Game One Box Score | Game Two Box Score

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Sophomore Ryan Taylor was outstanding in his second straight start, throwing a three-hit, nine-inning complete game and striking out 10 as the Gettysburg College baseball team defeated host Swarthmore College 9-1 in the nightcap of a Centennial Conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon.

The Bullets (8-12, 2-3 CC) suffered a tough 2-1 loss in Game One, with the game ending on a hard-hit ball striking a Gettysburg runner with the bases loaded.

Sophomore Pat Cody went 3-for-7 over the doubleheader for Gettysburg while freshman Nate Simon was 3-for-8 with three RBIs. Senior Matt Karis went 2-for-4 with two runs in the nightcap and picked up his 100th career hit with a seventh-inning single.

Taylor, the reigning Centennial Conference Pitcher of the Week after his one-hit shutout of Ursinus a week ago, shut out the Garnet (12-7, 3-2 CC) over the first four innings, as he found himself locked in a pitcher's dual with Neil Mejia. Swarthmore broke open a scoreless game in the fifth on a leadoff double from Spencer Ross and an RBI-single from Matt Lamb.

The Bullets scored the final nine runs of the game, however, starting with a six-run seventh. All six runs scored with two outs, beginning with a two-run double from freshman Cam MacDonald. Classmate Patrick O'Grady followed up with a run-scoring single before Simon broke it open with a bases-clearing triple against reliever Ramsey Walker to cap the big inning.

Gettysburg added three insurance runs in the ninth, which included an RBI-double from junior Clint O'Brien.

Taylor (3-2) closed the game in impressive fashion, with only two batters reaching on an error and a walk over the final four innings, when he struck out five. He had just two walks.

O'Grady was 2-for-5 with two runs in Game Two while senior Chris Simard went 2-for-3. Senior Cam Riera added a pair of runs.

Mejia (1-1) suffered the loss for Swarthmore, throwing 6 2/3 innings and yielding seven runs.

In the opener, Karis and Swarthmore starter Iggy Rodriguez each threw well. The Garnet pushed across their first run in the first inning, getting a leadoff walk from Anthony Montalbano and an RBI-double from Mike Waterhouse. However, the Bullets prevented further damage when Riera threw out a runner at the plate on a single.

After escaping a jam in the first, when he induced an inning-ending double play with runners on first and third, Rodriguez settled in and shut out the Bullets while allowing only one hit over the next five innings. Karis worked out of a jam in the second, when Swarthmore had runners on second and third with one out, before retiring nine of 10 batters from the second through the fifth.

The Garnet made it 2-0 in the sixth, when Nicko Burnett was hit with a pitch leading off and scored on a double from Michael Cameron one batter later. But Karis kept it a two-run game by retiring the next three batters.

In the top of the seventh, Cody sparked Gettysburg with a leadoff single. Back-to-back errors by Rodriguez on a pair of bunts allowed Cody to score and put runners on first and third with nobody out. That's when Walker was called on out of the pen and immediately got a pair of outs. He then hit O'Grady to load the bases before Simard's screamer hit freshman Andrew Hollis (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Prep.) to end the game.

Karis (2-3), who threw his fifth complete game in as many starts this season, allowed six hits and one walk while striking out three. Rodriguez (3-1) picked up the win, yielding three hits and four walks while Walker earned his fourth save of the year.

Simon went 2-for-3 in the opener.

Gettysburg returns to action on Sunday, when it hosts Centennial Conference opponent Franklin & Marshall College in a single nine-inning game starting at 2:30 p.m. The game was originally scheduled for Friday but was postponed due to field conditions.