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FORT PIERCE, Fla. – Freshman Nate Simon smacked a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth and the Gettysburg College baseball team defeated Centenary College 5-4 on the third day of its spring break trip to Florida.

Gettysburg (4-5) which is now 4-1 on its southern swing, led 3-0 after the first inning, only to see the Cyclones (2-3) tie it 4-4 with a two-run ninth.

Sophomore Pat Cody and senior Chris Simard sparked the Bullets in the ninth with back-to-back singles. Freshman Austin Davis pinch ran for Cody before a wild pitch moved the runners up to second and third. Junior Clint O'Brien was then intentionally walked before Simon's game-winning hit.

Simon finished the night 3-for-5 while freshman Patrick O'Grady went 2-for-4. O'Brien and senior Matt Karis both smacked solo home runs while Karis also scored two runs.

Sophomore John Donovan threw well in his first start of the season for Gettysburg, allowing just one run on five hits and no walks over 7 1/3 innings while racking up a career-high eight strikeouts. Junior Drew Roy gave up two runs over 2/3 of an inning before freshman Drew Felsenthal tossed the final inning to pick up his first collegiate win in his second career appearance, allowing one run on one hit and a walk while striking out one.

Centenary threw four different pitchers, with reliever Patrick Williams (1-1) suffering the loss in one inning of work.

Gettysburg took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first, and Donovan blanked the Cyclones until the eighth, when they put two runs on the scoreboard. The Bullets added a run in the bottom of the inning to make it 4-2 before Centenary tied it with its two-run ninth.

The Bullets take Wednesday off before taking on 14th-ranked St. Scholastica in a single game at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday.