THE FACTS
No. 15 Gettysburg (21-1) 13, Cairn (11-6) 4 (11 inn.)
What: Non-conference baseball game
When: Thursday, Mar. 27
Where: Langhorne, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 15th in the latest D3baseball.com poll, scored 11 runs in the final two innings for a 13-11 victory over Cairn.
THE LEADERS
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Jack Pistner (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) led the Bullets with three hits and four RBIs, including a go-ahead three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning.
FOR THE FOES
• Zach Bauers led the Highlanders with a 4-for-4 day and drew two walks.
• Will Wikner went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and three runs scored.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• A error and sacrifice fly staked Gettysburg to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning before Cairn scored twice in the home second for a 2-1 lead. Zach Bauers led off with a double before an Andrew Holt bunt single, Ben Gagnon sacrifice and Nathan Schurga single up the middle scored the two runs.
• The Bullets drew even in the top of the third when a
Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) double scored
Jack Burke (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) from second with two outs.
• Three walks and singles from Holt and Gagnor gave the Highlanders a 5-2 lead in the bottom of the fifth.
• In the eighth inning,
Adam Hicks (Edgewater, Md./Gilman School) reached with a one-out pinch-hit single.
Jack Amirata (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Academy) walked before giving way to pinch-runner
David Ruckman (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford).
Andrew McGowan (Hingham, Mass./Hingham) followed with a pinch-hit double before
Liam Gregory (Glenmont, N.Y./Bethlehem Central) pinch-hit single up the middle scored Ruckman and pinch-runner
Henry Smith (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) to tie the game. A
Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston) single up the middle and
Jack Pistner two-out knock plated pinch-runner
Matt Carr (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) for a 6-5 lead.
• A two-out walk to Dylan Jackson and Will Wikner triple tied the game in the bottom of the eighth. Tyler Warr followed a go-ahead before back-to-back walks loaded the bases. Gagnon poked a single up the middle to score two for a 9-6 lead.
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Michael Fischetti (Wilton, Conn./Wilton) doubled the lead off the ninth before a Hicks single and error made it 9-7.
Dominick Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) rapped out a pinch-hit double to score Hicks and cut the margin to one. A walk and Murphy single loaded the bases for the top of the order. A Burke sacrifice fly tied the game before Pistner ripped a 3-1 pitch out for his fourth home run of the season and a 12-9 lead. A Stellato single and stolen bases before a Fischetti single tacked on another for a four-run lead.
• Back-to-back one-out triples from Jackson and Wikner made it 13-10 before a Warr sacrifice fly cut the deficit to two. Bauers reached on an infield single but was thrown out by
Tom Chanis (Huntington, N.Y./Chaminade) trying to steal second for the final out of the game.
THE INSIDE STORY
• In addition to
Jack Pistner's three hit day,
Will Stellato,
Michael Fischetti,
Adam Hicks and
Robert Murphy all had two. Both teams recorded 16 hits on the day.
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Tommy Farrell (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Prep) got the final out of the eighth inning to nab the pitching victory.
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Jack Rossi (Wilmington, Del./Salesianum School) threw the first four innings, striking out six.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg opens Centennial Conference play at Muhlenberg on Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader, which will be played at DeSales, begins at 12 p.m.
