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Georgetown University Athletics

Big East Conference Hoya Saxa
Carapellotti GCU
8
Winner Georgetown GU 1-4
1
VMI VMI 3-3
Winner
Georgetown GU
1-4
8
Final
1
VMI VMI
3-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Georgetown GU 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 8 10 0
VMI VMI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2

W: Bowker, Cody (1-1) L: W. Riley (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Georgetown Downs VMI 8-1

WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team downed the VMI Keydets 8-1 on Saturday afternoon behind a stellar performance from Jake Hyde. With the win, the Hoyas improve to 2-4 on the season while VMI slides to 3-4. Game three of the series is slated for tomorrow, February 25 with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m.
 
ON THE RECORD
"I am really proud of our group today and how we came back and responded against a very good VMI team. Cody Bowker gave us a great start; Andrew Williams was great out of the bullpen throwing zeros up and Jordan Yoder and Andrew Citron were both outstanding out of the bullpen. Offensively, Jake Hyde had an amazing day starting it off with a leadoff home run and going 3-for-5 at the plate. Christian Ficca was great today giving us the extra insurance late in the game and Kavi Caster had a huge defensive play in the seventh to throw their guy out from center. Really proud of our group and the way we responded, and we are looking forward to tomorrow where we have a chance to win a series." – Head Coach Edwin Thompson
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
  • Hyde went 3-for-5 with four RBIs, a double, a triple and a home run.
  • Christian Ficca was 2-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs.
  • Joe Hollerbach went 1-for-5 with a run scored.
  • Owen Carapellotti was 1-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs.
  • Josh Rolling went 2-for-5 with a run scored.
  • Kavi Caster was 1-for-3 with two walks.
  • Derek Smith earned a walk and was hit-by-pitch twice while also tallying two runs scored.
  • Cody Bowker tallied four strikeouts en route to his first win of the season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • In the top of the first, Hyde smashed a leadoff home run to center field giving Georgetown an early 1-0 lead over the Keydets. GU was able to hold VMI scoreless in the bottom half of the frame taking the lead into the second.
  • Both sides were scoreless in the second and third innings. Bowker was stout in his first three innings of work with four strikeouts and zero hits allowed.
  • In the top of the fourth, GU was able to load the bases with only one out as Hyde stepped up to the plate. The senior smashed an RBI triple to right field and all three Hoya runners were able to come home giving GU a 4-0 advantage.
  • After a scoreless top of the fifth, VMI was able to tally their first score of the day off a bases loaded sac fly in the bottom half of the frame.
  • After a scoreless sixth inning, GU was able to get a runner on first with no outs in the top of the seventh. Carapellotti stepped up to the plate and smashed a two-run home run to left field giving the Hoyas a 6-1 advantage.
  • In the eighth frame, Smith was hit by a pitch and in the ensuing at bat, Hyde laced a double to right, putting runners on second and third for the Blue & Gray. Ficca stepped up to the plate with one out and hit an RBI double to right field bringing both Smith and Hyde home. GU took an 8-1 advantage into the bottom half of the inning.  
  • GU was able to hold the Keydet offense at bay over the final inning and a half securing an 8-1 victory.
OF NOTE
  • Bowker went 3.1 innings allowing no hits and no runs while striking out four.
  • Carapellotti and Hyde each hit their first home runs of the season.
  • Hyde tallied his third multi-hit game of the season and posted a season-high five RBIs.
  • GU had 10 or more hits in a game for the second time this season, the first was on Wednesday against Navy when GU posted 11 hits on the day.
  • The Hoyas recorded eight strikeouts.
 
UP NEXT
Georgetown will be back in action tomorrow for game three of the series against VMI. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m. at Gray-Minor Stadium. A link to live stats will be available on GUHoyas.com.
 
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