THE FACTS
No. 18 Gettysburg (15-3) 17, Susquehanna (10-8) 4 (Game 1)
No. 18 Gettysburg (15-3) 4, Susquehanna (10-8) 0 (Game 2 - suspended)
What: Non-conference baseball doubleheader
When: Sunday, Mar. 22
Where: Selinsgrove, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 18th in the latest D3baseball.com poll, scored 10 runs in the third inning of game one en route to a 17-4 victory over Susquehanna. The Bullets held a 4-0 lead with one out in the top of the fifth inning before the game was halted due to weather.
THE LEADERS
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Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston) led the Bullets with a three-hit game one, adding two RBIs and two runs scored.
FOR THE FOES
• CJ Orrega led the River Hawks with a pair of hits.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• In the first game,
Mike Coleman (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) drew a one-out walk to start a 10-run third inning. An error, balk and hit batter loaded the bases before a
Brayden Casas (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) sacrifice fly plated the first run before a
Jack Amirata (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Academy) three-run home run stretched the lead to 4-0 with two outs. A
Will Roche (Milton, Mass./Boston College H.S.) four-pitch walk and
Brendan Laqui (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) put runners at the corners. A
Henry Smith (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle Area) RBI single and
Robert Murphy RBI double made it 6-0. After a pitching change, Coleman singled up the middle to score two more and
Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) blasted Gettysburg's second long ball of the frame for a 10-0 lead.
• Lucas Zachesky reached on an error to start the bottom of the fourth before a two-out Lincoln Hower double got Susquehanna on the board with an unearned run.
• A Dylan Heyduk one-out triple and wild pitch made it 10-2 in the seventh before doubles from Owen Ayers and Michael Girardi around a CJ Orrego single and Hower sacrifice fly closed the margin to 10-4 in the eighth.
• Gettysburg plated another seven runs in the top of the ninth. Two singles and two walks started the big inning.
Dominick Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) had the only extra-base hit of the frame, roping a two-run double to the gap with two outs.
• In game two, Stellato led off the second inning with a home run for a 1-0 lead. Amirata singled with one out before scoring on a Roche double. Laqui then singled home Roche for a 3-0 lead.
• A Laqui home run to lead off the fifth made it 4-0. After a groundout, Murphy singled up the middle before play was suspended.
THE INSIDE STORY
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John Francesconi (Syracuse, N.Y./Marcellus) allowed just three hits and struck out six in five innings of game one to pick up the win.
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Mike Coleman,
Will Stellato,
Dominick Balsamo,
Brayden Casas and
Jack Amirata all had two hits. Amirata and Stellato drove in three.
• A decision will be made at a later date on the conclusion of game two. Because five innings were not complete, statistics for the game do not count until or unless the game is finished.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Mount Aloysius on Tuesday. Game time is 3 p.m.
