THE FACTS
Gettysburg (25-10, 8-7 CC) 18, Franklin & Marshall (18-15-1, 5-9-1 CC) 16
What: Centennial Conference (CC) baseball game
When: Tuesday, Apr. 21
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg used a pair of nine-run innings to defeat Franklin & Marshall 18-16 in a game that was called in the top of the ninth inning due to darkness after a 4-hour, 16-minute contest.
THE LEADERS
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Jack Amirata (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Academy) led the Bullets with three hits, two RBIs, two runs scored and a walk.
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Will Roche (Milton, Mass./Boston College H.S.) also had three hits and two RBIs.
FOR THE FOES
• Tanner Wolpert led the Diplomats with a 4-for-6 day that included a pair of home runs.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Tanner Wolpert doubled with one out in the top of the first before a single and hit batter loaded the bases. A groundout scored the first run of the game.
• In the top of the third, Matt Hollender led off with a triple before scoring on a Gideon Schwartz sacrifice fly for a 2-0 lead. A Nick DiGiacomo single, stolen bases and throwing error on a strikeout put runners at the corners. After Nick Lorenzo stole second, an RBI groundout made it 3-0 before a Zac Fuscaldo triple and Ethan Conklin single stretched the advantage to 5-0.
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Mike Coleman (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) started a nine-run fourth inning with a poke up the middle. Two walks and a Dominic Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) bases-loaded hit by pitch forced in Gettysburg's first run. An RBI groundout made it 5-2 before a pitching change and
Will Roche (Milton, Mass./Boston College H.S.) single cut the deficit to 5-3. Another RBI groundout made it 5-4 before two more walks reloaded the bases. Coleman walked to force in the tying run before
Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) dropped a single into center that cleared the bases.
Jack Amirata followed with a single up the middled to plate Stellato from second for a 9-5 lead.
• The Diplomats got all four runs back in the top of the fifth to tie the game at 9-all. Lorenzo doubled with one out before scoring on a Landon Hallett single. A walk and back-to-back two-out singles coupled with a pair of errors tied the game.
• The Bullets went back to work in the sixth with nine more runs. Stellato and Amirata each singled to start the frame. Balsamo and
Will Bercaw (Langhorne, Pa./The Pennington School) followed with five-pitch walks to put the hosts in front. Two hit batters around another walk pushed the lead to 13-9. A pair of RBI groundouts around another hit batter made it 15-9 before a two-run Balsamo single and Bercaw infield knock extended the advantage to 18-9.
• A Wolpert one-out home run in the seventh made it 18-10 before a six-run eighth closed the margin to two. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases to start the inning before Conklin chopped a ball down the line for two runs. An RBI groundout and two-run Wolpert long ball trimmed the deficit to 18-15. A Hollender double, walk and single loaded the bases again before an RBI groundout made it 18-16 and foul fly out kept the tying runners on base.
• A hit batter and infield single before a groundout put the tying runs in scoring position with one out in the top of the ninth before the umpires deemed it too dark to continue and called the game.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Will Stellato and
Will Bercaw had two hits and three RBIs each.
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Ethan Mitnick (Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional) pitched 1 1/3 innings of relief without allowing a run with two strikeouts to pick up his first win of the season.
Ben Sinclair (Auckland, New Zealand/Auckland Grammar School) was on the mound when the game was called, earning his second career save.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg concludes the home-and-home series at Franklin & Marshall on Friday. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
