Box Score – Game 1
Box Score – Game 2
HAVERFORD, Pa. – Tim McLean was 3-for-3 in game one with six RBIs, including a grand slam to lift Haverford to a 9-5 victory over Gettysburg in Centennial Conference baseball action on Sunday. The Fords (18-9, 7-8 CC) completed the sweep with a 9-7 win in game two.
McLean's grand slam in the fourth inning of game one was part of a seven-run fourth inning that propelled Haverford to the two victories, knocking the Bullets (12-17-1, 5-11 CC) out of the playoff race.
Brian Pernice (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown) led Gettysburg in the opener with a 4-for-4 performance, including a double and two-run home run, for his second four-hit game of the season. He is the only Bullet to tally four hits in a single game.
In the opener, Gettysburg grabbed an early 1-0 lead when Austin Ball (Farmingdale, NY/Hills East) scored on a Ben Carey (Colchester, CT/St. Bernard) single in the second inning.
McLean notched his first two RBIs of the afternoon in the bottom of the third with a bases-clearing single to give the Fords a 2-1 lead.
The Bullets regained the lead in the top of the fourth, however. Mike Luteran (Livingston, NJ/Livingston) drew a walk to lead off the inning. Pinch-runner Jon Giordano (Massapequa Park. NY/Massapequa) stole second before scoring on a Ball single. Jimmy McNamara (Webster, NY/Webster) followed with an RBI single of his own for the 3-2 advantage.
The Fords knotted the game at 3-all when Crispin Vary scored on passed ball, and took the lead for good when Dave Werthan scored on a Jonas Clark sacrifice fly to left.
After Ruhul Munshi walked to load the bases, McLean went yard to make it an 8-3 game.
Rob Borman (Chappaqua, NY/Horace Greeley) came on in relief of starter Ross Hempel (Marriottsville, MD/Glenelg) and gave up back-to-back doubles to make it 9-3.
Gettysburg got two of those runs back when Pernice hit his second homer of the season, a two-run knock in the sixth to set the final margin.
In the nightcap, Haverford's Brandon Mills led off with a single and went to third on a error to set up a Clark sacrifice fly and a 1-0 lead.
The Fords added three more in each of the second and third innings to open a 7-0 lead.
The Bullets dented into that lead with three runs in the top of the fifth. With one out, pinch hitter Pat Flynn (New York, NY/Poly Prep Country Day School) reached on an error before back-to-back walks loaded the bases. Pernice flew out to center to score Flynn before a Ball single and Haverford error allowed two more to score and make it 7-3.
After the Fords tallied twice more in the bottom half of the frame, Gettysburg added a single run in the sixth and three in the seventh for the 9-7 final.
The Bullets return to action on Tuesday at Villa Julie. Game time is 6 p.m.
| Score by Innings (Game 1) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
- |
R |
H |
E |
| Gettysburg (12-16-1, 5-10 CC) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
- |
5 |
11 |
1 |
| Haverford (17-9, 6-8 CC) |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
x |
- |
9 |
12 |
1 |
Ross Hempel, Rob Borman (4) and Mike Luteran; Adam Huron and Jim Thompson, Kenny McAlpine (4). WP: Huron. LP: Hempel (1-1). S: none. SO-BB: Hempel 1-4, Borman 0-2; Huron 3-2. 2B: Brian Pernice (G), Jonas Clark (H), John Oh (H), Ben Einbinder (H). HR: Brian Pernice (G), Tim McLean (H).
| Score by Innings (Game 1) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
- |
R |
H |
E |
| Gettysburg (12-17-1, 5-11 CC) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
- |
7 |
8 |
4 |
| Haverford (18-9, 7-8 CC) |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
x |
- |
9 |
11 |
4 |
Greg Urich, Brian Pernice (5), Tim Andriks (5) and Brendan McDonald; Nick Chanock, John Castronova (5), Rahul Munshi (6), Jon Berke (7) and Kenny McAlpine, Jim Thompson (6). WP: Chanock. LP: Urich (0-3). S: Berke. SO-BB: Urich 1-1, Pernice 0-5, Andricks 0-0; Chanock 1-3, Castronova 0-1, Munshi 1-1, Berke 0-0. 2B: Jonas Clark (H), Ben Einbinder (H).
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