THE FACTS
No. 21 Gettysburg (17-3) 10, Rutgers-Camden (8-9) 7
What: Non-conference baseball game
When: Wednesday, Mar. 25
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 21st in the latest D3baseball.com poll, opened up an 8-3 lead before using a two-run home run in the eighth for insurance in a 10-7 victory over Rutgers-Camden.
THE LEADERS
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Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) led the Bullets with his first four-hit game of the season, going 4-for-5 with two doubles.
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Brendan Laqui (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) provided the insurance in the eighth inning with a two-run home run.
FOR THE FOES
• Austin Dubler led the Scarlet Raptors with three hits and a walk.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Gavin McCaffrey led off the game with a single to right before Austin Dubler and Jake Slusarski followed with singles to load the bases. Jacob Watson was hit by a pitch to force in the first run of the game before a Chris Smith single up the middle plated two more for a 3-0 lead.
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Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston) started the home half of the inning with a single through the left side before moving up a base on a wild pitch. One-out singles from
Will Stellato and
Dominick Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) made it a 3-1 game before a two-out
Jack Amirata (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Academy) single cut the margin to one.
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Will Roche (Milton, Mass./Boston College H.S.) walked to lead off the second before a fielder's choice and a walk to Murphy put two on base.
Mike Coleman (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) singled home
Henry Smith (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle Area) to tie the game before a Stellato single to center put the hosts in front, 4-3.
• Stellato led off the fourth with a double before a Balsamo single and
Brayden Casas (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) walk loaded the bases. An Amirata sacrifice fly pushed the lead to two before a
Brendan Laqui walk reloaded the bases. After a pitching change, Roche doubled to the fence to clear the bases and make it 8-3.
• Rutgers-Camden closed the margin back to one with a four-run sixth. Evan Carbone walked to start the inning before McCaffrey and Dubler both singled to make it 8-4. A Slusarski single loaded the bases before Watson was hit by a pitch for the second time with the bases loaded. Smith followed with a single before a Will Gural RBI groundout made it 8-7.
• Amirata poked a two-out, two-strike pitch through the right side in the eighth before Laqui sent the first pitch saw out to left field to extend the lead back to three.
• Two of the first three hitters reached in the ninth before
Ethan Mitnick (Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional) came on and got a strikeout and flyout for his second save of the season.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Jacob Guthmiller (Saint Johns, Fla./St. Joseph Academy) pitched 1 2/3 innings, allowing just one hit to earn his first collegiate win.
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Mike Coleman,
Dominick Balsamo and
Jack Amirata all had two hits.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Muhlenberg for the Centennial Conference opener on Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 12 p.m.
