April 18, 2015 Game One | Game Two
Bethesda, Md. - The Georgetown baseball team lost a pair of tough games, falling 4-1 and 3-2 to Stony Brook in a non-conference doubleheader at Shirley Povich Field on Saturday.
Nick Collins (Carthage, N.C./Union Pines) had three hits on the day to lead the offense. Beau Hall (Seaville, N.J./Ocean City) was on base a total of four times with two walks and two hit-by-pitches. Austin Shirley (Strafford, Pa./Conestoga) was on base three times over the two games with a double and two hit-by-pitches.
Game One: Stony Brook 4, Georgetown 1 ...Â
Stony Brook scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning, breaking a 1-1 tie, to defeat the Hoyas, 4-1.
Matt Hollenbeck (Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) started and pitched 5.1 innings, giving up just one run on five hits while striking out two. Tim Davis (Vienna, Va./James Madison HS) took the loss in 3.2 innings in relief, giving up three runs with two strikeouts.
Georgetown got on the board quickly in the bottom of the first. Shirley was hit by a pitch to lead things off and went to second on a sacrifice bunt by Webber. One out later, Carter lined a single into center field to drive in Shirley.
Stony Brook immediately tied things up in the top of the second inning on a two-out RBI single.
The score remained the same until the top of the ninth when the Seawolves scored three times off of Davis to take a 4-1 lead. The three runs broke up a streak of 19 scoreless innings by Davis over his past 10 appearances.
Game Two: Stony Brook 3, Georgetown 2 (7 innings) ...
The Hoyas stranded the tying and winning runs in scoring position in the bottom of the seventh, falling 3-2 in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader.
Matt Smith (Cranberry Twp., Pa./Seneca Valley) pitched five innings, giving up three runs, two earned, on 10 hits while striking out four. Simon Mathews (West Haven, Conn./Hopkins School) went two innings of scoreless relief, registering one strikeout.
For the second time on Saturday, the Hoyas put up a run in the bottom of the first inning. Shirley again led off and was hit by a pitch. Collins lined a one-out double down the left field line to put runners on second and third and Carter grounded out softly to shortstop, allowing Shirley to cross the plate.
Stony Brook again responded quickly, scoring two runs, one earned, in the top of the second to take a 2-1 lead.
The Hoyas fought back to tie the score in the fourth inning. Busch started the rally by working a one-out walk. On the first pitch of the next at-bat, Busch stole second and then advanced to third when the catcher's throw sailed into center field. Bialkowski then lined a single to center to score Busch and tie things up, 2-2.
Stony Brook regained its lead in the top of the fifth on a leadoff double, single and throwing error.
GU threatened in its final at bat. Hall lead off by getting hit on an 0-2 pitch and, with one out, stole second base and went to third on a balk. With two outs, Webber was hit by a pitch, putting the winning run on base. He advanced to second on a wild pitch, which did not get far enough away to allow Hall to score, and was replaced by a pinch-runner, Michael DeRenzi (Mendham, N.J./Seton Hall Prep). However, Collins grounded out to second to end the game.
The two teams will conclude their series with a 1 p.m. contest on Sunday. Kevin Superko (Wellesley, Mass./Wellesley/Phillips Andover) will get the start for the Hoyas.
