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Georgetown University Athletics

Big East Conference Hoya Saxa
Baseball vs UMBC
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8
Cornell COR 2-5
9
Winner Georgetown GU 9-5
Cornell COR
2-5
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Final
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Georgetown GU
9-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Cornell COR 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 9 2
Georgetown GU 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 9 8 3

W: Bosch, Carter (1-1) L: Gilbert (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Blum’s Extra-Inning Heroics Propel Hoyas to 9-8 Win Over Cornell

COLLEGE PARK – Hoya outfielder Evan Blum delivered the final blow to Cornell, smacking a game-winning RBI single to right to knock off the Big Red, 9-8, at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Georgetown moved to 9-5 on the season while Cornell dropped to 2-5.

"Nothing like having a great ball game on a Sunday. Nolan McCarthy gave us an unbelievable start and Carter Bosch came on in a very difficult spot with the international rule and did what he needed to do in the tenth. Ethan Stern's homer in the ninth was also great. I'm proud of our guys for bouncing back after a tough game Friday and we are looking forward to tomorrow night." - Head Coach Edwin Thompson on today's win

HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
  • Blum went 2-for-4 on the afternoon, marking his second multi-hit game of the year while logging a run and an RBI.
  • Jake Hyde remained hot, extending his hitting streak to 14 games and multi-hit streak to eight contests with a 2-for-4 showing. The Hoya right fielder finished the day with a home run, two tallies and two RBIs.
  • Ethan Stern registered his fourth-straight game with a home run and reached base for the 14th-straight contest, going 1-for-3 with three runs scored.
  • Andrew Bergeron, Andrew Ciufo and Cam Meyer recorded one hit while Ciufo and Meyer drove in two runs apiece.
  • Nolan McCarthy dominated in his seven innings of work, allowing just one earned run on three hits with 10 strikeouts.
  • Collin Garner and Carter Bosch tossed identical scoreless innings, surrendering just one hit and striking out one.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Cornell jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the opening frame before scoring two more in the third (3-0).
  • Hyde responded with his fifth home run of the season in the home half of the third to cut the CU lead to two (3-2).
  • The Hoyas slashed its deficit to one with a Ciufo RBI groundout in the fourth (3-2).
  • Following a blank fifth and sixth inning, GU unloaded five runs on Cornell. After a Blum double and Bergeron was hit by a pitch, Hyde drove a single through the right side to tie the game at three. With runners on second and third, Meyer smacked a two-run base knock to left center to bring both runners around and lift the Hoyas to a 5-3 lead. Following a Stern walk, Ciufo lined one up the middle to score Meyer and bumped the lead to three (6-3). Stern scored the final run of the inning on a wild pitch to take a four-run edge (7-3).
  • Cornell capitalized on Georgetown's miscues in the final frame, scoring five times to take the lead (8-7).
  • Stern led off the bottom of the ninth by taking a 3-1 pitch to deep left center, knotting the game at eight and sending the game to extras.
  • Bosch came on in the 10th and came out unscathed, stranding two runners on before Blum laced an RBI single to right in the home half and knocked off Cornell, 9-8.

UP NEXT
The Hoyas will look to continue its success when they return to action on Monday, March 14 for a 6 p.m. contest against No. 24 Maryland at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium.
 
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