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CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Sophomore Austin Davis hit 7-for-8 on the day and the Gettysburg College baseball hung on to win the nightcap of a Centennial Conference doubleheader, earning a split at Washington College on Saturday.

Washington (21-4, 6-2 CC) won the opener 6-5 in 10 innings before the Bullets (13-9, 3-5 CC) held off a ninth-inning Shoreman rally to capture the second game by the same score.

Davis continued his tremendous season, going 4-for-5 in the first game and 3-for-3 with a pair of walks in the nightcap while reaching base safely in 10 of his 11 plate appearances. He is now batting .606 (20-for-33) on the year over 14 games and eight starts at designated hitter.

Sophomore Drew Felsenthal earned the win in the second game, working eight innings before classmate Chris Yoda came on to get the final three outs and earn the save, leaving the potential tying run on third.

Sophomore Al Posch hit safely in both games to stretch his hitting streak to 16 for Gettysburg, which surpassed its win total from all of last season.

In the opener, Gettysburg led 2-1 and 4-2, only to see the Shoremen plate three runs in the bottom of the third to make it 5-4. But the Bullets tied it in the top of the fourth before a pair of relievers helped keep Washington off the scoreboard.

In the fourth, senior Clint O'Brien singled with two outs and scored on a double by freshman Cory Karagjozi, which chased Washington starter Brian Lewis.

Bullet starter John Donovan left the game with one out and runners on first and second in the fifth, and the Shoremen managed to load the bases twice against junior reliever Brett Norton. But the Bullets escaped both jams, first when a failed squeeze play resulted in an out at the plate. Then after a hit batsman, Norton induced an inning-ending groundout.

Norton also worked a scoreless sixth but ran into trouble in the seventh. After getting the first out he walked consecutive batters, and freshman Brett Harrington was summoned out of the pen. The Shoremen executed a double steal to put runners on second and third, but Harrington got a pair of pop-outs to end the inning. He would go on to fire two scoreless innings on two walks (one intentional) and a single.

In the meantime, Gettysburg was unable to solve relievers AJ Schmalfuhs and Kyle Aldrich, who blanked the Bullets on four hits and two walks over the final 6 1/3 innings. The Orange & Blue threatened in the 10th, however, when it had the go-ahead run on third. Posch led off with a single but was out at second on junior Pat Cody's attempted sacrifice bunt. Cody would move to second on a single from sophomore Nate Simon and advance to third on a fielder's choice. But Aldrich escaped on a grounder to third.

Harrington retired the first two batters in the 10th before Ryan Normoyle walked. He would score the game-winning after John Rolewicz and Tyler Cotterell stroked back-to-back singles.

Posch and sophomore Patrick O'Grady each had two hits in the opener for the Bullets. Harrington (0-1), who worked his longest outing of the season, was tagged with the loss after yielding one run on three hits and a walk over 3 1/3 innings. Aldrich (4-2) tossed the last three innings to pick up the win.

The second game featured a pitcher's duel early on between Felsenthal and Joe Kearney-Argow. Washington led 2-1 heading into the sixth, but that's when Gettysburg took control with four runs on four hits, two errors, and a walk. Posch led off with a double and would score on an error, and O'Grady drove in the go-ahead runs with a two-run single. Davis knocked in another run with a single to make it 5-2.

The Bullets tacked on a run in the seventh, and it would prove to be the difference. Cody drew a one-out walk against reliever Hunter Draheim and went on to score on a Karagjozi single.

Felsenthal (3-1) entered the ninth on a roll, retiring 10 of 11 batters from the end of the fifth through the eighth. But after a leadoff walk, Rolewicz singled and came all the way around to score on a pair of errors, making it a 6-4 game with no outs. Cotterell followed with a single, and Felsenthal was lifted for Yoda.

After a Scott Matthews walk, the Shoremen had runners on second and third following a sacrifice bunt. Cotterrell scored on a grounder to short, but Matthews was left at third when Yoda jammed Matt Christopher on a game-ending lineout to first. It was Yoda's second save of the year, and both have come in Centennial Conference play.

O'Brien finished the game 2-for-4 with a pair of runs while Karagjozi was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Kearney-Argow (3-1) suffered his first loss of the season, allowing five runs (two earned) on eight hits and three walks over six innings.

Gettysburg continues its season when it hosts Penn State-Mont Alto in a makeup game on Monday. The non-conference affair is set for 3:30 p.m.