WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team fell to Mount St. Mary's 9-7 on Wednesday afternoon. The Hoyas move to 14-11 on the season and Mount St. Mary's improves to 11-12.
ON THE RECORD
"Great job by Mount St. Mary's today, they are a really good team and they beat us in all three phases. I thought
Collin Garner gave us a great start.
Ubaldo Lopez,
Jake Hyde and
Owen Carapellotti helped give us a chance but unfortunately, we couldn't get the job done. We will bounce back and be ready to open conference play this weekend" - Head Coach
Edwin Thompson
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- GU was unable to generate much offense in the top half of the first inning. In the bottom half of the inning, Mount St. Mary's hit a three-run home run to take an early 3-0 lead.
- The second and third frames were scoreless from both sides. GU left Savoy Jr. stranded on third in the second but they were unable to bring him home.
- In the fourth, Hyde hit a solo shot to left for GU's first score of the day. The Hoyas were unable to add anymore going three up, three down after the Hyde homer. In the bottom half of the inning, Mount St. Mary's added one more run to bring its lead back to three.
- In the top of the fifth, Carapellotti stepped up to the plate with a runner on second and hit a shot to right for his fourth homer of the season. Mount St. Mary's was unable to add any runs in the bottom of the fifth taking the 4-3 score into the sixth.
- GU went three up, three down in the top of the sixth and Mount St. Mary's grabbed one hit but was unable to bring the runner home.
- In the seventh, Marco Castillo and D'Acunto got on base and then Castillo scored on a sac fly. Mount St. Mary's would intentionally walk Carapellotti putting Lopez at the plate. The graduate student stepped into the box and hit a no doubt shot to left field for the fifth-consecutive game. GU took its first lead of the day at 7-4.
- In the bottom of the eighth, Mount St. Mary's added a run on an RBI single to left. GU was able to retire the side taking the 7-5 lead into the top of the final frame.
- Mount St. Mary's would hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth to win the game 9-7.
OF NOTE
- Lopez has hit a home run in five-consecutive games.
- Hyde hit his sixth home run of the season.
- Carapellotti hit his fourth homer of the season.
UP NEXT
The Hoyas will be back in action this weekend with a three-game series against BIG EAST opponent Villanova. Game one is slated for Friday, March 31 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.
