THE FACTS
Ursinus (8-11, 1-0 CC) 7, Gettysburg (11-11, 0-1 CC) 6 (Game 1)
Ursinus (9-11, 2-0 CC) 15, Gettysburg (11-12, 0-2 CC) 12 (Game 2)
What: Centennial Conference (CC) baseball doubleheader
When: Saturday, Mar. 30
Where: Collegeville, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Ursinus scored five runs in the seventh inning of game two to break a 10-all deadlock and complete a sweep of Gettysburg. The Bears won game one 7-6 and took game two, 15-12.
THE LEADERS
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David Preziuso (Selbyville, Del./Caravel Academy) led the Bullets with four hits and four RBIs in the twinbill.
FOR THE FOES
• Jakob Cantor led the Bears with five hits and three RBIs.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• In game one,
Jack Burke (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) led off the second with a single before moving up on a groundout, to third on a passed ball and scoring on a wild pitch for a 1-0 lead.
• With one out in the third,
Brendan Laqui (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) and
David Preziuso drew back-to-back walks before a
Will Bercaw (Kennett Square, Pa./Pennington) single and
Jack Pistner (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) sacrifice fly made it 3-0.
• Peter Balos poked a single up the middle with one out in the home fourth before Jude Gilhool singled and Jordan Williams doubled to get Ursinus on the board. George Nestor followed with a single to left to cut the deficit to 3-2.
• An
Alexey Stout (Wall, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) single and stolen base at a runner at second with one out in the fifth. Back-to-back walks loaded the bases before a wild pitch made it 4-2.
• Three singles tied the game in the home half of the inning.
• A Laqui double, throwing error and bunt single put Gettysburg back in front in the top of the seventh before a two-out catcher's interference call and a wild pitch gave the Bears a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the frame.
• Ursinus tacked on a run in the eighth when Kyle Rosenfeld reached on an error to start the inning and then scored on a two-out Jakob Cantor single.
• Laqui walked to open the ninth before a Preziuso single put runners at the corners. After a stolen base moved both runners into scoring position, a one-out Pistner sacrifice fly cut the margin to one but Dan Bass closed out the game with his sixth strikeout in 4 1/3 innings of relief.
• In game two,
Brian Andersen (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) walked to lead off the third before a Preziuso double put runners at second and third with one out. An error on a squeeze play scored both runners for a 2-0 lead before another error and singles from
Tristan Neels (San Deigo, Calif./Francis W. Palmer) and
Adam Hicks (Edgewater, Md./Gilman School) made it 5-0.
• Two hit batters with two outs and a two-run Balos single cut the deficit to 5-3 in the bottom of the inning.
• A Preziuso walk and Pistner two-out single pushed the lead to 6-3 in the fourth before a two-run Preziuso double down the line in the fifth stretched the lead to 8-3.
• Ross, however, had a three-run, two-out home run in the bottom of the inning to key a seven-run frame that gave the hosts a 10-8 edge.
• A Pistner solo shot to lead off the sixth cut the margin to 10-9 before a Stout single and two-out error tied the game in the seventh.
• Five straight free passes in the seventh a two-run Balos single led to a five-run home seventh for a 15-10 lead.
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Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Governor Livingston) walked to start the ninth before an
Emmanuel Ajewole (Floral Park, N.Y./Stony Brook School) double put two runners on base. A one-out Preziuso single down the line made it 15-10 but Ross came on to close and locked down the final two outs.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Will Bercaw had the only two-hit game in the opener.
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James Weedon (New Hyde Park, N.Y./Chaminade) fanned six in 3 2/3 innings in game one.
• In game two, Preziuso had three hits and four RBIs while
Jack Pistner,
Tristan Neels and
Adam Hicks all had two hits each.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Franklin & Marshall on Tuesday. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
