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Big East Conference Hoya Saxa
TEAM
Rafael Suanes/Georgetown Univ.
7
Georgetown GU 21-14, 3-5 BIG EAST
8
Winner Butler BUTLER 16-19, 2-3 BIG EAST
Georgetown GU
21-14, 3-5 BIG EAST
7
Final
8
Butler BUTLER
16-19, 2-3 BIG EAST
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Georgetown GU 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 9 1
Butler BUTLER 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 X 8 11 1

W: DREES, Derek (3-0) L: Garner, Collin (1-1) S: GALDONI, Lukas (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Falls at Butler on Friday

INDIANAPOLIS - The Georgetown University baseball team dropped an 8-7 contest at Butler on Friday evening. GU fell to 21-14 overall and 3-5 in BIG EAST play while the Bulldogs moved to 16-19 on the year with a 2-3 conference record.

"A great job by Butler tonight. Derek Drees was lights out for them, and as advertised, one of the best relievers in the league for a reason. Credit goes to him and Butler tonight. We'll be back here ready to go tomorrow. " - Head Coach Edwin Thompson on tonight's game

HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
  • Jake Hyde hit his 14th home run of the year, tying Ubaldo Lopez for the team lead. Hyde also tied Lopez for second-all time for most homers in a single season.
  • Christian Ficca and Andrew Ciufo registered two hits apiece, combining for a pair of walks, two RBIs and two runs scored.
  • Owen Carapellotti drove in two runs on the afternoon while Ciufo, Lopez and Evan Blum tallied one RBI each.
  • Six different Hoyas registered one tally on Friday evening.
  • Ayden Head dominated in his three innings of work out of pen, allowing just one hit and striking out two.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • After the Hoyas executed a hit-and-run to put runners on the corners in the opening frame, Ficca and Ciufo smacked back-to-back RBI singles to go up by two (2-0). Carapellotti slapped a double off the center field wall and lifted the Hoyas to a 4-0 edge.
  • In the top of the second, Hyde drilled a 2-2 pitch over the right field wall for a 5-0 lead.
  • Butler stormed back in the bottom of the third inning to take a 6-5 advantage.
  • The Hoyas countered in the top of the fourth when Lopez laced a single to left and Keith Savoy Jr. slid hard into home, forcing the ball out of the catcher's glove and tying the game at six.
  • In the home half of the fourth, the Bulldogs reclaimed the lead (7-6) on a solo shot.
  • Both teams were held off the board until Butler tacked on one more in the bottom of the sixth (8-6).
  • Blum smacked his second homer of the season, hitting a solo jack to cut the Hoya deficit in half in the seventh before Butler closed the door in the final two frames (8-7).

UP NEXT - TIME CHANGE
Georgetown will return to action for the final game of the series against Butler on Saturday, April 16 with first pitch slated for 11:30 a.m.
 
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