Box Score

CARLISLE, Pa. – Sophomore John Donovan pitched into the eighth inning and the Gettysburg College baseball team jumped on top early en route to an 8-5 win over host Dickinson College in Centennial Conference action on an unseasonably hot Monday afternoon.

Gettysburg (9-16, 3-7 CC) outhit Dickinson 13-8, with all but one starter hitting safely. Freshman Patrick O'Grady was one of five Bullets to finish with multiple hits, going 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs. Freshman Tommy LeNoir was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs while freshman Nate Simon, senior Matt Karis, and sophomore Pat Cody all had two hits as the Bullets snapped a four-game skid.

Donovan (1-2) held the Red Devils (14-13, 1-9 CC) to a pair of runs over the first seven innings as the Bullets built a 6-2 lead. After the first two batters of the game were hit by a pitch, Gettysburg touched starter Will Daley for three runs, getting an RBI-single from Karis and a two-run single from LeNoir.

Dickinson answered with an unearned run in the first, but the Bullets pushed across three more in the third. Freshman Cam MacDonald drew a bases-loaded walk before O'Grady greeted reliever Matt Vidal with an RBI-single. Another run scored on a groundout as Gettysburg took a 6-1 advantage.

The Red Devils added a run in the fourth, and after Vidal blanked the Bullets from the fourth through the sixth, O'Grady connected for a two-run double to make it 8-2.

Dickinson threatened in the eighth, and after the Nos. 1-2 hitters doubled and walked leading off, sophomore Brett Norton came on in relief. Norton got out of the inning but not before three runs crossed the plate on a single and pair of fielder choices. However, he induced three straight groundouts in the ninth.

Donovan finished with three strikeouts and two walks. Daley (3-3) was charged with the loss, allowing six runs over 2 1/3 innings.

Gettysburg resumes its schedule on Tuesday, when it visits Johns Hopkins University at 3:30 p.m. in another Centennial Conference match-up.