Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – With two outs, and runners on second and
third, Franklin & Marshall put together a game-deciding seven
run eighth inning to lift the Diplomats to a 12-4 victory over
Gettysburg in a Centennial Conference (CC) baseball game. F&M
improved to 11-10-1 (6-3 CC) while the Bullets fell to 10-12 (2-6
CC).
J. T. Triantos reached first on a fielding error, and advanced
to third on a Bill Murray double to give F&M runners in scoring
position in the eighth frame. Jay Anderson walked in the next
at-bat, loading the bases. Triantos crossed home when Russell
Tischler was hit by a pitch, breaking a 4-4 tie. Nick Rolnick
knocked in two runs with a single to left center, putting F&M
up 7-4.
Two batters later, Drew Atkins hit a single to center field,
plating two more runs. Matt Will doubled in the next plate
appearance and two more Diplomats scored, giving F&M an 11-4
edge. The Diplomats added another run in the ninth when an
Eric Bornstein walk scored Murray.
F&M jumped to an early two-run lead in the third before the
Bullets countered in the bottom of frame with two runs of their
own. Blue Wells and Anderson each picked up an RBI in the
inning.
The Diplomats added two more runs to take a 4-2 lead in the
fourth inning. Murray's double to right field plated Triantos
and Atkins for the scores. Gettysburg scored a run in the fourth
and fifth to tie the game at four each, before F&M put together
its game-winning eighth.
Murray finished hitting 4-for-5 from plate. He scored two runs
and knocked in two more.
Brendan McCreary (2-1) threw the final 2 1/3 innings to earn the
win for F&M. McCreary allowed two hits and no runs. John
Antrim-Cashin took loss. Cashin faced five batters in the eighth
and allowed six runs.
Franklin & Marshall and Gettysburg will square off again
this Friday in Lancaster for a 3:30 p.m. CC game.
Franklin & Marshall 12, Gettysburg 4 (Apr 06, 2010 at
Gettysburg, PA)
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Franklin & Marshall. 002 200 071 - 12 13 0
(11-10-1, 6-3 CC)
Gettysburg.......... 002 110 000 - 4 9 3
(10-12, 2-6 CC)
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Pitchers: Franklin & Marshall - Matt Valente; Brendan
McCreary(7) and . Gettysburg - M Karis;
AntrimCashin(8); Mi Sweeney(8); M Odierna(9); J Donovan(9) and
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Win-Brendan McCreary(2-1) Loss-AntrimCashin(0-1)
T-2:50 A-80
HR GC - M Backus (5).
