THE FACTS
Gettysburg (8-0) 18, Merchant Marine (0-1) 1 (6 inn.)
What: Non-conference baseball game
When: Sunday, Mar. 8
Where: Fort Pierce, Fla.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg hit four home runs to help defeat Merchant Marine 18-1 in a game called in the sixth inning due to lightning in the area.
THE LEADERS
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Alex Wilkie-Viscio (Plymouth Meeting, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh) did his job on the hill for the Bullets, throwing all six innings with eight strikeouts with no walks and scattered five hits.
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Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) went 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs.
FOR THE FOES
• Braden Vazquez led the Mariners with two hits.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• After both teams turned a double play in the first inning and with two on in the bottom of the second,
Adam Hicks (Edgewater, Md./Gilman School) drew a two-out walk with a wild pitch that scored the first run and ignited a 10-run frame.
Will Bercaw (Langhorne, Pa./The Pennington School) followed with a walk to load the bases before
Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston) followed with a bouncing ball down the first-base line to two runners for a 3-0 lead.
Will Stellato then sent a three-run home run out to left field to make it 6-0. A
Jack Amirata (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Academy) double and
Dominick Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) tripled to right for a 7-0 lead. Two walks coupled with a
Brendan Laqui (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) two-run single and Hicks RBI single capped the 10-run inning.
• A one-out Drew Davis triple and Charles Cahalan RBI groundout made it 10-1 in the top of the third but Stellato immediately got that back with a one-out home run for his second long ball in as many innings. Balsamo added a double and
Will Roche (Milton, Mass./Boston College H.S.) knocked a two-run single to right to make it 13-1.
• Hicks led off the fourth with his first collegiate home run before a walk before a wild pitch, flyout and
Mike Coleman (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) single stretched the lead to 15-1. A Roche single and Laqui three-run homer set the final score.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Brendan Laqui had two hits and five RBIs.
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Dominick Balsamo had three hits, three runs scored and an RBI, finishing a home run short of the cycle.
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Mike Coleman,
Will Roche and
Adam Hicks each had two knocks while Roche and Hicks both drove in two.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg continues its trip against Thiel on Monday. Game time is 10 a.m.
