Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Gettysburg erased a late four-run deficit and came away with an 8-8 tie versus Penn State Mont Alto in a non-conference baseball game that was called after 10 innings due to darkness Thursday afternoon at Kirchhoff Field.
 
The Bullets (12-7-2) trailed 8-4 heading into the bottom of the eighth, when it scored three runs. Gettysburg pushed across the tying run in the ninth but was unable to put a runner on base in the 10th before the game was halted well over three hours after it started.
 
Junior Logan Sneed (Newtown, Pa./Germantown Academy) led the Bullets at the plate, finishing 3-for-4, while freshman Joe Giovinco (Stirling, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) went 2-for-5 with three RBIs. Freshman Tyler Mitchell (Arnold, Md./Broadneck) was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and junior Chuck Probst (North Bend, Pa./Bucktail) tripled to extend his hitting streak to 24 – the longest by a Bullet since a school-record 37-gamer by Al Posch '14 that overlapped the 2013 and 2014 seasons.
 
Five Gettysburg pitchers entered the game, including sophomore Will Gibson (Washington, D.C./Woodrow Wilson), who made a strong collegiate debut. Gibson fired 3 1/3 hitless innings while striking out five to close out the game for the Bullets. Sophomore Jack Havard (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) tossed five innings of relief and yielded just two runs on three hits.
 
After Mont Alto (2-12-1) scored once in the top of the first, Probst tripled off the leftfield fence to start the bottom of the inning for Gettysburg. He would score on a groundout to make it 1-1, and Gettysburg would push across three runs in the fourth, which included a two-run single from Mitchell.
 
The Lions came back with seven unanswered runs, scoring two in the fifth, four in the sixth, and one in the seventh to assume their 8-4 advantage. Mont Alto was poised to strike for more in the seventh, but Gibson came on to induce an inning-ending flyout with runners on first and second. He would allow just a pair of walks the rest of the way.
 
The Bullets made the bulk of their rally in the eight, scoring three times on three hits, two walks, and an error. Sneed led off with a single and moved to second on an error before scoring on a single from freshman Dominick Gasparro (Clarksburg, N.J./Princeton Day School), which chased starter William LaRussa. Freshman Tate Frodsham (McKinney, Texas/McKinney North) and Probst would each draw a walk before Giovinco ripped a two-run single to make it an 8-7 game.
 
Gettysburg pulled even with an unearned run in the ninth. Senior Will Anderson (Long Valley, N.J./West Morris Central) led off with a single and was bunted to second and third by Sneed and Gasparro before scoring on a sacrifice fly by Frodsham.
 
Gibson worked a three-up, three-down 10th, but so did Lion reliever Jeremiah Younker in the bottom of the inning as Gettysburg settled for its second tie of the year.
 
The Bullets open Centennial Conference play on Saturday, when they visit Muhlenberg at 12:30 in a doubleheader.