WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team secured its first win of the season coming from behind to defeat Navy 5-3. With the win, GU improves to 1-3 on the season while the Midshipmen fall to 2-2.
ON THE RECORD
"Really proud of our group as it was one of those days where it wasn't going our way as we hit into four double-plays, and we couldn't get things going offensively. Credit to our pitchers,
Kai Leckszas gave us a good start,
Jordan Yoder was awesome out of the bullpen,
Cody Jensen gave us a solid three innings and
Nick Davis earned his first save as a Hoya. It was really good for our guys to get the win, and, other than the two errors, we played pretty well defensively. We were down to our last cracks at it in the ninth, and we did a good job putting the ball in play. Some of the guys that came off the bench were good for us like
Andrew Bergeron was able to get us going, and
Kavi Caster,
Jake Hyde,
Marco Castillo and
Christian Ficca all did a really good job today. I am proud of this group as we found a way to get the job done on the road against a really good team." – Head Coach
Edwin Thompson
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After a scoreless first, GU was able to get runners on first and second with two outs. Caster stepped up to the plate and hit an RBI single to right, giving GU an early 1-0 lead.
- In the bottom half of the third, Navy was able to get runners on first and third, and an RBI single brought a runner home tying the score at 1-1. GU found themselves in a pinch with runners on first and second and only one out. Navy was able to hit an RBI single to bring a runner home, but GU was able to tag a runner out going for third to get the second out of the inning. The Hoyas were able to get the third out of the inning in the ensuing at bat keeping the score at 2-1 heading into the fourth.
- The fourth and fifth frames were scoreless for both sides. GU managed to get runners on first and second with two outs in the top of the sixth but were unable to bring them home, keeping the deficit at one for GU.
- In the top of the seventh, GU was once again able to put runners on first and second, but the Hoyas grounded out into their third double-play of the game to end the inning.
- The eighth frame saw the Hoyas get two runners on base once again, but GU was unable to bring the runners home keeping the score at 2-1 heading into the bottom of the eighth. In the bottom half of the inning, Navy had a runner on third and a GU error allowed the runner to score, giving the Midshipmen a 3-1 advantage heading into the ninth.
- In the top of the ninth, Andrew Bergeron earned a walk and then Caster stepped up to the plate and laced a double to left field putting runners on second and third with no outs for GU. Rolling then earned a walk for GU loading the bases with no outs. A wild pitch would score Bergeron as the Hoyas cut the deficit to one.
- In the ensuing at bat, Hyde ripped a bases clearing double to right giving GU a 4-3 advantage with no outs and a runner on second. Ashtin Gilio was able to advance Hyde to third while beating out the throw to first on a bunt. Owen Carapellotti was then hit by a pitch to load the bases once again for GU with no outs in the ninth. Hollerbach grounded out into a double-play but the Hoyas were able to bring one runner home extending the advantage to two heading into the bottom half of the ninth.
- Navy was unable to mount a comeback as GU secured its first win of the 2024 campaign 5-3.
OF NOTE
- Ficca, Castillo, Hyde and Caster all had multi-hit games.
- GU allowed only one walk on the day.
- The Hoyas tallied 11 hits on the day which marks the most in a game this season.
UP NEXT
Georgetown will be back in action this weekend for a three-game series with VMI in Lexington, Virginia. Game one is slated for Friday, February 23 with first pitch coming at 3 p.m. A link to live stats and a live stream will be available on GUHoyas.com.
