THE FACTS
No. 3 Johns Hopkins (21-4, 4-0 CC) 15, No. 15 Gettysburg (19-5, 2-2 CC) 13
What: Centennial Conference (CC) baseball game
When: Friday, Apr. 3
Where: Baltimore, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
Johns Hopkins, ranked third in the latest D3baseball.com poll, scored nine runs in the third inning to overcome an early deficit then held off a late charge by No. 15 Gettysburg for a 15-13 victory to complete the season sweep.
THE LEADERS
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Michael Fischetti (Wilton, Conn./Wilton) led the Bullets with a 3-for-3 day at the plate, including his first two home run game. He drove in four runs and walked twice in addition to turning a double play from right field.
FOR THE FOES
• William Jaun led the Blue Jays with another four-hit day with two home runs, adding eight RBIs.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• After getting out of trouble in the top of the first, Clay Hartje led off the bottom of the inning with a single. After a strikeout and fielder's choice, William Jaun sent one out to right for a 2-0 Johns Hopkins lead.
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Dominick Balsamo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) led off the second with a double before a
Jack Amirata (Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Academy) infield single put runners at the corners. With one out,
Michael Fischetti went deep to left-center for his first home run of the season and a 3-2 lead. With two out,
Will Bercaw (Langhorne, Pa./The Pennington School) hit a laser out to right for his first career home run to stretch the lead to two.
• A
Mike Coleman (Drexel Hill, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) infield single and
Will Stellato (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) shot to the alley stretched the lead to 6-2 to start the third.
• Two walks and a single loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning with no outs before Jaun took a 2-1 pitch out to right-center for a grand slam, tying the game at 6-all. An RBI single to left from Hamilton Adams and bases-loaded walk to Hartje gave the hosts a two-run edge. A Luke Baker sacrifice fly stretched the advantage to 9-6. Two more singles extended the lead to 11-6.
• Fischetti led off the fourth with his second long ball of the game then three walks, including one with the bases loaded to Bercaw, around a Fischetti single in the fifth closed the margin to 11-8.
• Two walks and a Jaun single loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the inning before a Jacob Harris grand slam on the eighth pitch of the at bat pushed the lead out to 15-8.
• Coleman led off the sixth with a double before a Stellato single put runners at the corners. A hit batter and walk forced in a run before a
Will Roche (Hingham, Mass./Boston College H.S.) sacrifice fly made it 15-10. A walk reloaded the bases before
Brendan Laqui (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) singled home Balsamo and Bercaw beat out an infield single to slice the deficit to 15-12 but Gavin Simurdiak got a pair of strikeouts to strand the bases loaded.
• A walk and two singles loaded the bases in the top of the eighth before a
Robert Murphy (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston) RBI groundout made it 15-13.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Will Bercaw recorded his first career five-hit day with his first career home run, going 5-for-5 with three RBIs and a walk.
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Mike Coleman chipped in three hits while
Will Stellato and
Brendan Laqui had two each.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Haverford on Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 12 p.m
