Annapolis, Md.– The Georgetown University baseball team downed the Navy Midshipmen on Tuesday afternoon 18-10. Michael Eze led the Hoyas with four hits, three runs, three RBIs and was hit by a pitch twice.  
 
ON THE RECORD
"What a midweek baseball game, really competitive and I loved our fight and our ability to come back after they evened things up. Cody Bowker was phenomenal in his first career start and he did a great job setting the tone for us. Our offense did a really good job throughout the game. When we needed a stop, Garret Keough gave us that stop but Cam Guarino was really the catalyst in stopping that run they had in the middle of the game. Garret gave us calmness and led us there but I am really proud of the defense. We had so many guys who stepped up, Brian Depman got in there for his first career game and got a couple hits and Luke Bauer and Andrew Jergins got in and it was great to see the young guys get in. Everyone contributed in different ways but we got the win which is most important." - Head Coach Edwin Thompson.
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Cody Bowker made his collegiate debut on the mound against Navy. In five innings of work he had three strikeouts and allowed four hits and two runs.
• Garret Keough got the win for GU marking his first victory of the season.
• Eze went 4-for-4 on the day with four hits, three runs, three RBIs and also reached base twice after being hit by a pitch.
• Nine Hoyas recorded one hit or more today which is a season best thus far.
• Jake Hyde hit his first home run of the season after hitting a program record 19 last year.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• In the first inning, Hyde hit a solo shot down the right field line to put the Hoyas on the board first. Ubaldo Lopez, Owen Carapellotti and Eze all got on base before Ficca knocked home Lopez on a sac fly.
• Austin Kretzschmar got up to the plate in the top of the first and hit a bases clearing double bringing home Carapellotti and Eze to put GU up 4-0. Kretzschmar was left stranded on second to end the top half of the first.
• GU went scoreless in the next two innings of play while the Midshipmen added two of their own to bring things within two.
• In the top of the fourth inning, the Hoyas offense sparked once again scoring five runs. Lopez had a double that knocked home Adam Dapkewicz and Hyde while advancing Zaid Walker to third.
• Carapellotti grounded out to short on the ensuing play but he was able to knock Walker home in the process. With Lopez on second, Eze stepped up to the plate and hit a two-run homerun down the right field line adding two more runs to the GU lead.
• The Midshipmen put up five runs in the sixth inning to bring the score to within two again.
• In the seventh, Christian Ficca hit a double before advancing to third on a fly ball. Angelo D'Acunto stepped up to the plate and was able to knock Ficca home with a sac fly to left center. GU's lead grew to three before heading to the bottom of the inning.
• The Midshipmen wouldn't go away putting up three in the seventh to even the score.
• The Hoyas offense came back to life in the eighth inning putting up seven runs on six hits.
• GU added one more in the ninth to seal the deal grabbing the 18-10 win.

 
OF NOTE

• GU hit two home runs against the Midshipmen bringing their season total to six through four games.
• Cody Bowker made his collegiate debut on the mound and put in five stellar innings to help capturre the win.
• Kretzschmar had four RBIs today which led all Hoyas while Ficca hit two doubles and had three RBIs. Eze capped off the trio of Hoyas with three or more RBIs.
• Keough earned his first win of the 2023 season after 2.1 innings of work. Keough struck out four batters of the ten he faced allowing only two hits and no runs.

 
UP NEXT
The Hoyas return to action on Friday, February 24 as they take on Iona University in Wilmington, North Carolina. First pitch is slated for 12 p.m.