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GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Senior third baseman Mike Backus and junior outfielder Cam Riera each went 3-for-5 as part of a 14-hit attack, but Dickinson College was one better, stroking 15 hits as the Red Devils handed the Bullets a 12-4 loss in Centennial Conference baseball action Friday afternoon at Kirchhoff Field.

Gettysburg (9-10, 1-4 CC) trailed 5-4 after four innings, but Dickinson scored seven unanswered runs to end the game. The Red Devils plated two in the fifth before breaking the game open with a five-run seventh.

With the win, Dickinson (5-14, 2-4 CC) snapped a seven-game losing streak against the Bullets, earning its first victory over Gettysburg since a 6-5 win in 2006.

The Bullets, who posted their highest hit total since knocking 18 in a win at Juniata College on March 17, left 13 runners on base. All but two of Gettysburg's starters hit safely.

Freshman designated hitter Pat Cody continued to hit well for Gettysburg, finishing 2-for-4 with a double in his second collegiate start. He is now 10-for-14 on the season.

Senior outfielder Kevin Langhauser added two hits for the Bullets while Backus finished with a pair of RBIs. With his three singles, Backus moved into fifth on Gettysburg's career hit list, pushing his total to 152. Senior Craig Barrows scored two runs for the Bullets.

Evan Farha led Dickinson at the plate, going 4-for-4 with two runs while Tyler Rosa was 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs, and five RBIs. Garrett Horan was 3-for-4 with four runs while Andrew Sterling had three RBIs.

Freshman Andrew Mauro (1-1) threw 7 1/3 innings to earn his first collegiate win for Dickinson, yielding all four runs (three earned) on 12 hits and three walks while striking out four.

The Red Devils never trailed after Rosa blasted a three-run homer to left-center against Bullet starter Mike Sweeney in the first. Junior Matt Karis, making his first collegiate start at first base, cut it to 3-1 with a towering RBI-double in the second, but Dickinson came back with two in the third to make it 5-1.

Gettysburg put up a pair of runs on three hits and two errors in the third, then pulled to within a run after a RBI-single from Backus in the fourth. However, that would turn out to be the Bullets final run, as Mauro and reliever Brett Friedman combined to shut out Gettysburg the rest of the way. Friedman threw the final 1 2/3 innings.

The Devils made it 7-4 after a two-run, two-hit fifth before erupting with a five-run, six-hit seventh in which 10 batters came to the plate. Dickinson ripped four straight hits at point, including a two-run triple from Sterling.

Gettysburg stranded seven runners over the last five innings and left the bases loaded in the sixth.

Freshman Ryan Taylor and sophomore Michael Odierna combined to shut out Dickinson over the final 2 2/3. Taylor got the Bullets out of the seventh by retiring the only two batters he faced, and Odierna hurled two innings of one-hit ball.

The Bullets return to Centennial Conference play on Saturday, when they visit Washington (Md.) College at 12:30 p.m. for a doubleheader.