WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team fell to Cincinnati on Tuesday morning 10-6 in Cincinnati, Ohio. With the loss the Hoyas slide to 27-24 while Cincinnati improves to 23-29.
 
ON THE RECORD
"Tough day for us today. I am proud of the way we battled back being down 9-1 and we got it to within striking distance there in the last inning and that was great to see. It was great to see Garret Keough, Andrew Williams and Andrew Citron out there on the mound and they gave us a chance there in the middle part of the game and I am really happy with how they pitched. Offensively, they kept us off balance and their pitcher did a great job the first six innings of the game. We were able to take advantage of some free bases later on in the game which helped and Zaid Walker with three hits and Christian Ficca's home run were big for us. Travis Ilitch off the bench with two hits was fantastic to see and it helped give us a chance later on in the game. I was proud of our effort tonight and we look forward to getting back to work tomorrow and being ready for our final conference series that starts Thursday." - Head Coach Edwin Thompson
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS 

• Ubaldo Lopez went 1-for-4.
• Michael Eze had two walks, a stolen base and a run scored. 
• Jake Hyde went 1-for-5.
• Austin Kretzschmar went 1-for-4 with two runs scored. 
• Angelo D'Acunto was 1-for-5. 
• Christian Ficca went 2-for-4 with a home run. 
• Zaid Walker went 3-for-5 with a double. 
• Travis Ilitch went 2-for-2 with an RBI. 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED 

• In the first, Eze earned a walk and stole second, giving Georgetown a runner in scoring position early. Hyde stepped up to the plate and laced an RBI single to right giving GU its first tally of the ballgame. In the bottom of the first, Cincinnati was able to add two runs on two hits and an error. 
• The second and third frames were scoreless from both sides. The Bearcats put up four runs in the bottom of the fourth and three runs in the bottom of the fifth taking the 9-1 lead into the top of the sixth inning. 
• The sixth frame was scoreless for both sides. In the seventh, GU was able to load the bases with a walk, hit by pitch and another walk with two outs. The Hoyas were unable to bring any runners home as the Bearcats captured the third out of the inning with a strikeout. 
• In the top of the eighth the Hoyas were able to generate some offense as Kretzschmar was hit by a pitch and Ficca earned a walk. Walker stepped up and hit an RBI double to right to give GU its second tally of the day. In the ensuing at bat, Ilitch hit an RBI single to right bringing Ficca home for the Hoyas second score of the inning. Walker would score on a sac fly from Carapellotti cutting the deficit to five. 
• The Bearcats added one more in the bottom of the eighth taking the six-run lead into the ninth. In the top of the ninth, Ficca stepped up with Kretzschmar on second and smoked a home run to left field cutting the deficit to four. The Hoyas were unable to mount a comeback after Ficca's home run, dropping the contest 10-6. 

 
OF NOTE 

• Ficca hit his sixth home run of the season. 
• Eze recorded his 17th stolen base of the season. 
• Walker, Ficca and Ilitch all had a multi-hit game. 

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown will be back in action on Thursday as the Hoyas wrap up conference play against the Xavier Musketeers. The three-game series between the two sides will begin Thursday, May 18 in Cincinnati, Ohio. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m. A live stats and live stream link will be available on GUHoyas.com.