THE FACTS
Gettysburg (7-10) 14, Stevenson (6-9) 10
What: Non-conference baseball game
When: Wednesday, Mar. 20
Where: Owings Mills, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg had a pair of five-run innings to key a 14-10 win over Stevenson.
THE LEADERS
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Emmanuel Ajewole (Floral Park, N.Y./Stony Brook School) led the Bullets with a 3-for-4 day at the plate with three RBIs.
FOR THE FOES
• John Padousis went 3-for-3 to lead the Mustangs, scoring one run.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• After Gettysburg stranded the bases loaded in the top of the first, Graham Sears led off the home first with a single. Christopher Manco followed with a single before an error and fielder's choice gave Stevenson a 2-0 lead. A two-out, two-run single from Brandon Perillo made it a 4-0 lead.
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Alexey Stout (Wall, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) and
Brian Andersen (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) each singled to lead off the second before a
Will Bercaw (Kennett Square, Pa./Pennington) followed with a bunt single to load the bases with no outs. With two outs,
Adam Hicks (Edgewater, Md./Gilman School) and
Jack Pistner (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) each drew walks to force in a run before
Emmanuel Ajewole's bases-clearing double gave Gettysburg a 5-4 lead.
• John Padousis led off the bottom of the second with a double. Back-to-back walks loaded the bases before the Bullets' turned a double play while allowing the tying run to score. A passed ball gave the Mustangs a 6-5 edge.
• A pair of walks and an error tied the game in the top of the third before Stevenson got the one-run lead back on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the frame.
• In the fourth, Pistner led off the inning with a single up the middle before a wild pitch and
Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Governor Livingston) single put runners at the corners with one out. A Stout walk loaded the bases for Andersen, who made it back-to-back bases on balls to tie the game at 7-all. Bercaw singled home Murphy and a two-run
Jack Burke (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) gave the Bullets an 11-7 lead.
• A walk, Nick Tamberino double and RBI groundout made it 11-8 in the home fourth.
• Bercaw manufactured a run in the sixth to push the lead back to four. He walked to lead off the inning, stole second, moved to second on a ground out and scored on a Burke sacrifice fly.
• Stevenson cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the inning. A single and two walks loaded the bases before a Kaige Garrity single and squeeze play made it 12-10.
• Ajewole singled with one out in the seventh before a Murphy single down the line put runners at the corners and Gettysburg responded with its own squeeze to push the lead to 13-10.
• A pair of walks and
Matthew Vivona (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe) sacrifice fly made it 14-10 in the top of the ninth before the game was called due to darkness with two outs.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Jack Pistner,
Robert Murphy and
Will Bercaw each had two hits.
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Jack Burke had three RBIs.
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Connor Stewart (Hickory, N.C./NC School of Science and Math) picked up the win on the mound while
James Weedon (New Hyde Park, N.Y./Chamnade) struck out three in three innings for the save.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Mount Aloysius on Friday. The game was rescheduled from a Saturday doubleheader to a single game on Friday due to the forecast for rain on Saturday. Game time on Friday is 3 p.m.
