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COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Gettysburg rallied for a 5-3 victory in the opener and came away with a split in a Centennial Conference (CC) baseball doubleheader at Ursinus Saturday afternoon.
 
The Bullets (18-11-2, 6-4 CC) trailed 3-1 heading into the seventh inning of the first game, but scored four unanswered runs over the last three innings. The Bears (20-7, 7-3 CC) went on to capture the nightcap 16-2.
 
In the opener, junior Logan Sneed (Newtown, Pa./Germantown Academy) went 3-for-5, and his second hit of the game – an infield single in the sixth – gave him 100 for his career. Senior Will Anderson (Long Valley, N.J./West Morris Central) finished 2-for-4 and smacked a go-ahead double in the seventh while classmate Connor Tom (Reinholds, Pa./Conrad Weiser) went 2-for-5 with a double.
 
On the mound, junior Brad DeMartino (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) worked 7 2/3 innings to earn the win, scattering three runs on 10 hits while striking out six with no walks. Senior Aaron Bezio (Stafford, Va./Mountain View) came on to get the final four outs for his fifth save of the year, marking a Gettysburg single-season record. It was also his 10th career save, adding to the school record he set earlier this season.
 
Ursinus took a 1-0 lead in the third inning of the opener before the Bullets tied it in the fourth on an RBI-double from Tom. The Bears went back in front with a run in the bottom of the inning, then nudged their lead to 3-1 on back-to-back doubles in the sixth.
 
Gettysburg broke through with a three-run seventh to take the lead for good. Ursinus starter Pierce Greenleaf walked freshman Joe Giovinco (Stirling, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) leading off the inning before sophomore Brendan Wright (Bayville, N.Y./Locust Valley) was hit with a pitch two batters later. Freshman pinch-hitter Banks Northington (Charlottesville, Va./Charlottesville) would also draw a walk to load the bases before junior Chuck Probst (North Bend, Pa./Bucktail) ripped a two-run single through the left side to tie the game at 3-3. Then with two outs, Anderson roped a double down the leftfield line to bring home Northington with the go-ahead run and prompt an Ursinus pitching change.
 
DeMartino (4-0) worked a three-up, three-down seventh but gave up a leadoff single to pinch hitter Seth Regensburg in the eighth. Cleanup hitter Austin Kurey then stepped to the plate having already hit a double and triple earlier in the game, but DeMartino coaxed a 5-4-3 double play. However, Carter Usowski followed up with a single, and that's when Bezio came on to strike out CJ Diana to end the inning.
 
Anderson drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth to set the final score before Bezio retired the Bears in order in the bottom of the inning.
 
The Bullets jumped to a 1-0 lead in the nightcap, when Probst led off the game with a triple and scored on a groundout. But Kurey smacked a three-run homer off Gettysburg starter Eric Brown (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) in the bottom of the inning to go up 3-1.
 
Gettysburg answered with a run in the second, when sophomore Charlie Clarke (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield) singled, stole second, and scored on a single by classmate John Carroll (Easton, Conn./Fairfield Prep). But the Bears broke the game open with a six-run third to go up 9-2, then put it out of reach with seven runs over the next three innings.
 
Probst finished 2-for-3 to lead the Bullets offensively in the nightcap. Six pitchers took the mound for Gettysburg, including sophomore Will Gibson (Washington, D.C./Woodrow Wilson) and freshman Will Valentine (McLean, Va./Potomac School), who tossed one scoreless inning apiece. Gibson struck out two in the seventh before Valentine, making his collegiate debut, fanned the side in the eighth.
 
Brown (2-3) was charged with the loss, yielding seven runs over two innings. Connor Moriarty (2-1) worked seven innings to pick up the win for Ursinus.
 
Gettysburg returns to Centennial Conference play on Tuesday, when it hosts Dickinson at 3:30 p.m.