WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team rolled UMBC 13-4 in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday evening. The Hoyas' 11 runs in the first three innings helps move the Blue & Gray to 19-15 on the season while UMBC slides to 14-15.
ON THE RECORD
"Great win for our guys and two midweeks this week was a challenge and a lot of guys stepped up and played really well. Proud of
Kai Leckszas who gave us a great start and to see him go out and compete for six inning was awesome. Alex Fenton,
Kyle Salley and
Cody Bowker behind him were able to do what they needed to do on the mound.
Jordan Kahn was fantastic today with three hits and he really gave us a lot of energy and that was the highlight of the day.
Owen Carapellotti,
Austin Kretzschmar and
Christian Ficca's home runs were big for us and helped give us a cushion. We played pretty clean defensively and it was just a great team effort. Looking forward to getting Hoya Nation out to Nats Academy this weekend where we host Creighton and this Saturday the 15th is Youth Day so we are really looking forward to that and will have a lot of great stuff for the fans." - Head Coach
Edwin Thompson
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Hoya offense came out of the gates hot as Carapellotti hit a leadoff home run to start the game. After Lopez was hit by a pitch, Hyde earned a walk. Eze reached on a fielder's choice as Hyde was tagged out at second and Lopez moved to third. Ficca hit a single and Lopez scored giving GU a 2-0 lead. Kretzschmar doubled in the next at bat bringing home Eze and Ficca was tagged out at the plate. Bergeron stepped up and hit an RBI triple and GU took the 4-0 lead into the second.
- In the second, the Hoyas added five runs fueled by a Kretzschmar two-run shot to left center as the Hoya lead ballooned to nine. In the bottom half of the inning, UMBC was able to add its first tally of the day.
- Georgetown added two more in the third with the help of some errant throws from the Retrievers' pitcher on a wild pitch and a wild throw to first in a pickoff attempt. UMBC hit a solo home run in the bottom of the third to make the score 11-2 heading into the fourth frame.
- The Hoyas were unable to add any runs in the fourth and fifth inning. UMBC was able to add one in the bottom of the fifth making the GU lead eight.
- In the top of the sixth, Eze walked and then stole second as Ficca stepped up to the plate. The Chevy Chase native hit his third bomb of the season to deep right giving GU the 13-3 lead in the sixth. The Retrievers added one in the bottom of the sixth cutting the lead to nine.
- The seventh frame was scoreless for both sides as Alex Fenton replaced Leckszas on the mound.
- The eighth frame was scoreless for both sides. In the ninth, the Hoyas were able to close out the game with Cody Bowker on the mound. GU would pick up its 19th win of the season 13-4.
OF NOTE
- Four Hoyas had a multi-hit game.
- Leckszas picked up his second win of the season on the mound.
- The Hoyas hit three home runs today (Carapellotti, Ficca, Kretzschmar).
- Kahn had his first multi-hit game of his college career.
UP NEXT
Georgetown will be back in action this weekend April 14-16 as the Creighton Bluejays come to town for a conference matchup. All three games will be played at Washington Nationals Youth Academy with first pitch slated for 6:30 p.m. on Friday evening.
