Box Score WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team fell 15-11 to the Creighton Bluejays at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy. The Hoyas move to 19-16 on the season and 3-4 in BIG EAST action while the Bluejays improve to 15-12 and 3-1 in conference play. 
 
ON THE RECORD
"Great job by Creighton tonight, beating us in game one on our field. They played cleaner baseball than we did, and they took advantage of the free bases we gave them. Really proud of how we fought, down 11-0 and came back to tie the game and that says a lot about who we are and how competitive we are, unfortunately we came out on the losing end. Alex Fenton, Everett Catlett and Ayden Head came in and gave us a good chance to stay in the game but unfortunately, we ran out of time. We look forward to getting back out here tomorrow for youth day and Jackie Robinson day." - Head Coach Edwin Thompson  
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS 

• Every Hoya starter recorded a hit on Friday evening. 
• Owen Carapellotti went 1-for-4 with a home run. 
• Ubaldo Lopez went 1-for-3 with a home run. 
• Jake Hyde went 3-for-5 with a home run. 
• Michael Eze went 1-for-3.
• Christian Ficca was 1-for-4.
• Austin Kretzschmar went 3-for-5 with a home run. 
• Andrew Bergeron went 2-for-5 with a home run. 
• Cody Bowker was 1-for-5. 
• Marco Castillo went 1-for-5. 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED 

• The first frame was scoreless for both sides as both pitchers were dealing in the first inning. 
• In the second inning, Creighton put up eight runs and GU had no answer taking the 8-0 deficit into the third frame. 
• In the top of the third, the Bluejays added three more giving them an 11-0 lead over the Hoyas. 
• The Hoya offense found a rhythm in the bottom half of the third putting up seven runs on five hits. The inning started with a Hyde single to right that scored Carapellotti and Castillo for the Blue & Gray's first two tallies of the day. On a Ficca sac fly, Lopez came home, cutting the Creighton lead to eight. Kretzschmar hit a three-run bomb in the ensuing at bat as both Hyde and Eze came home on the blast to left center. In the next at bat, Bergeron took one deep to center for his first homer of the season cutting the Bluejay lead to four. 
• After holding Creighton scoreless in the top of the fourth, the Hoya offense continued to shine putting up four runs in the bottom of the inning. Three-consecutive solo home runs were hit by the Hoyas as Carapellotti, Lopez and Hyde each went deep. After a Ficca single and Kretzschmar double, a Bergeron ground out brought another run home, tying the game at 11 all. 
• The fifth frame was scoreless for both sides. In the sixth, the Bluejays were able to put up four runs on four hits. 
• The final three frames were scoreless from both sides. The Hoyas were able to threaten the Bluejays but the Creighton defense held strong. GU was unable to mount a comeback, dropping the contest 15-11. 

 
OF NOTE 

• Five Hoyas hit home runs (Carapellotti, Lopez, Hyde, Kretzschmar, Bergeron). 
• Hyde and Kretzschmar had three RBIs each. 
• The Hoyas hit three-consecutive home runs for the first time this season.
• Bergeron hit his first homer of the season and second of his career. 

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown will be back in action tomorrow for game two of the three-game set. First pitch is slated for 5 p.m. at the Washington Nationals Youth Academy. A live stats and stream link will be available on GUHoyas.com.