THE FACTS
McDaniel (24-10, 7-5 CC) 9, No. 18 Gettysburg (24-8, 7-5 CC) 4
What: Centennial Conference (CC) baseball game
When: Friday, Apr. 17
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
A four-run third inning staked McDaniel to a lead that it did not relinquish to complete the season sweep of McDaniel, 9-4.
THE LEADERS
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Will Bercaw (Langhorne, Pa./The Pennington School) led the Bullets with two hits on the afternoon.
FOR THE FOES
• Shane Daly was one of four Green Terror players with three hits. He was 3-for-5 with two runs scored, three RBIs and a walk.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Gettysburg jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first.
Will Bercaw led off with a single before stealing second. After
Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston) walked, a
Mike Coleman (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) sacrifice fly plated Bercaw but the Bullets ultimately stranded two runners in scoring position – the first two of 11 left on in the game.
• Quinn Dean led off the third with a four-pitch walk before a fielder's choice. A Patrick Kelly double put two in scoring position before Shane Daly tied the game with a single to right. A Thomas Mezzullo single up the middle made it 2-1 before a Ben Davis single and Shea McKenna groundout made it 4-1.
• A single, walk and bunt single that was ruled to have just stayed fair loaded the bases with one out in the fourth. Davis then drew a walk to stretch the lead to 5-1.
• With two outs in the home fifth,
Jack Amirata (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Academy) dropped a single into right to start a rally.
Dominick Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) doubled to the gap and
Will Roche (Milton, Mass./Boston College H.S.) poked a single to right-center to cut the deficit to 5-3.
• A Daly leadoff triple and one-out Davis single pushed the advantage back to three in the sixth before a single, sacrifice and two-base wild pitch made it 7-3 in the seventh.
• A Coleman fielder's choice and stolen base coupled with a two-out error closed the margin to 7-4 in the home seventh.
• McDaniel tacked on two more in the ninth on a Daly two-run single up the middle against a drawn-in infield.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Robert Murphy drew two walks for the Bullets, who were issued eight free passes on the day.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Ursinus on Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 12 p.m.
