THE FACTS
No. 21 Gettysburg (16-3) 7, Mount Aloysius (6-13) 0
What: Non-conference baseball game
When: Tuesday, Mar. 24
Where: Cresson, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 21st in the latest D3baseball.com poll, rapped out 16 hits as part of a 7-0 win at Mount Aloysius.
THE LEADERS
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Brendan Laqui (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) led the Bullets with a 4-for-5 day at the plate and drove in three.
FOR THE FOES
• Owen McDermott led the Mounties with a pair of hits.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• With one out in the fourth inning,
Dominick Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) drew a four-pitch walk before
Brayden Casas (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) singled and
Jack Amirata (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Academy) walked to load the bases. A two-out
Brendan Laqui single down the line staked Gettysburg to a 2-0 lead.
• One inning later,
Mike Coleman (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) singled with one out.
Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) singled through the left side and Balsamo dropped a knock into left to load the bases. A Casas sacrifice fly and Amirata single up the middle pushed the lead to 4-0.
• Stellato was hit by a pitch to start the top of the seventh before back-to-back singles from Balsamo and Casas stretched the advantage to 5-0. A one-out
Will Roche (Milton, Mass./Boston College H.S.) sacrifice fly made it 6-0.
• Roche doubled with two outs in the ninth before a Laqui RBI single set the final margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Will Stellato's two hits gave him 100 for his career, reaching the milestone on the fifth inning single.
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Robert Murphy,
Dominick Balsamo and
Brayden Casas also all added a pair of knocks.
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Luca Tosca (Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep) and
Alex Bergen (Potomac, Md./Good Counsel) combined to throw the first eight innings, throwing four innings each. Tosca scattered three hits with five strikeouts. Bergen did not allow a hit, fanning six with one walk.
Ethan Mitnick (Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional) struck out one to preserve the shutout in the ninth.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Rutgers-Camden on Wednesday. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
