Game 1 Box Score | Game 2 Box Score

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Gettysburg College baseball team was swept by host Catholic University in its season-opening, non-conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon.

The Cardinals (2-1) won the opener 9-8 before picking up a 7-3 victory in the nightcap.

Sophomore Pat Cody led the Bullets in the opener, going 3-for-4 with a double. Gettysburg led 7-6 heading into the fifth inning, when Catholic pushed across three runs against a pair of relievers. The Cardinals loaded the bases with two outs against junior Michael Odierna (0-1) before leadoff hitter Matt Grieb clouted a three-run triple against sophomore Brett Norton. Norton settled in to retire his final four batters.

Gettysburg put up a rally in the top of the seventh, as senior Chris Simard reached on an error leading off before scoring three batters later on a pop-out to second. But with runners on first and second, Marc Hanna induced a game-ending 6-4-3 double play.

Sophomore Ryan Taylor started on the mound for Gettysburg and came away with a no-decision, allowing six runs on eight hits over four innings while striking out six. Robin Mowatt (1-0) picked up the win in relief, throwing two innings of one-run ball.

Simard finished with three runs and a two-run double for the Bullets while junior Clint O'Brien was 2-for-3 with a pair of runs. Sophomore Drew Hoppes had three RBIs on three sacrifice flies.

Catholic set the tone early in Game Two, as Dave Grear blasted a grand slam in the bottom of the first to give the Cardinals a 4-0 lead. The hosts went up 6-0 before the Bullets got on the scoreboard on a solo home run by freshman Tommy LeNoir in the fifth.

Senior Matt Karis (0-1) tossed a complete game in the nightcap, allowing eight hits and striking out two.

Ron Esposito (1-0) worked five innings of three-hit ball while striking out five to earn the win for Catholic.

Gettysburg returns to the diamond on Sunday, when it visits Stevenson University for a non-conference, nine-inning game at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, Md. starting at 2 p.m.