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BETHESDA, Md. - Freshman Jack Cushing (Flower Mound, Texas/Marcus) pitched six shutout innings in his first career start and Chase Bushor (San Diego, Calif./Santa Fe Christian) lined an RBI double in the sixth inning as the Georgetown University baseball team shut out the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC), 1-0, on Tuesday afternoon in its home opener at Shirley Povich Field.

With the win, the Hoyas improved to 3-4, while the Retrievers fell to 1-7.

Cushing allowed just two hits and had four strikeouts in his six innings of work. He faced one batter over the minimum and needed just 70 pitches. Joseph Bialkowski (Raleigh, N.C./Needham B. Broughton) made his first pitching appearance of the season and went 0.2 innings. Tim Davis (Vienna, Va./James Madison HS) went 1.1 scoreless innings, striking out the side in the eighth.

Michael DeRenzi (Mendham, N.J./Seeton Hall Prep) again led the GU offense, going 3-for-4 with a double. Bushor also had two hits, including a double.

UMBC hit a leadoff single in the top of the first, but the runner was immediately erased when DeRenzi doubled him off from right field after a fly out. Cushing settled down to retire 17 of the next 18 batters, allowing just a harmless, two-out double in the third inning.

The Hoyas had several chances early on, but were not able to convert them into runs. In the second inning, Eric Garza (San Antonio, Texas/Ronald Reagan/TCU/San Jacinto) reached on an error with two outs and went to third on single from Bushor, but both were stranded there.

Garza hit a leadoff double down the left field line in the bottom of the fourth inning, but was caught stealing one out later. DeRenzi crushed a two-out double in the fifth inning, but GU could not push him across the plate.

Georgetown broke through in the bottom of the sixth inning. Bennett Stehr (Orinda, Calif./Miramonte) led off and reached on an error by the first baseman. Charlie Dillon (Chicago, Ill./Berkshire/Catholic) laid down a perfect bunt for a single to put two runners on. A fielder's choice from Garza put runners on the corners before Bushor lined a double into the left-center field gap to score Stehr from third.

The Retrievers loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the seventh, but Davis came in and retired the final batter on a line out to right field.

David Ellingson (The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands College Park) worked around a leadoff single in the top of the ninth, striking out the final two batters for his second save of the season.

The Hoyas will travel down to Florida for their annual spring break trip, playing eight games in 10 days. GU will open the trip with a three-game series at Florida Atlantic University before playing two games at the Snowbird Baseball Classic in Port Charlotte. The trip will conclude with a three-game set against the University of Pennsylvania at the New York Mets spring training facility in Port St. Lucie.

Notes
DeRenzi is now 9-for-10 in his past two games after going 6-for-6 against Davidson on Sunday.