Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Gettysburg College baseball team scored eight runs in the first inning and never looked back, defeating Penn State-Mont Alto 17-2 for its 11th win in a row Thursday afternoon in a non-conference game at a blustery Kirchhoff Field.

The Bullets (14-3) have now posted their longest winning streak in over 80 years. The last time Gettysburg won 11 straight occurred over parts of the 1929 and 1930 seasons, when the Bullets posted a school-record 14 consecutive victories, winning their final two games in 1929 and their first 12 games in 1930.

Senior Mike Elisio (Bensalem, Pa./Holy Ghost Prep) finished 3-for-3 with two runs and three RBIs for Gettysburg, which out-hit Mont Alto 19-7. Classmate Nate Simon (Gwynedd Valley, Pa./Abington Friends School) was 2-for-4 with a triple, three runs, and three RBIs, the last of which gave him 100 RBIs for his career. He becomes just the seventh player in school history to reach the milestone and the first since Mike Backus '10 in 2010.

Senior Patrick O'Grady (Floral Park, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs while senior Austin Davis (New York, N.Y./Riverdale Country School) scored three runs. Sophomore Andy Kelley (Newtown, Conn./Newtown) and senior Tommy LeNoir (Bear, Del./Red Lion Christian Academy) each finished 2-for-2.

A total of 24 Bullets appeared in the game, and Kelley, sophomore Andrew Hourigan (Toms River, N.J./Toms River South), and sophomore Shawn Moffitt (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown East) all recorded their first collegiate hit.

Freshman Rich Power (Toms River, N.J./Monsignor Donovan) started on the mound for the Bullets and tossed five shutout innings. Power (2-0) allowed five hits and no walks while striking out six. Freshman Kyle Considine (Canaan, Conn./Taft School) yielded two runs in the sixth before seniors Rob Stalzer (Merrick, N.Y./Bellmore JFK) and Joe Saladino (Merrick, N.Y./Calhoun) blanked the Nittany Lions over the final three innings. Stalzer allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out four over two innings before Saladino worked a hitless ninth.

Jonathan Furness and Aaron Maze each finished 2-for-3 for Mont Alto, which was playing its season opener.

Power escaped the first inning after allowing a leadoff double before Gettysburg's bats went to work in the bottom of the frame against starter Dylan Bryan. The Bullets sent 12 batters to the plate and O'Grady smacked both of his doubles in the inning.

Gettysburg would tack on nine more runs from the second through the seventh, scoring two apiece in the second, third, fourth, and seventh innings.

The Bullets play their Centennial Conference opener on Saturday, when they visit Ursinus College at 12:30 p.m. in a doubleheader.