Box Score

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Senior J.J. Lucido (Woodstock, Md./St. Paul's) went 3-for-5 with four RBIs and the Gettysburg College baseball team slugged its way to a 15-4 victory at Juniata in non-conference action Wednesday afternoon.
 
Lucido also smacked a double and a triple for the Bullets (12-7-1), who won for the 11th time in 12 games. Gettysburg outhit the Eagles 20-6 and posted season-highs in both runs and hits.
 
Three other Bullets finished with three hits, including freshmen Joe Giovinco (Stirling, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) and Tyler Mitchell (Arnold, Md./Broadneck), who ripped one double apiece. Freshman Tate Frodsham (McKinney, Texas/McKinney North) also roped three hits, senior Will Anderson (Long Valley, N.J./West Morris Central) scored four runs, and senior Connor Tom (Reinholds, Pa./Conrad Weiser) scored three times. In addition, junior Chuck Probst (North Bend, Pa./Bucktail) singled to stretch his hitting streak to 23, dating back to last season.
 
On the mound, senior Rich Power (Toms River, N.J./Monsignor Donovan) shook off a rocky start and fired seven innings, allowing just five hits while striking out eight en route to his third win in as many starts.
 
The Bullets scored twice in the first, only to see Juniata (5-14) take the lead with three runs in the bottom of the inning. The Eagles opened the inning with four straight hits, capped by back-to-back RBI-doubles, but Power would retire the final three batters of the frame.
 
Power (3-1) was outstanding the rest of the way, allowing only three batters to reach base over his final six innings, with none reaching second. The reigning Centennial Conference Pitcher of the Week was perfect from the second through the fourth and retired 12 consecutive batters at one point, starting with the final three outs in the first.
 
Gettysburg provided Power with a cushion in the third, scoring four runs to assume a 6-3 lead, then added an unearned run in the fourth. The Bullets would break the game open with seven runs over the sixth and seventh innings as their lead ballooned to 14-3 before scoring their final run in the eighth. Lucido highlighted the seventh with a two-run triple.
 
Senior Chase Stopyra (Ocean, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) tossed a perfect eighth while striking out two before classmate Aaron Bezio (Stafford, Va./Mountain View) pitched the ninth, giving up one run while also fanning two.
 
Gettysburg returns to action on Thursday, when it hosts Penn State Mont Alto at 3:30 p.m. in another non-conference match-up.