THE FACTS
Gettysburg (1-0) 5, Widener (0-1) 0
Gettysburg (2-0) 16, William Peace (1-3) 0 (7 inn.)
What: Non-conference baseball games
When: Saturday, Feb. 21
Where: Cary, N.C.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg did not allow a run on opening day, recording a pair of victories. The Bullets defeated Widener 5-0 in the opener before defeating William Peace 16-0 in a seven-inning, run-rule win.
THE LEADERS
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Dominick Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) led the offense for the Bullets with four hits and five RBIs in the two games.
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John Francesconi (Syracuse, N.Y./Marcellus) threw four innings of shutout ball in game one before
Ben Sinclair (Auckland, New Zealand/Auckland Grammar School) closed out the final five innings with four strikeouts and two hits for his first collegiate win in his first game in the opener.
• In the second game,
Alex Wilkie-Viscio (Plymouth Meeting, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh) threw four innings with two hits and three strikeouts for the win.
Luca Tosca (Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep) tossed the final three innings to complete the 16 innings of scoreless ball.
FOR THE FOES
• Kevin Bukowski led the Pride with two hits.
• Kyle Peters was 1-for-2 for the Pacers.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• In game one,
Jack Amirata (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Academy) led off the bottom of the second with a double before scoring on a
Dominick Balsamo double. A pair of walks loaded the bases before Widener traded two-for-one with a double play that allowed Balsamo to score for a 2-0 lead.
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Henry Smith (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) reached on a one-out single in the fifth before stealing second. After a
Will Bercaw (Langhorne, Pa./The Pennington School) walk,
Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) drew a two-out walk to load the bases. Amirata walked to force in Smith before Bercaw scored on a passed ball for a 4-0 lead.
• Gettysburg tacked on a run in the seventh when an Amirata one-out single plated
Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston), who was hit by a pitch to lead off the frame.
• Against William Peace, Amirata walked to start the fourth before Balsamo followed with a triple to dent the scoreboard. A
Will Roche (Milton, Mass./Boston College H.S.) sacrifice fly made it 2-0.
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Mike Coleman (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) led off the fifth with a single to start a six-run frame. Six straight Gettysburg hitters reached to start the frame, including back-to-back doubles from Amirata and Balsamo.
• A Balsamo sacrifice fly plated Bercaw to make it 9-0 in the sixth before the Bullets plated seven more in the seventh for the run-rule win. Back-to-back walks started the inning before Coleman doubled home Roche. In total, Gettysburg drew five walks in the frame, including two with the bases loaded.
Brayden Casas (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) had a two-run, pinch-hit single for his first hit.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Jack Amirata joined
Dominick Balsamo with two hits against Widener.
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Robert Murphy was 3-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored against William Peace.
Mike Coleman added three hits.
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Will Bercaw and Balsamo both had two hits.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action in the finale of the three-game set in Cary, taking on William Peace on Sunday. Game time is 1 p.m.
