WASHINGTON – Freddy Achecar III had three hits and three RBIs and Jack Weeks was nearly perfect over 7.0 innings as the Georgetown University baseball team snapped a six-game losing streak with a 7-4 win at Maryland Eastern Shore on Wednesday afternoon. With the win, the Hoyas improve to 2-6 on the season, while the Shore falls to 1-6.
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Weeks started and went a career-best 7.0 innings on the mound, allowing just one unearned run on a hit and two walks. He retired the first 16 batters of the game while the Hoyas built up a 5-0 lead.
• Miller Freeman retired all three batters he faced to record his first career save.
• Achecar led the GU offense with three RBI base hits.
• John Simourian also finished with three hits, including a double, while Eddie McCabe was on base three times and scored three runs.
• Tony Barreca had two hits and two RBIs.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Hoyas got on the board quickly in the top of the first as a pair of walks, two errors and an RBI single by Achecar gave GU a 2-0 lead.
• Georgetown doubled the lead in the top of the fourth as safety squeeze bunts by Barreca and Simourian both produced runs.
• Achecar delivered his second RBI single in the fifth to score McCabe, who had reached on an error.
• The Shore got its first base runner with a one-out walk in the sixth inning, and scored an unearned run later in the frame.
• The Hoyas answered right back as McCabe doubled in the top of the seventh and scored on Achecar's third RBI hit to make it a 6-1 game.
• Three runs in the bottom of the eighth made it a 6-4 game.
• In the top of the ninth, Barreca delivered a clutch two-out RBI single to score Achecar and bring the lead back to three runs.
• In the bottom of the ninth, Freeman came on with the tying run at the plate and retired the next three batters to secure the 7-4 victory.

 
COMING UP NEXT
The Blue & Gray will travel to Virginia this weekend for single games against Richmond (Friday; 1:30 p.m.), VCU (Saturday; 2 p.m.) and William & Mary (Sunday; 1 p.m.).