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LANCASTER, Pa. – Sophomore Brett Norton allowed just one earned run in 6 1/3 innings, but the Gettysburg College baseball team lost 8-3 at Franklin & Marshall College in a Centennial Conference match-up at a windy Caplan Field Tuesday afternoon.

The Bullets (7-11, 1-2 CC) trailed just 2-1 through the first six innings before the Diplomats (10-10, 2-1 CC) broke it open with three runs in both the seventh and eighth.

Mike Duranti (2-2) earned the win for F&M, going 8 2/3 while yielding three runs on four hits and five walks. He had seven strikeouts and retired 17 straight batters from the first through the sixth.

Avery Attinson led the Dips at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs while Mike Amabile smacked two doubles.

Gettysburg threatened early, loading the bases with nobody out in the top of the first, started by a leadoff single by freshman Patrick O'Grady. But the Bullets were able to score just one run, as Duranti got out of it with a double play and a groundout before tossing five straight perfect innings from the second through the sixth.

F&M came back to take a 2-1 lead before getting its first hit. The Diplomats tied it in the first with a leadoff walk, an error, a sacrifice bunt, and a groundout, then went ahead in the third on a leadoff walk followed by a passed ball, a wild pitch, and a sacrifice fly. J.T. Triantos recorded F&M's first hit with a one-out single in the third but was left stranded.

The Bullets had another scoring opportunity in the seventh, putting runners on first and second when freshman Nate Simon singled leading off before sophomore Pat Cody walked two batters later. But Duranti again proved elusive, getting a strikeout and groundout to quell the threat.

The hosts went up 5-1 with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Russell Tischler led off with a double and scored on a one-out single from Attinson. Norton left after yielding a single to Alex Vescera. The Bullets were one out from escaping the jam after senior reliever Kyle Conklin induced a flyout, but a an infield single by Triantos coupled with a throwing error allowed two runs to score.

F&M added three runs on four hits in the eighth.

Gettysburg sent eight batters to the plate in the ninth and actually had the tying run on deck with two outs, but that's when Brendan McCreary came on to record a two-pitch save, ending the game on a groundout to himself. Junior Clint O'Brien drove in a run with a single during the inning while freshman Cam MacDonald drew a bases-loaded walk to chase Duranti.

Gettysburg and F&M meet again on Friday, when the Diplomats visit Kirchhoff Field at 3:30 p.m.