WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team split a doubleheader with St. John's dropping game one 9-4 and winning game two 6-2. The Hoyas were fueled by Jake Bloss' seven scoreless innings on the mound in game two and his season-high 12 strikeouts as he took a no-hitter into the seventh inning. 
 
ON THE RECORD
"Today was a long day of baseball. In game one, St. John's did an outstanding job of keeping us off balance at the plate. We gave them too many free bases in the game, but I thought Alex Fenton and Cody Bowker did really well on the mound for us. Ubaldo Lopez has that home run for us and Micahel Eze, Austin Kretzschmar, Angelo D'Acunto and Jordan Kahn all swung the bat well, recording multi-hit games for us.
 
In game two I am really proud of how we bounced back. They had a really good arm on the mound, and we did a good job scoring early. Those two runs in the third helped get the offense going and gave us momentum as the game went on. Marco Castillo getting his first home run here at Georgetown as a pinch hitter was awesome to see and proved to be vital for us. The story of the day was Jake Bloss with one hit and 12 strikeouts. That was as dominant as I have seen him since he has been here, and he commanded both sides of the plate. Tyler Mead came in and closed things down for us which was great to see. Fourteen hits by our offense was great to see and I am just really proud of our guys. We are looking forward to getting out here tomorrow and trying to win a series." - Head Coach Edwin Thompson  
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS GAME 1

• Ubaldo Lopez was 1-for-4 with a home run.
• Jake Hyde went 1-for-4.
• Michael Eze went 2-for-4 with a double. 
• Austin Kretzschmar went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a double. 
• Angelo D'Acunto was 2-for-4. 
• Jordan Kahn went 2-for-4.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED GAME 1

• St. John's put up three runs in the first two innings as the Hoyas were unable to generate much offense early. 
• The third and fourth frames were scoreless for both sides as GU settled into the game. The Hoyas were held to two hits in the first four innings of the contest. 
• In the fifth, the Red Storm extended their lead to seven as they put up four runs on five hits. 
• GU was able to get things going in the sixth after Lopez and Hyde got on base to start the inning. With two outs and two runners on, Kretzschmar hit a bases clearing double to right field giving GU its first two tallies of the day. 
• In the bottom of the seventh, Lopez smashed a two-run blast with Kahn on base cutting the SJU lead to three heading into the eighth. 
• In the eighth, SJU put up two more runs giving the Red Storm a five-run lead heading into the bottom half of the inning. 
• GU was unable to mount a comeback dropping game one 9-4.

 
OF NOTE GAME 1

• Lopez hit his 15th home run of the season. 
• Cody Bowker recorded five strikeouts.
• Alex Fenton recorded three strikeouts. 

 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS GAME 2

• Bloss was fantastic for GU going 7 innings and recording 12 strikeouts. Bloss recorded eight-consecutive strike outs starting with the third batter in the first inning and ending with the first batter in the fourth inning. 
• Owen Carapellotti went 1-for-4 with a run scored and double. 
• Lopez was spectacular going 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored. 
• Hyde went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
• Eze was 2-for-5 with a run scored. 
• Christian Ficca went 1-for-4 with a run scored. 
• Kretzschmar was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs. 
• Andrew Bergeron went 1-for-3. 
• Marco Castillo went 1-for-1 with a two-run home run. 
• D'Acunto went 2-for-4. 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED GAME 2

• The first two frames were blank for each side as both pitchers were dealing early on. 
• In the bottom of the third, Carapellotti doubled to right to start the inning. In the ensuing at bat, Lopez hit a single to left and Carapellotti advanced to third. Hyde stepped up to the plate and hit a sac fly to center scoring Carapellotti for the Hoyas first tally of the game. After an Eze single that moved Lopez to second, Ficca would fly out, moving Lopez to third. Kretzschmar stepped up to the plate and laced a double to right center scoring Lopez. GU would take the 2-0 lead into the fourth. 
• The fourth frame was scoreless for both sides. In the bottom of the fifth, Lopez hit a single to get things started. Lopez then moved to second on a fielding error by SJU that allowed Ficca to reach first safely. In the ensuing at bat, Kretzschmar hit an RBI double to right, bringing Lopez home for the Hoyas third tally of the day. 
• The sixth inning was scoreless from both sides as Bloss continued to deal on the mound. 
• In the seventh frame, the Hoyas were able to get the offense going once again. Eze bunted for a single after Hyde struck out to start the inning. Ficca then singled through the right side, moving Eze to third on the play. Ficca would then steal second putting two runners in scoring position for GU. A wild pitch would then score Eze and move Ficca to third as Castillo was at the plate. After the Eze score, Castillo drilled a no doubt home run to right field giving GU the 6-0 advantage heading into the top of the eighth. 
• SJU would score two runs in the top of the eighth cutting the Hoya lead to four. After a scoreless bottom half of the inning for the Hoyas, Tyler Mead would take the mound for the final inning of the contest. Mead retired the Red Storm in order and GU captured its 24th win of the season 6-2. 

 
OF NOTE GAME 2

• Bloss went seven innings and allowed one hit, no runs and struck out 12 batters. 
• Castillo hit his first home run in the Blue & Gray in the bottom of seventh. 
• Kretzschmar hit two doubles.
• The GU pitching staff recorded 14 strikeouts. 

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown will be back in action tomorrow for game three of the series. First pitch is tentatively slated for 11 a.m. at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy. A live stats and stream link will be available on GUHoyas.com.