THE FACTS
Gettysburg (4-0) 6, Albright (2-1) 5 (Game 1)
Gettysburg (5-0) 19, Albright (2-2) 8 (Game 2 – 8 inn.)
What: Non-conference baseball doubleheader
When: Saturday, Mar. 1
Where: Emmitsburg, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg recorded a walkoff win the opener 6-5 before completing a run-rule victory in the nightcap, finishing off a 19-8 win in the eighth inning to sweep Albright.
THE LEADERS
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Jack Burke (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) led the Bullets with a 5-for-7 afternoon, adding five runs scored and two RBIs in the doubleheader.
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Matt Nichols (White Plains, N.Y./Byram Hills) went 4-for-5 with four RBIs in game two.
FOR THE FOES
• Roman Berretta had six hits on the day to lead the Lions, including a four-hit nightcap.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• In game one, Roman Berretta led off the game with a single before a Jack Gilmer double put runners at second and third. A sacrifice fly and Max Frank two-out single staked Albright to a 2-0 lead.
• The Lions doubled the lead in the third on a two-run Tommy Lewman double with nobody out.
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Jack Burke and
Adam Hicks (Edgewater, Md./Gilman School) led off the home third with singles before a stolen base and wild pitch got Gettysburg on the board.
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Matthew Vivona (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe) doubled to start the fourth before moving to third on a sacrifice and scoring on a dropped sacrifice fly to make it 4-2.
• In the sixth inning,
Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning before
Alexey Stout (Wall, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) singled to put two on. Vivona singled home Stellato before a
Michael Fischetti (Wilton, Conn./Wilton) pinch-hit sacrifice fly tied the game at 4-all.
• Burke singled to start the seventh before a sacrifice, flyout and wild pitch put the Bullets in front for the first time.
• Albright responded in the eighth with a Jack Gilmer leadoff home run to right field.
• In the bottom of the ninth, Burke reached on a one-out error before a hit batter and stolen base moved him to third with one down. After an intentional walk, a wild pitch scored Burke with the game-winning run.
• In game two,
Will Roche (Milton, Mass./Boston College H.S.) and
Brian Andersen (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) drew walks around a
Matt Nichols single to load the bases with no outs in the second.
Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Governor Livingston) singled to center to score two runs before Burke and Hicks added RBI groundouts for a 4-0 lead.
• A Gilmer RBI groundout and Aidan Sturtevant sacrifice fly made it 4-2 in the top of the third before Gettysburg got one back on a double play that allowed
Jack Pistner (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) to score.
• Berretta scored Ian VanBrookhaven with a single to center to make it 5-3 in the fourth. A Nichols two-run home run capped a four-run fifth, though, for the Bullets that extended the lead to 9-3.
• The Lions, however, responded with four in the sixth to close to within two. Berretta and Nick Barton keyed the inning with run-scoring doubles.
• A Burke home run in the home sixth and Zander Tesoriere infield RBI single in the seventh made it 10-8.
• Nichols led off the home eighth with a home run. After one out, six straight singles made it a 16-8 game. A two-out Nichols single scored Stout before
Hunter Del Guercio blasted a pinch-hit, two-run home run to end the game.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Matthew Vivona had three hits in the opener while
Jack Burke and
Alexey Stout had two each.
• In addition to
Matt Nichols' four-hit game two, Burke had three while
Adam Hicks,
Will Stellato,
Jack Pistner and
Robert Murphy each had two. Pistner added three RBIs.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Wilson on Tuesday. Game time is 2:30 p.m.
