THE FACTS
No. 25 Gettysburg (10-1) 11, Heidelberg (6-4) 6
What: Non-conference baseball game
When: Wednesday, Mar. 11
Where: Fort Pierce, Fla.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 25th in the latest D3baseball.com poll, scored runs in six of its final seven at bats to defeat Heidelberg, 11-6.
THE LEADERS
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Brendan Laqui (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) led the Bullets with two extra-base hits and four RBIs.
FOR THE FOES
• Braedy Limke went 2-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Student Princes.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Dominick Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) and
Michael Fischetti (Wilton, Conn./Wilton) drew back-to-back walks to start the second before
Brendan Laqui roped a one-out triple for a 2-0 lead.
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Jack Amirata (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Academy) led off the third with a single down the line before an error and two-out Laqui double to left stretched the lead to 4-0.
• Will Bergan (Langhorne, Pa./The Pennington School) and
Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston) each singled to start the third and put runners at the corner. A wild pitch and passed ball around a
Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) sacrifice fly made it a 6-0 game.
• Five straight one-out hits in the top of the fifth, including a Braedy Limke two-run single, cut the margin to 6-4.
• Bercaw led off the home sixth with a triple before scoring on a one-out Stellato single to left. An Amirata double stretched the lead to 8-4.
• Connor Roberts walked to start the top of the seventh before a Limke single and wild pitch put two runners in scoring position. After a popout, Garrett Labeau doubled to the gap to make it an 8-6 game.
• A walk, sacrifice and errant throw on a second sacrifice attempt got those two runs back in the home seventh before
Will Roche (Milton, Mass./Boston College H.S.) scored pinch-runner
Henry Smith (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) for a five-run lead in the eighth.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Ethan Mitnick (Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional) fanned four batters in two innings of relief work while
Zach Klein (West Chester, Pa./West Chester) closed out the final two innings with a punchout to earn the win.
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Will Bercaw,
Jack Amirata and
Will Roche all had two hits. Bercaw also walked twice and scored three runs.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg continues its trip against Monmouth on Thursday. Game time is 10 a.m.
