THE FACTS
Franklin & Marshall (9-13, 1-1 CC) 11, Gettysburg (11-13, 0-3 CC) 8
What: Centennial Conference (CC) baseball game
When: Friday, Apr. 5
Where: Lancaster, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Franklin & Marshall used a six-run fourth inning to build a 7-1 lead before having to stave off a late comeback attempt by Gettysburg for an 11-8 victory.
THE LEADERS
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Jack Burke (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) led the Bullets with two hits and two runs in the game.
FOR THE FOES
• Michael von Zuben went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Diplomats. He also stole two bases.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Michael von Zuben walked to lead off the home second before stealing second. A Drew Butera single put runners at the corners before a one-out Andrew
Filippelli single through the left side staked Franklin & Marshall to a 1-0 lead but ultimately led the bases loaded in the frame.
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Brendan Laqui (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) responded with a leadoff single in the third before a failed pickoff attempt allowed him to move to third and score on a
Matthew Vivona (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe) RBI groundout to tie the game.
• A pair of errors coupled with five hits helped the Diplomats explode for six runs in the fourth inning. A throwing error and failed pickoff put Matt Hollander at third to start the inning before Filippelli singled for a 2-1 lead. A walk and bunt single loaded the bases before a one-out Spencer Berson two-run single made it a 4-1 game. Hoffman followed with an RBI double for a 5-1 lead before von Zuben singled to score two more and make it a 7-1 game.
• A Patrick Cettina double, stolen base and AJ Desautels sacrifice fly pushed the lead to 8-1 in the home fifth.
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Jack Burke and
Jack Pistner (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) started the sixth with back-to-back singles before
Emmanuel Ajewole (Floral Park, N.Y./Stony Brook School) singled to load the bases. An
Adam Hicks (Edgewater, Md./Gilman School) sacrifice fly plated Burke but a pair of strikeouts around a walk stranded the bases loaded.
• The teams traded two runs in their halves of the seventh to keep it a six-run game.
David Preziuso (Selbyville, Del./Caravel Academy) walked with one out in the top of the inning before Burke and Pistner each singled to make it an 8-3 game before an Ajewole groundout made it 8-4. A Bobby Falese RBI single and Hoffman sacrifice fly accounted for the two F&M runs and push the lead back to 10-4.
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Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Governor Livingston) walked to lead off the eighth before
Alexey Stout (Wall, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) singled to put runners at the corner. A
Kody Clausius (Landenberg, Pa./Avon Grove) pinch-hit, one-out RBI single scored Murphy before Stout scored on a Preziuso groundout to make it 10-6.
• von Zuben singled, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a balk in the home eighth to push the advantage back to five.
• With one out in the ninth,
Matt Nichols (White Plains, N.Y./Byram Hills) singled to left before
Kyle Crozier (Sewell, N.J./Washington Twp.) added a pinch-hit single. A
Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) pinch-hit single down the line scored Nichols to make it 11-7. A fielding error allowed Crozier to score and bring the tying run to the plate. Thomas McLaughlin, however, came on in relief and got a strikeout and popup to finish off the game and pick up the save.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Will Stelleto recorded his first collegiate hit in his first at bat of the season with his pinch-hit appearance in the ninth.
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Jack Pistner and
Emmanuel Ajewole added two hits on the day each.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Muhlenberg on Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 12 p.m.
