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Big East Conference Hoya Saxa
Team
Art Pittman/Georgetown Univ.
5
Georgetown GU 19-11, 2-2 BIG EAST
8
Winner Creighton CU 16-8, 1-0 BIG EAST
Georgetown GU
19-11, 2-2 BIG EAST
5
Final
8
Creighton CU
16-8, 1-0 BIG EAST
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Georgetown GU 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 8 1
Creighton CU 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 X 8 10 1

W: Dylan Tebrake (4-1) L: Bosch, Carter (3-2) S: Tommy Steier (5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Hoyas Fall at Creighton on Friday

 
OMAHA, Neb. - The Georgetown University baseball team fell 8-5 in its series opener at Creighton on Friday evening. GU fell to 19-11 overall and 2-2 in BIG EAST play while the Bluejays jumped to 16-8 while moving to 1-0 in conference action . 

"It was a good game on a Friday night between two teams. I thought we had some great at-bats to get ourselves in a position to score. [Creighton] found a way to get the job done tonight. We'll bounce back and be ready to go tomorrow."- Head Coach Edwin Thompson on tonight's game

HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
  • Ubaldo Lopez smacked his first triple of the season, tallying a run and an RBI on the day.
  • Jake Hyde went 2-for-4 with his first triple of the year to go along with two runs scored and an RBI. 
  • Michael Eze scored two times after walking twice on the evening.
  • Christian Ficca put forth a 2-for-4 performance with an RBI.
  • Andrew Ciufo and Andrew Bergeron also tallied one hit in the contest.
  • Anthony Redfern allowed just one run on one hit and struck out three in three innings of work.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Hoyas took the lead in the opening frame when Hyde scored on a Bluejay fielding miscue during Ficca's single to left.
  • Creighton tied the game at one in the home half of the first before scoring a pair in the second for a 3-1 lead.
  • Georgetown responded in the third, knotting the game on back-to-back RBI triples from Hyde and Lopez. The Hoya left fielder scored on the following double play to take a 4-3 lead.
  • After a blank fourth, the Bluejays scored one in the fifth and three in the sixth to take a 7-4 edge.
  • Ficca broke through in the seventh with an RBI single through the left side, slashing the Creighton edge to two (7-5).
  • The Bluejays increased their lead back to three in the bottom of the eighth (8-5) before closing the door on the Hoyas in the ninth.

UP NEXT
Georgetown will return to action in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday, April 9 for a 3 p.m. ET contest against Creighton.
 
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