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HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Gettysburg College baseball team lost both ends of a Centennial Conference (CC) doubleheader at Haverford College in its regular-season finale on Saturday.
 
The Fords won the first game 26-2 before capturing the nightcap 9-3.
 
However, there was also good news for the Bullets on Saturday, as a loss by Washington College clinched a conference playoff berth for Gettysburg (24-15-1, 10-7-1 CC). The Orange and Blue will enter the tournament as the fourth seed and visit top-seeded and 27th-ranked Johns Hopkins University in a first-round game on Thursday.
 
In the opener, Haverford (24-12, 13-5 CC) jumped on top early with a six-run second, and starter Steve Ridings (5-2) would blank the Bullets over five innings of work. Gettysburg broke up the shutout with a two-run seventh to make it 10-2, but the Fords erupted for 16 runs in the eighth, which included a pair of grand slams.
 
Senior Shawn Moffitt (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown East) finished 3-for-4 with a double to lead the Bullets at the plate. Junior Rich Power (Toms River, N.J./Monsignor Donovan) started on the mound and took the loss, allowing six runs (five earned) over 1 1/3 innings.
  Gettysburg bounced back quickly in the second game, assuming a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. Seniors Steve Wright (Holland, Pa./Council Rock South) and Henry Klimowicz (Allenhurst, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) each smacked RBI singles in the inning, which was aided by three Haverford errors. However, starter Jared Deveau (2-0) would shut out the Bullets over the next five innings before a pair of relievers combined for three scoreless frames.
 
Haverford came back with two runs in the bottom of the first versus junior starter Chase Stopyra (Ocean, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy), then went in front for good with a three-run second that made it 5-3. The Fords would tack on four runs over their final three innings to set the final score.
 
Freshman Jonny Bray (Fairfax, Va./Robinson) helped keep it close in the middle innings for the Bullets, allowing just one run over 3 1/3 innings while piling up a season-high eight strikeouts. Freshman Will Wortmann (Bedford, N.Y./Fox Lane) and junior Aaron Bezio (Stafford, Va./Mountain View) also pitched, with Wortmann yielding one run over two innings and Bezio giving up two runs (one earned) in one inning.
 
Klimowicz finished 2-for-4 while sophomore Chuck Probst (North Bend, Pa./Bucktail) and senior Luke Lawrence (West Chester, Pa./West Chester East) each doubled.