15-9 victories in a Centennial Conference (CC) doubleheader at Swarthmore on Saturday.

With the Bullets' first shutout of 2004, skipper John Campo earned win No. 300. In his 18th season at Gettysburg (9-8-1, 2-2 CC), Campo is 301-286-11 after the sweep.

Jody Fisher led the Garnet (1-9, 0-4 CC) with four hits, including the only Swarthmore base hit in game one.

Dan Armstrong (Downingtown, PA/Downingtown) helped the Bullets snap their three-game slide with a complete game one-hit shutout, facing the minimum number of batters.

Gettysburg got things going in the opener with four unearned runs in the second inning, thanks to three Garnet errors.

Nate Smith (Milford, NY/Cooperstown) started the inning with a single before advancing to third on a failed pickoff attempt. Austin Ball (Farmingdale, NY/Hills East) reached on a throwing error, allowing Smith to score for the 1-0 lead.

With two outs, Chase Straub (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) started a rally with a single to right. Singles by Pernice, Ron Lettieri (South Hempstead, NY/South Side) and Brendan McDonald (Bennington, VT/Mt. Anthony Union) allowed the Bullets to gain the 4-0 advantage.

Down 5-0 in the bottom of the third, Fisher got Swarthmore's only hit of the ballgame, but was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double.

Gettysburg added three more runs in the fourth, two in the fifth and three in seventh for the final margin. The Bullets had their second error-free game of the spring and pounded out 14 hits in the first victory.

In the nightcap, the Garnet jumped out to a 5-0 lead after the first two innings before Gettysburg came back to take the victory.

Ian Adelstein and Fisher had back-to-back one-out singles in the home first before Matt Goldstein laced a double to left to score Adelstein and give the Garnet a 1-0 lead. A Sam Faeder RBI groundout pushed the lead to 2-0.

In the second, Dan Chamberlain doubled to open the inning and later scored on an Jacob Anguiano single to right to start the three-run frame.

The Bullets started their comeback with three and four runs in the next two innings to capture a 7-5 lead. The first four Gettysburg batters in the third reached safely.

With the bases loaded, McDonald grounded out to third, allowing Straub to score and cut the lead to 5-2. Mike Luteran (Livingston, NJ/Livingston) sent a fly ball to center, which allowed Pernice to score from third and make it a 5-3 game.

In the fourth, Ball led off with a single before scoring on the third consecutive walked issued in the inning. Pernice's first of two doubles in the contest gave the Bullets their first lead at 6-5.

Still with nobody out, Letteri walked to load the bases, leading to a pitching change. Zach Rider came on in relief of Noah Cooper-Harris to get three outs on three batters. Luteran had his second sacrifice fly of the game to score Pernice from third for the 7-5 advantage.

Gettysburg stretched the lead to 9-5 in the top of the fifth. With two aboard and two out, Pernice doubled to right to clear the bases.

Swarthmore pulled even once again in the bottom of the fifth, plating four runs on three hits.

The Bullets took the lead for good in the top of the sixth with four more runs before adding two in the seventh for the final margin.

Three of the first four hitters reached on singles for Gettysburg in the sixth. A Straub double cleared the bases before Pernice added an RBI single.

After batting around in the sixth, Luteran once again led off the seventh with a single. Smith reached on a bunt single to put two on with no outs. Ball reached on a fielder's choice to put runners on the corners before Ben Carey (Colchester, CT/St. Bernard) singled to bring home Luteran. Ball stole home for the final run of the game.

Joe Gossweiler (Florham Park, NJ/Hanover Park) lasted just an inning and two-thirds, giving up five runs on six hits. Greg Urich (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) pitched the next 2 2/3 innings, striking out three before giving way to Ross Hempel (Marriotsville, MD/Glenelg) in the fifth. Hempel struck out four Garnet batters for his first victory.

As a team in game two, the Bullets had a season-high 17 hits. Lettieri finished the day with five hits, five RBIs and two runs scored in the pair of games.

Gettysburg returns to action on Tuesday at McDaniel. Game time is 3 p.m.

Dan Armstrong and Mike Luteran, Mike Schmidt (6); Matt Goldstein, Alex Ryan-Bond (6) and Chris Rose. WP: Armstrong (2-1). LP: Goldstein. S: none. SO-BB: Armstrong 1-0; Goldstein 5-2, Ryan-Bond 2-2. 2B: Mike Schmidt (G).

Joe Gossweiler, Greg Urich (2), Ross Hempel (5) and Brendan McDonald; Noah Cooper-Harris, Zach Rider (4), Jacob Anguiano (5), Carlton Davis (6) and Chris Rose. WP: Hempel (1-0). LP: Anguiano. S: none. SO-BB: Gossweiler 0-0, Urich 3-1, Hempel 4-0; Cooper-Harris 0-5, Rider 0-0, Anguiano 0-0, Davis 0-1. 2B: Brian Pernice 2 (G), Ben Carey (G), Chase Straub (G), Carlton Davis (S), Matt Goldstein (S), Dan Chamberlain (S).

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