Box Score
LANCASTER, Pa. – Eric Milavsky was 2-for-3 and drove in two runs as Franklin & Marshall downed visiting Gettysburg 6-1 in Centennial Conference (CC) baseball action on Friday.
Brian Pernice (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown) extended his current hitting streak to 11 games, leading the Bullets (10-11-1, 3-5 CC) with a 3-for-5 day at the plate. It was also his eighth multiple-hit game of his rookie campaign.
Dave Stahlman went eight innings for the Diplomats (16-9, 8-1 CC), allowing just one earned run on 10 hits. He also struck out five in his third win of the season.
Brian Spicer (Haddonfield, NJ/Haddonfield) lasted just an inning and a third, giving up four earned runs for his second loss.
In a pattern similar to the start of Tuesday's game, Spicer retired the three batters he faced in the first inning before Dan Weber started the home second with a single. After Gary Kruger walked, Scott Haft doubled home Weber for a 1-0 advantage.
Corey Caruthers walked to load the bases and Dan Hanecak grounded into a fielder's choice for his only RBI of the afternoon.
Hanecak stole second before Milavsky singled to clear the bases and give the Diplomats a 4-0 lead.
Spicer gave way to Tobin Whitman (Lyme Center, NH/Hanover), who came on to retire the next two batters.
Gettysburg got one of those runs back in the fourth when Mike Luteran (Livingston, NJ/Livingston) led off with his first of two singles. Pinch-runner Jon Giordano (Massapequa Park, NY/Massapequa) advanced to second on Brendan McDonald's (Bennington, VT/St. Anthony Union) lone base hit. Giordano moved up to third on a fielder's choice before scoring on a Mike Cipolloni (Riegelsville, PA/Germantown Academy) RBI groundout.
Franklin & Marshall added two unearned runs in the bottom of the eighth, in part due to back-to-back Bullet errors.
Whitman went the final 6 2/3 innings, allowing the two unearned runs on six hits with one strikeout.
Gettysburg returns to action on Saturday at home for a doubleheader against Ursinus. Game time is 1 p.m.
| Score by Innings |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
- |
R |
H |
E |
| Gettysburg (10-11-1, 3-5 CC) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
1 |
10 |
2 |
| Franklin & Marshall (16-9, 8-1 CC) |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
- |
6 |
9 |
0 |
Brian Spicer, Tobin Whitman (2) and Mike Luteran; Dave Stahlman, Pete Maki (9) and Dan Weber. WP: Stahlman (3-1). LP: Spicer (1-2). S: none. SO-BB: Spicer 0-2, Whitman 1-0; Stahlman 5-2, Maki 1-0. 2B: Brian Pernice (G), Scott Haft (F).
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