Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Gettysburg sliced an 8-2 deficit to one run in the bottom of the eighth, but a pair of relief pitchers blanked the Bullets over the final 1 1/3 innings as Lebanon Valley College spoiled Senior Day at Kirchhoff Field with a 10-7 non-conference victory on a blustery Tuesday afternoon.

Before the game, the Bullets eight seniors were honored in a brief ceremony.

Lebanon Valley used a five-run fifth to go up 7-2 before adding a single run in the seventh. The Flying Dutchmen's Jake Becker carried a five-hitter into the eighth, when four hits and two errors resulted in five unearned runs. But reliever Ian Younker got out of it with an inning-ending lineout.

After the Dutchmen tacked on two insurance runs in the ninth, junior Cam Riera led off the bottom of the frame with a single before Dustin Deibert came on to retire three straight Bullets and pick up the save.

Grant Wiest led a 15-hit attack for Lebanon Valley (22-11), going 4-for-5 with four runs and three RBIs. Colt Zarilla went 3-for-5 while Kevin Greene scored three runs.

Riera finished with two hits for Gettysburg (15-20) while senior Craig Barrows had two RBIs. Freshman Pat Cody scored two runs and singled to stretch his hitting streak to 10.

Senior John Antrim-Cashin tossed a 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for the Bullets while classmate Matt Zwaan also had a memorable Senior Day. In his first collegiate at-bat, Zwaan stepped in as a pinch-hitter leading off the fifth. He went after the first pitch and singled past the first baseman, drawing a raucous cheer from the bench, before stealing second later in the inning.

Lebanon Valley never trailed after scoring twice in the second against senior starter Derek Zaleski. But the Bullets tied it with single runs in the second and the fourth.

The Dutchmen went ahead to stay with its five-run, six-hit fifth against senior reliever Mike Sweeney. But with runners on second and third, Antrim-Cashin prevented further damage when the first batter he faced struck out looking.

In the eighth, Riera got things started with a leadoff single. After senior Mike Backus reached on an error, the Dutchmen were one out away from escaping without allowing a run before Barrows roped an RBI single up the middle. Backus then crossed the plate on a double steal before two more runs scored on an outfield error and a single from sophomore Clint O'Brien. Freshman Drew Hoppes capped the inning by drilling Younker's first pitch into right-center for an RBI-single to make it 8-7.

Back-to-back one-out doubles and a two-out RBI-single accounted for LVC's final two runs in the ninth against freshman John Donovan.

Becker (5-1) went 7 2/3 innings, yielding eight hits and two walks while striking out four. Only one of his seven runs was earned. Sweeney (0-4) was charged with the loss.

Gettysburg concludes its season on Wednesday, when it visits Susquehanna University in another non-conference game starting at 4 p.m.