Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Four hours were not enough to decide a winner between Gettysburg and Johns Hopkins in Centennial Conference (CC) baseball action at a wind-swept Kirchhoff Field on Tuesday.
 
After 12 innings, the game was called due to darkness, resulting in a 7-7 tie. It was the Bullets' first draw since a 4-4 stalemate versus Richard Stockton on March 13, 2004.
 
The Bullets (21-11-1, 7-3-1 CC) now find themselves in third place in the Centennial Conference standings but continue to trail conference-leading Johns Hopkins (21-9-2, 8-2-1 CC) by one game.
 
The back-and-forth contest featured three ties and two lead changes, with both sides scoring three runs in the ninth to send the game to extra innings.
 
Contributing to the lengthy affair were a combined 34 hits, 22 men left on base, and seven errors.
 
The Gettysburg pitching staff enjoyed an outstanding game, holding the Blue Jays to four earned runs while racking up 19 strikeouts without walking a batter. Sophomore Brad DeMartino (Westfield, N.J./Westfield), starting on three days rest, worked into the ninth inning, scattering 11 hits and five runs (two earned) while striking out 10 – one shy of his career-high. He caught the Blue Jays looking on six of his Ks, including all three in the fourth.
 
Freshman Will Wortmann (Bedford, N.Y./Fox Lane) came on to get the final out in the ninth and shut down the Blue Jays over the final 3 1/3 innings, fanning a season-high eight batters while allowing just four hits.
 
Senior Steve Wright (Holland, Pa./Council Rock South) went 3-for-5 with a double and triple at the plate while stretching his hitting streak to 18 games. Sophomore Logan Sneed (Newtown, Pa./Germantown Academy) was also 3-for-5 while seniors Andrew Hourigan (Toms River, N.J./Toms River South) and Shawn Moffitt (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown East) collected two hits apiece.
 
Connor Reynolds led Johns Hopkins, going 4-for-6, while Carter Burns threw four innings of scoreless relief.
 
DeMartino carried a 4-2 lead into the eighth inning, only to see the Blue Jays rally with two outs for a pair of unearned runs to draw even. He was lifted from the game after allowing a leadoff single in the ninth, and Hopkins would go on to load the bases against freshman reliever Jonny Bray (Fairfax, Va./Robinson) on a pair of bunts before a hit batsman made it 5-4. After Bray recorded a pair of outs, Mitch Weaver drilled a two-run single to left to put the visitors up three. However, that's when Wortmann on to strike out a batter for the last out.
 
The Bullets rallied in the bottom of the inning versus closer Alex Ross. Freshman Charles Clarke (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield) reached on an error leading off before Sneed followed up with a single. Junior Will Anderson (Long Valley, N.J./West Morris Central then blasted a double to right, scoring Clarke and prompting a pitching change.
 
Burns entered the game and uncorked a wild pitch to make it 7-6, and two batters later Wright smacked a single up the middle to pull the Bullets even.
 
Both sides had scoring opportunities in the extra innings, but combined to leave five runners on base. The Bullets appeared to have something going when Sneed was hit with a pitch leading off the 11th before Anderson bunted him to second. However, he would be stranded there as Carter recorded the final two outs of the inning.
 
Wortmann left runners on first and second in the 11th and retired his final four batters in his second-longest outing of the season.
 
Gettysburg knocked out Hopkins starter Jake Enterlin in the fifth inning. Enterlin came into the game with a 5-0 record and a sub-1.00 ERA, but was touched for three runs on seven hits over 4 1/3 innings. The Bullets trailed 3-1 before pushing across three runs in the fifth, which was highlighted by a towering two-run triple from senior Henry Klimowicz (Allenhurst, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) that made it 3-2. Wright added a sacrifice fly to give the Bullets a two-run lead.
 
DeMartino escaped a tight jam in the seventh, when the Blue Jays led off with a single and double to put runners on second and third. But that's where they stayed after DeMartino induced a groundout followed by a pop-out and fly-out.
 
The same two teams conclude their season series on Thursday at Johns Hopkins starting at 3:30 p.m.