Box Score

MONT ALTO, Pa. – Gettysburg outhit Penn State-Mont Alto 21-3 and the Bullets recorded season-highs for hits and runs in a 16-1 non-conference baseball victory at Penn State Mont Alto on Friday.

Senior Pat Cody (Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge) went 4-for-4 with four RBIs for Gettysburg (9-4), which was playing for the first time in six days. Junior Tommy LeNoir (Bear, Del./Red Lion Christian Academy) finished 3-for-4 with four RBIs while sophomore Ryan Smith (Westfield, Mass./Williston Northampton) finished 3-for-3 with a pair of runs.

The Bullets scored six runs over the first two innings, then broke it open with 10 runs over the fifth and sixth against the Nittany Lions, who were playing their season opener.

Junior Chris Yoda (Wall, N.J./Wall) started on the mound for Gettysburg and tossed six shutout innings to earn the win. He walked only one and struck out five. Three Bullet relievers allowed only one hit and an unearned run.

Also among the Bullets contributing to the offensive attack were junior Patrick O'Grady (Floral Park, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy), who was 3-for-6 with four runs scored, sophomore Scott Zanghellini (Randolph, N.J./Randolph), who finished 3-for-6 with two RBIs, and junior Ben Roessle (Summit, N.J./Summit), who drove in three runs.

LeNoir put Gettysburg on the scoreboard with a two-run double in the first before Zanghellini knocked in a pair in the second with a single. Then in the fifth, Cody and Roessle each roped two-run singles as the Bullets lead ballooned to 12-0. Gettysburg added four more in the sixth to set their final score.

Yoda (1-1) retired the first eight batters he faced before the No. 9 hitter drew a walk and the leadoff batter singled. But he would set down 10 of his final 11 batters, allowing just three baserunners for the day.

Senior Brett Norton (Millwood, N.Y./Horace Greeley) and freshman Luke Lawrence (West Chester, Pa./West Chester East) tossed scoreless seventh and eighth innings, respectively, before sophomore Alex Indelicato (St. James, N.Y./Smithtown East) yielded an unearned run in the ninth.

Gettysburg plays its home opener on Saturday, when it plays Penn State-Behrend in a doubleheader of seven-inning games starting at 1 p.m.