THE FACTS
Gettysburg (28-10, 7-9 CC) 10, Franklin & Marshall (21-17, 7-9 CC) 5
What: Centennial Conference (CC) baseball game
When: Friday, Apr. 25
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg scored seven runs in its final two at bats to defeat Franklin & Marshall 10-5 and earn a season split.
THE LEADERS
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Brendan Laqui (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) hit his first collegiate home run in the second inning to stake the Bullets to an early 3-0 lead.
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Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) then came up with a two-run double for the go-ahead scores in the eighth inning.
FOR THE FOES
• Tanner Wolpert led the Diplomats with two hits and an RBI.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• After both teams had baserunners erased on the basepaths over the first inning and a half,
Jack Amirata (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Academy) poked a one-out single through the right side in the home second.
Matt Nichols (White Plains, N.Y./Byram Hills) followed with a walk before
Brendan Laqui took a 2-1 pitch over the fence in left field for his first roundtrippper and a 3-0 lead.
• Gideon Schwartz singled to lead off the top of the third before a throwing error on a sacrifice attempt put two runners on. After a single made it 3-1, Nolan McCloskey reached on a bunt single to load the bases. A double play yielded the second run before Tanner Wolpert singled to left to tie the game.
• A one-out Wolpert double and AJ Desautels single put runners at the corners for Franklin & Marshall. After a stolen base, Andrew Filipelli looped a full-count pitch into left field for a 5-3 lead.
• With one out in the seventh inning,
Jack Pistner (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) singled through the left side.
Dominick Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) then poked a two-out single into center. An Amirata single up the middle scored Pistner to make it 5-4 before
Liam Gregory (Glenmont, N.Y./Bethlehem Catholic) was hit with a pitch on a full count to load the bases.
Michael Fischetti (Wilton, Conn./Wilton) – also at the plate as a pinch hitter – drew a full-count walk to force in Balsamo with the tying run.
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Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston) walked on a 3-2 pitch to start the eighth inning before moving to second on a
Jack Burke (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) sacrifice. After an intentional walk to Pistner, Stellato roped the first pitch he saw into the left-field corner to score both runners for a 7-5 lead and force a pitching change. Stellato stole third and Balsamo walked to put runners at the corner. Amirata lifted a sacrifice fly to center for an 8-5 lead before
Adam Hicks (Edgewater, Md./Gilman School) walked.
Henry Smith (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) followed with a triple to the track in center field for a 10-5 lead and force a second pitching change in the frame.
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Tyler Lizell (Upper Dublin, Pa./Upper Dublin), who allowed an infield single to the first batter he faced in the seventh inning, threw his second straight 1-2-3 inning and retired the final nine he faced in order for his fourth win of the season.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Jack Amirata went 3-for-3 with two RBIs.
Jack Pistner and
Dominick Balsamo added two hits each.
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Alex Wilkie-Viscio (Plymouth Meeting, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh) toss the first six innings with three strikeouts and no walks, allowing just one earned run.
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Brendan Laqui, in addition to his home run, was hit by a pitch twice and threw out a would-be basestealer for the eighth time this season. Gettysburg also turned two double plays defensively.
• The Bullets are in a tie for the fifth, and final, playoff spot with two games remaining in the regular season. There are currently five teams within one game of third place who will battle for the final three spots on the last day of the regular season.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg will travel to Washington (Md.) on Sunday for a doubleheader in search of a spot in the Centennial Conference tournament. The first game of the twinbill begins at 12 p.m.
