THE FACTS
No. 21 Gettysburg (22-6, 5-3 CC) 16, Dickinson (16-12, 2-6 CC) 5
What: Centennial Conference (CC) baseball game
When: Friday, Apr. 10
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 21st in the latest D3baseball.com poll, used a seven-run fifth inning to push the game into run-rule territory and eventually a 16-5 victory over Dickinson in seven innings.
THE LEADERS
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Brendan Laqui (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) led the Bullets with two hits and five RBIs, including a third-inning grand slam. He also threw out three runners on the bases.
FOR THE FOES
• Freeman Hunt was 2-for-3 to lead the Red Devils with a walk and run scored.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• With one out in the bottom of the first,
Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston) poked a single through the left side before a two-out, two-run
Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) home run staked Gettysburg to a 2-0 lead.
• Doubles from
Jack Amirata (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Academy) and
Will Roche (Milton, Mass./Boston College H.S.) made it 3-0 in the second.
• Freeman Hunt walked to start the third inning before an error on the ensuing sacrifice put two runners on. A pickoff by
Brendan Laqui erased the lead runner but another fielding error and a two-out single by Will Ferris made it 3-1.
• With two outs in the bottom of the third, Stellato was hit by a pitch before a pair of walks loaded the bases. Laqui then took a 1-2 pitch down the left-field line and out for a grand slam and 7-1 lead.
• Kyle Bailey led off the fourth with a double before Luke Gartland walked. A one-out Hunt single loaded the bases before a Ben Milligan RBI groundout made it 7-2. Matt Conforti followed with a double to the gap to close the margin to 7-4.
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Henry Smith (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle Area) led off the bottom of the inning with a single and took second on an error and third on a groundout. A Murphy sacrifice fly made it 8-4 before
Mike Coleman (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) lined the Bullets' third home run of the day out to right.
• In the fifth, Amirata doubled before taking third on a groundout. Back-to-back walks loaded the bases. A wild pitch on the first pitch after a pitching change stretched the lead to 10-4.
Will Bercaw (Langhorne, Pa./The Pennington School) singled to right, scoring both baserunners to make it a 12-4 game. Two more walks laded the bases. With two outs,
Dominick Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) singled home two runs then Amirata and Laqui both poked an RBI single to right for a 16-4 lead.
• A two-out Milligan single, walk and Dylan Posencheg set the 16-5 final in the top of the sixth.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Jack Amirata went 3-for-3 with three runs scored, a walk and RBI.
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Will Stellato and
Henry Smith each had two hits.
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Zach Klein (West Chester, Pa./West Chester Henderson) threw 2 1/3 innings of relief with two strikeouts for his fourth win of the year on the mound.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Swarthmore on Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 12 p.m.
