Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Gettysburg College baseball team exploded for 10 runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, breaking open a tied game en route to a 14-4 non-conference victory over Penn State-Mont Alto Monday afternoon at a windy Kirchhoff Field.

With the scoreboard reading 4-4, the Bullets (14-9) ripped nine hits – all of which were singles – in their big inning, when they sent 15 batters to the plate.

Gettysburg finished with 20 hits, with sophomores Nate Simon, Austin Davis, and Al Posch leading the way. Simon finished 4-for-5 with a double, a triple, and two runs, Davis went 4-for-5 with three runs, while Posch, who has hit safely in his last 17 games, was 3-for-5 with four RBIs.

Davis continued an incredible hot streak in which he has gone 11-for-13 over his last three games and reached base in 14 of his last 16 plate appearances.

Freshman Cory Karagjozi, freshman Scott Zanghellini, and sophomore Patrick O'Grady all collected two hits apiece while Zanghellini and junior Pat Cody each had a pair of RBIs. O'Grady also scored twice.

Sophomore Joe Saladino worked the first six innings and came away with a no-decision. He allowed three runs on five hits and two walks while fanning two before leaving the game with the Bullets holding a 4-3 lead. Classmate Chris Yoda pitched the last three innings, yielding one run on one hit, one walk, and two strikeouts while earning the victory.

Jeremy Pagano threw 3 1/3 innings of relief and was charged with the loss for Mont Alto (7-5).

The Bullets led 2-0 after plating singles runs in the second and third. The Nittany Lions scored once in the fourth before Gettysburg answered with two in the bottom of the frame, when Posch drilled a two-run single through the left side to make it 4-1.

The Lions scored two in the sixth before tying it against Yoda in the seventh. A leadoff walk followed by a fielder's choice and a single led to an RBI-groundout that pulled Mont Alto even.

After entering the game in the fifth, Pagano blanked the Bullets through his first three innings. But sophomore Dan Budin reached on an error leading off the eighth, as the third baseman's throw on a grounder just pulled the first baseman off the bag. Pinch-runner Bobby Romano was bunted to second when before Pagano walked Davis intentionally after falling behind 3-0.

Gettysburg followed up with four straight hits, with Cody singling in two runs to make it 7-4. After senior Clint O'Brien walked, Zanghellini singled home another run to chase Pagano from the game. Romano greeted reliever Chase King with a sacrifice fly before the Bullets strung together four consecutive hits for the second time in the inning, with sophomore Mike Elisio driving in the first run of his career with a pinch-hit single.

Pagano surrendered eight runs on nine hits for the day while starter Brad Kiracofe gave up four runs on seven hits through the first four innings.

Yoda (2-1) did not allow a hit in the final two innings, and he retired the side in the eighth.

The Bullets return to Centennial Conference action on Tuesday, when they host conference front-runner Johns Hopkins University at 3:30 p.m. in another single nine-inning game.