WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team defeated Mount St. Mary's 19-2 on Wednesday evening at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy. With the win, the Hoyas improved to 22-16 while Mount St. Mary's moves to 18-17 on the season.
ON THE RECORD
"What a great team win tonight. Obviously, they beat us last time and they are a great team, so it was good to get a midweek win against a quality opponent. Today we came out and played really well and it started with
Collin Garner giving us six innings in the middle of the week and he really pitched well.
Kai Leckszas behind him was great as well getting his first save. Offensively,
Ubaldo Lopez was fantastic with seven RBIs and
Jake Hyde,
Christian Ficca and
Michael Eze were fantastic today. Guys off the bench like
Jordan Kahn,
Marco Castillo and
Andrew Citron had a great offensive day and we played well defensively as a unit. Really proud of our group as it is easy to have a letdown in the middle of the week, but we found a way to get the job done. We look forward to heading to UConn for a three-game series this weekend." - Head Coach
Edwin Thompson
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The first frame was scoreless for both sides. In the second, the Hoyas put up five runs fueled by a Hyde three-run blast as GU took the 5-0 lead into the third.
- In the third, Ficca hit a solo shot to right field tallying his fourth home run of the season.
- In the fourth inning, the Hoyas put up 10 runs extending the lead to 16-0. Lopez hit two three-run home runs in the inning and Hyde also hit a homer. This was the first time a GU player had hit two home runs in the same inning since 2017.
- Mount St. Mary's put its first tally of the day on the board in the top of the fifth, but the Hoyas answered with a score as GU took the 17-1 lead into the sixth.
- The sixth frame was scoreless from both sides. In the seventh, GU scored two runs on four hits and left two runners stranded on base.
- Mount St. Mary's would score one run in the top of the ninth, but GU was able to finish off the Mountaineers 19-2.
OF NOTE
- Hyde and Lopez each have 14 home runs of the season now.
- Lopez hit two home runs in the same inning for the first time since 2017.
- The Hoyas hit five home runs with three players accounting for all five.
- GU hit seven doubles and had 21 total hits.
UP NEXT
Georgetown will be back in action this weekend in a three-game series against No. 15 UConn. First pitch is slated for 6:05 p.m. in Storrs, Connecticut. A live stats and stream link will be available on GUHoyas.com.
