THE FACTS
Gettysburg (7-0) 17, Albright (5-2) 2
What: Non-conference baseball game
When: Saturday, Mar. 7
Where: Fort Pierce, Fla.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg used an 11-run fourth inning to break the game wide open and defeat Albright 17-2 on its first game of its eight-game trip to Fort Pierce.
THE LEADERS
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Brendan Laqui (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) went 3-for-3, including a double and home run, with three RBIs and two runs scored.
FOR THE FOES
• Tyler Boccelli had a hit and RBI to lead the Lions.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Will Bercaw (Langhorne, Pa./Pennington School) walked to start the bottom of the first before
Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston) singled. A one-out
Jack Amirata (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Academy) double staked Gettysburg to a 2-0 lead before adding a third run on a
Brendan Laqui one-out home run in the second.
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Dominick Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) walked to start a 16-batter, 11-run fourth inning. In total, there were four walks and eight hits in the frame.
Mike Coleman (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) and Laqui had RBI doubles in the inning while Bercaw added a two-run single and
Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) contributed a two-run triple – all before an out was recorded.
• A Tyler Boccelli leadoff home run in the fifth made it 14-1.
• A Balsamo RBI double and RBI groundouts from Coleman and Laqui stretched the lead to 17-1 in the bottom of the fifth.
• Two errors led to an unearned run in the top of the eighth.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Will Bercaw went 1-for-2 with three RBIs.
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Robert Murphy had three hits while
Will Stellato and
Jack Amirata had two hits each. Amirata also drove in three.
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John Francesconi (Syracuse, N.Y./Marcellus) tossed five innings with three strikeouts and a walk to pick up the win.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg continues its trip against Merchant Marine on Sunday. Game time is 2:30 p.m.
