THE FACTS
Gettysburg (9-4) 14, Lycoming (1-7) 6
What: Non-conference baseball game
When: Thursday, Mar. 16
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back in a 14-6 win over Lycoming.
THE LEADERS
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David Preziuso (Middletown, Del./Caravel Academy) led the Bullets with two hits, three RBIs, two runs scored and a walk.
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Matthew Peipher (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Twp.) added a 2-for-3 day with an RBI.
FOR THE FOES
• Kai Foster notched two of the Warriors' nine hits.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• After
Bruno Spadafora (Pound Ridge, N.Y./Fox Lane) perfect top of the first,
David Preziuso and
Jack Pistner (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) drew back-to-back walks to start the home half of the frame. After a double steal,
Kyle Miller (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) poked a single through the left side to plate Preziuso for a 1-0 lead. A wild pitch,
Matthew Peipher single and
Aaron Kirby (Sandy Hook, Conn./St. Joseph) RBI groundout made it a 2-0 game before an
Emmanuel Ajewole (Floral Park, N.Y./Stony Brook School) RBI groundout scored Miller for a 3-0 lead.
• Spadafora sat down the first nine hitters in order and the offense went back to work in the bottom of the third. A one-out Kirby double, wild pitch, and back-to-back two-out walks loaded the bases.
Mabret Levant (Lakeville, Pa./Wallenpaupack Area) drew a third straight walk to force in Kirby and Preziuso followed with a two-run single to left field for a 6-0 advantage.
• The Bullets tacked on a single unearned run in the fourth off a dropped fly ball and Peipher double.
• Lycoming got on the board in the top of the seventh. Greg Winn led off with a triple before scoring on a Kai Foster single to right.
• Three singles coupled with a walk, wild pitch and error led to three more runs in the home seventh to make it a 10-1 game.
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Mark Seibert (Yardley, Pa./Holy Ghost Prep) drew a walk to lead off the bottom of the eighth before scoring on a
Tristan Neels (San Diego, Calif./Francis W. Palmer) one-out double.
Liam Gregory (Glenmont, N.Y./Bethlehem Central) traded places with two outs and then scored on an
Andrew Donlan (Haddam, Conn./Avon Old Farms) single.
Matt Nichols (White Plains, N.Y./Byram Hills) followed with an RBI double to make it a 14-1 game.
• Five singles, a walk, two wild pitches and a passed ball led to five runs in the top of the ninth. Nick Reeder had an RBI double in the frame.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Ten different Gettysburg players had at least one hit in the contest.
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Bruno Spadafora led a staff day on the mound for the Bullets, pitching the first three innings with four strikeouts for the win.
Connor Stewart (Hickory, N.C./NC School of Science and Math) added three strikeouts in three innings.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg opens a three-game home series against Vassar on Friday. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
