THE FACTS
Gettysburg (13-8) 9, Hood (11-9) 7
What: Non-conference baseball game
When: Tuesday, March 28
Where: Frederick, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
After being down 3-0 after two innings, Gettysburg used two straight two-run innings to tie the game and take the lead, defeating Hood by two runs.
THE LEADERS
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Mabret Levant (Lakeville, Pa./Wallenpaupack Area) tallied three hits, including one double, to go with 3 RBI and one stolen base.
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Aaron Kirby (Sandy Hook, Conn./St. Joseph) was 2-for-3 at the plate, with one double, two RBI, and one run scored.
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Jack Pistner (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) added two knocks, with a double of his own, and had one run and RBI.
FOR THE FOES
• Keegan Brennan scored three of the Blazers' seven runs, and added one knock.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Hood held Gettysburg to only one hit by
David Preziuso (Middletown, Del./Caravel Academy) in the first inning, getting three outs on a fielder's choice and a double play to move into the bottom of the inning. The first Blazer hitter, Keegan Brennan, was hit by pitch to take first base, and then stole second to get in scoring position. Jack Patterson singled to drive in Brennan for Hood's first run of the game.
• The Blazers got a 1-2-3 top of the second inning before knocking a single, and James Gruenfelder slammed a two-out homer for a 3-0 lead after two innings.
• The Bullets came alive in the top of the third, as
JR McCloskey (Huntington Station, N.Y./Chaminade) doubled and Preziuso did the same right after to knock in the first run for the Bullets. With Preziuso on second,
Jack Pistner (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) sent a single to right field to drive him in and bring the Bullets within one run. In the bottom of the inning, Gettysburg pitcher
Cole Wong (New York, N.Y./Xavier) struck out two in a row and the third batter flied out to keep the score set, 3-2, going into the top of the fourth.
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Aaron Kirby singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch to get in scoring position in the top of the fourth.
Preston Toothman (Orlando, Fla./William R. Boone) was walked, and a fielding error advanced
Mabret Levant to first and scored Kirby to tie the game, 3-3. Levant and Toothman stole second and third, and a sacrifice fly by
Emmanuel Ajewole (Floral Park, N.Y./Stony Brook School) brought home Toothman for the Bullets' first lead of the game. Gettysburg held Hood to zero hits and zero runs in the bottom of the inning to maintain the lead going into the fifth inning.
• A single by
Matt Nichols (White Plains, N.Y./Byram Hills) started off the inning for Gettysburg, and a Blazers' error advanced
Kyle Miller (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) to first base, and Nichols to third. A sacrifice fly by Kirby brought in the Bullets' fifth run for a 5-3 lead. However, in the bottom of the inning, a throwing error, double by Alex Jenkins, and sacrifice fly brought Hood back within one.
• Neither team could score a run in the sixth inning, but in the top of the seventh the Bullets added two knocks for three more runs. Pistner was walked and stole second, before advancing to third on a wild pitch. Kirby doubled to bring in Pistner, making it a 6-4 Gettysburg advantage. Gettysburg then moved forward on a Toothman walk, stolen base, and wild pitch to put runners on second and third, and Levant added the second knock of the inning to score two more runs.
• Hood pitcher Mason Sawyers struck out the first two Bullets up to bat and only allowed one Pistner hit before getting out of the top of the eighth. In the bottom of the inning, Bullets pitcher
Connor Stewart (Hickory, N.C./NC School of Science and Math) also only allowed one hit and struck out one to bring about the final inning with an 8-4 Gettysburg lead.
• Gettysburg tacked on one more run in their final inning at bat, with
Matthew Peipher (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Twp.) singling to center.
Zachary Klein (Downington, Pa./West Chester Henderson) came in to pinch run, and he advanced to third on a wild pitch and groundout. Levant then hit a double to left to drive in Klein for the Bullets' final run.
• In the final half-inning of play, the second Blazer up to bat was walked, and Brennan singled to advance Hood runners to first and second. Two Bullets errors allowed a fifth run to score for Hood, and another single brought Brennan in for run number six, making it a 9-6 ballgame. One more Hood runner would come home on a groundout, but catcher McCloskey caught a Blazer stealing for the final out of the game.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Pitcher
Cole Wong earned his first win of the season on the mound, throwing 5.0 innings with four strikeouts.
• The Bullets had four doubles, from Preziuso, Kirby, Levant, and McCloskey.
• Gettysburg outhit Hood, 11-8.
NEXT UP
The Bullets open Centennial Conference play with a doubleheader against Ursinus on Saturday. First game begins at 12 p.m.
