Gettysburg, Pa. - Franklin & Marshall College scored in six of the final seven innings while holding Gettysburg College in check to post an 11-0 victory in a Centennial Conference baseball matchup on Wednesday at Kirchhoff Field.
 
Dan Galef tossed eight scoreless innings to lead the Diplomats (21-13, 12-3 CC), who pulled into a tie for first place in the conference standings with Swarthmore College.
 
Junior JR McCloskey (Huntington Station, N.Y./Chaminade) collected a pair of extra-base hits for the Bullets (16-19, 7-8 CC), doubling in the third and logging a triple in the fifth while also picking up a stolen base.
 
With games remaining in the regular season, Gettysburg sits one game back of a four-way logjam of teams tied for third place. The top four teams qualify for the Centennial Conference playoffs.
 
F&M opened the scoring in the top of the third on Wednesday, courtesy of an RBI triple from Spencer Berson also drove in the visitor's second run in the fifth with a base hit.
 
The Diplomats extended their lead to 4-0 in the top of the sixth with runs scoring on a passed ball and a wild pitch.
 
An inning later, Pat Elliot drove in a run with an infield single before Patrick Cettina connected on a two-run triple to give the visitors a seven-run cushion.
 
F&M tacked on three more runs in the eighth inning before closing out the scoring with another run in the ninth.
 
Galef (3-0) scattered five hits, walked three, and struck out six batters in eight innings of work to earn the win for the Diplomats. 
 
Junior Kyle Miller (Montclair, N.J/Montclair) had a base hit and walked twice for Gettysburg while freshman Jack Pistner (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial), junior Aaron Kirby (Sandy Hook, Conn./Saint Joseph) added a single apiece for the Bullets
 
Sophomore starting pitcher Cole Wong (Vero Beach, Fla./Xavier) (0-2) suffered the loss despite striking out six batters in 5.1 innings. Wong was charged with four runs on seven hits and three walks. 
 
Senior Nate Masteralexis (Amherst, Mass./Amherst Regional) recorded and out and walked a batter before handing the ball off to junior Ken Spadaccini (Cresskill, N.J./Cresskill), who surrendered three runs on three hits while picking up one K in 1.1 innings.
 
Sophomore Patrick Clementi (King of Prussia, Pa./Devon Prep) and junior Mike Giammarino (Basking Ridge, N.J./Gill Saint Bernards) worked an inning apiece, with Clementi being charged with three runs (two earned) on two hits and one walk and Giammarino giving up a run on one hit and two free passes. Both relievers notched a strikeout.
 
F&M held a 13-5 advantage in hits for the game and committed one error to two defensive miscues for Gettysburg. Both teams left 11 runners on base in the contest.
 
The Bullets and Diplomats will wrap up their regular-season series on Friday at F&M. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. in Lancaster.