THE FACTS
Etown (6-3) 10, Gettysburg (6-3) 7
What: Non-conference baseball game
When: Thursday, March 9
Where: Fort Pierce, Fla.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg held a 5-2 lead at the end of the third inning, but three straight multiple-run innings forged a 10-7 Elizabethtown win.
THE LEADERS
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Jack Pistner (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) went 4-for-6 at the plate, including one double, and also scored two runs.
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Kyle Miller (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) tallied three hits on five appearances, with two RBIs.
FOR THE FOES
• David Woolley hit 3-for-5, with one double, one run, and two RBIs.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Gettysburg tallied their first runs in the bottom of the first,
Jack Pistner singled to right field to advance
David Preziuso (Middletown, Del./Caravel Academy), who came home on a throwing error. Singles by
Aaron Kirby (Sandy Hook, Conn./St. Joseph) and
Tristan Neels (San Diego, Calif./Francis W. Parker) brought in Pistner, and a single by
Preston Toothman (Orlando, Fla./William R. Boone) scored the Bullets' third run of the inning.
• Gettysburg made it a 4-0 ballgame in the bottom of the second, with a Pistner double advancing him and
Kyle Miller singling to bring Pistner home. In the top of the third, two consecutive sacrifice flies by the Blue Jays made the score 4-2. A
Matthew Peipher (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Twp.) double and Kirby single brought in a fifth run for the Bullets, who led 5-2 after three.
• Singles by Justin Wetzel and Garrett Schwartzbeck scored another run for the Blue Jays to cut the deficit to two, and an intentional walk and hit batter loaded the bases for Etown. David Woolley singled to center field to tie the game, 5-all, in the top of the fourth.
• Three straight singles for the Blue Jays earned them a one-run lead, their first of the game. Two batters advanced on a groundout, and an intentional walk loaded the bases again. Robbie Bertucio hit a short ball near the pitcher, and two more Etown runs were scored to yield a 7-5 Blue Jays lead after five. In the top of the sixth, a double, single, and two Bullets wild pitches only allowed Etown to add to their lead, making it a four-run game.
• Singles by
JR McCloskey (Huntingdon Station, N.Y./Chaminade), Pistner, and Miller helped cut the deficit to three in the bottom of the sixth. However, just a half inning later, Etown added to their lead with a double to bring in their final run of the game.
• The Bullets scored their final run in the bottom of the eighth, as singles by Preziuso and Pistner and a walk made it a 10-7 final.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Both teams tallied 16 hits.
• Etown tallied five extra-base hits, while Gettysburg had two.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action on Friday in a doubleheader against Northwestern. Games will be played at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
