Box Score

WESTMINSTER, Md. – McDaniel College rallied from 7-0 and 13-11 deficits as the host Green Terror defeated Gettysburg 14-13 in a Centennial Conference slugfest that featured 26 hits Friday afternoon to sweep the season series.

McDaniel (14-8, 7-4 CC) broke a 13-13 tie in the bottom of the eighth with Matthew Pace's second sacrifice fly of the game.

With the loss, Gettysburg (13-16, 6-6 CC) fell to 1.5 games behind McDaniel and Johns Hopkins (7-4 CC) for the fourth and final conference playoff spot.

The Bullets, who out-hit McDaniel 14-12, were led by junior Kevin Langhauser (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge), who finished 3-for-5 with his conference-leading sixth triple, three runs, and three RBIs while pushing his hitting streak to 12, and senior Scott Vladyka (Stanhope, N.J./Lenape Valley Regional), who went 2-for-5 with a double and a career-high five RBIs.

Junior Craig Barrows (Whippany, N.J./Whippany Park) went 2-for-4 with three runs while freshman Augie Stadtmueller (Bernardsville, N.J./Bernards) was 2-for-4 with a pair of runs. Sophomore Matt Karis (Southborough, Mass./Noble & Greenough) and freshman Drew Roy (Needham, Mass./Needham) contributed two hits apiece.

Gettysburg scored all of its runs from the second through the sixth, and took a 3-0 lead in the second courtesy of a three-run double from Vladyka off starter Chase Wolf. The Bullets piled on four more runs in the fourth to assume their 7-0 advantage. Sophomore Cam Riera (Medway, Mass./Medway) capped the four-hit inning with a two-run single.

Junior starter Derek Zaleski (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield) blanked the Green Terror over the first three innings before running into trouble in the fourth. Harold Baines put McDaniel on the scoreboard with a two-run homer, and the Terror added two more runs to make it a 7-4 game.

The Bullets added another run in the fifth, when Barrows led off with a triple against reliever Joe Drzonsc and scored on a groundout two batters later. But that's when McDaniel answered with a seven spot in the bottom of the frame to take an 11-8 lead. All seven of the runs were unearned, due to a pair of Bullet errors and a passed ball.

Undeterred, Gettysburg rallied with five runs in the top of the sixth. After Barrows drew a bases-loaded walk, Langhauser cleared the bases with a triple as the Bullets reclaimed the lead. Vladyka drove in Langhauser with a single off reliever Ryan Graves to make it 13-11.

Junior Michael Sweeney (Bethesda, Md./St. Anselm's Abbey School), who took the mound in the fifth, worked a three-up, three-down sixth but yielded two runs on four singles in the seventh. Sophomore Kyle Conklin (Wantage, N.J./High Point) came on in the eighth and walked leadoff hitter Russell Coover. After a flyout, Andrew Worm was hit with a pitch. Both runners moved up on a wild pitch before Pace's go-ahead sac fly.

Danny Sight relieved in the ninth for McDaniel, and the Bullets had the tying run on when senior Sam Stabert (Wynnewood, Pa./Lower Merion) drew a one-out walk. But Sight retired the next two batters to pick up his third save of the season.

Graves (3-1) threw 2 1/3 innings of shutout ball to earn the win while Conklin (1-1) was charged with the loss.

Gettysburg continues its four-day, six-game Centennial Conference stretch when it hosts Haverford College, which is in third place in the conference standings with a 10-4 league mark, on Saturday in a doubleheader starting at 12:30 p.m.