THOMASVILLE, N.C. – The Georgetown University baseball team hit a trio of three-run home runs to defeat Navy 16-6 in the season opener on Friday afternoon in a neutral site game at Finch Field. With the win, the Hoyas move to 1-0 on the year while the Midshipmen fall to 0-1.
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Carter Bosch started on the mound, allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits while striking out two.
• Chase Walter went 1.2 innings in relief, allowing two runs. Carson Frye made his collegiate debut and struck out one in a scoreless 1.2 innings. Noah Abdalla finished the game with a scoreless frame in his first appearance in two years.
• AJ Lotsis led the offense with three hits, including a home run, and five RBIs.
• Ryan M. Davis and Freddy Achecar III each homered and drove in four runs. Davis finished with three hits and Achecar was on base three times.
• Kai Nelson had three hits and an RBI while scoring three times. Eddie McCabe also scored three times, reaching base four times via three walks and a hit by pitch.
• Georgetown registered 12 hits on the day and took advantage of nine walks and four hit batters.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Hoyas jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Lotsis started the scoring with a bases-loaded ground out. Achecar followed with a blast over the right field fence, scoring three runs to give GU a 4-0 lead.
• Navy cut it to 4-1 with a solo home run in the top of the third.
• Lotsis extended the lead to 7-1 with a three-run home run in the bottom of the third.
• The Midshipmen answered with two runs in the fourth and one in the fifth to make it a 7-4 game.
• After Walter stranded the bases loaded in the top of the sixth, the Hoyas exploded for seven runs in the bottom half of the inning. Davis launched a three-run homer over the right field wall to start the scoring. Three-straight walks loaded the bases before Lotsis delivered an RBI single. Achecar followed with an RBI ground out before Alex Rosen scored two runs with a double to make it 14-4.
• Navy got a couple of runs back in the top of the seventh, but the Hoyas answered right back as Davis led off with a double and Nelson singled him in with two outs to give GU a 15-6 lead. Davis reached on an infield single with the bases loaded in the eighth to provide the final score.

 
OF NOTE

• The 16 runs scored on Friday surpass Georgetown's season high from last season (14).

 
COMING UP NEXT
The two teams will return to action on Saturday afternoon with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m. Anthony Redfern will take the mound for the Hoyas. Live stats will be available at GUHoyas.com.