THE FACTS
Gettysburg (4-0) 20, Eastern Connecticut State (1-1) 12
What: Non-conference baseball game
When: Friday, Feb. 27
Where: Columbia, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg scored 13 runs in the final four innings for a 20-12 win over Eastern Connecticut State.
THE LEADERS
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Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) led the Bullets with three hits and career-high six RBIs.
FOR THE FOES
• Ian Moser led the Warriors with three hits and four RBIs.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Will Bercaw (Langhorne, Pa./Pennington School) led off the game with a single before scoring on a one-out
Will Stellato triple. A two-out
Dominick Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) single doubled the lead.
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Henry Smith (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle Area) and two walks loaded the bases in the second with no outs. After a fielder's choice, Stellato cleared the bases with a double with a 5-0 lead.
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Mike Coleman (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) triple in the three to help tack on two more and stretch the lead to 7-0.
• Two singles, two walks and a Devin Kulas bases-clearing double made it 7-4 in the bottom of the third.
• Gettysburg traded two for one in the fourth and Eastern Connecticut cut the deficit to 7-5.
• Bercaw led off the sixth with a bunt single and
Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston) followed with a double down the line to open the gates for a six-run frame.
Brendan Laqui (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) had a two-run double later in the frame to make it 12-5 en route to a 13-5 lead after six.
• Three runs with two outs in the home seventh trimmed the margin to 13-8 but another five-run inning in the eighth made it 18-8. Stellato had a two-run single to key the frame.
• A bases-clearing double from Moser in the bottom of the inning made it 18-12 before the Bullets got two back on a Coleman two-run single to left and set the final margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Mike Coleman went 4-for-5 with five RBIs.
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Henry Smith was 4-for-4 and
Will Bercaw added three hits.
• Gettysburg rapped out 23 hits on the day.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action against New Jersey City at Patriot Park North in Fairfax on Saturday. Game time is 5:30 p.m.
