WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team downed the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights 7-2 on Saturday afternoon. With the win, GU secures the series victory and moves to 5-5 on the season while FDU slides to 1-8 on the year.
ON THE RECORD
"I am really proud of our group, that was one of those games that was anybody's game as they got it to within one, but we were able to take care of the back end of the game and it showed a lot of grit. I thought
Andrew Williams coming in under the circumstances that he did was fantastic, him giving us five and a third innings with no walks and eight strikeouts was huge. I thought
Marshall Whitmer and
Everett Catlett came in and helped us secure the victory. Offensively,
Christian Ficca had a great knockout punch in the eighth with his home run and it was great to see
Derek Smith and Travis Illitch do some great things at the plate as well. We are looking forward to game three tomorrow and we will come ready to compete."– Head Coach
Edwin Thompson
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- In the bottom of the first, GU loaded the bases with one out as Rolling stepped up to the plate. Rolling grounded out to second but was able to bring a runner home giving GU an early 1-0 lead over the Knights.
- In the second frame, Georgetown was able to get runners on second and third after a sac bunt from Illitch. A sac fly from Hyde to deep left would score Hollerbach giving GU a 2-0 advantage heading into the third.
- In the third inning, Rolling hit a two-out double to left center bringing Smith to the dish. Smith then laced a double to right, scoring Rolling and extending the Hoya lead to three.
- The fourth frame was scoreless for both sides. In the top of the fifth, the Knights were able to bring two runners in, cutting the Hoya lead to one heading into the bottom half of the inning.
- The sixth inning was scoreless for both sides. Hyde led off the bottom of the seventh with a double. After a sac bunt from Eze that moved Hyde to third, Ficca stepped up to the dish and hit an RBI single to right giving Georgetown a 4-2 advantage.
- In the bottom of the eighth, GU had runners on first and second with two outs. Ficca stepped up to the dish and smashed a three-run home run to deep center field giving GU a 7-2 lead heading into the final frame.
- FDU was unable to mount a comeback in the ninth and GU secured its fifth victory of the season 7-2.
OF NOTE
- GU tossed a no-hitter through the first four innings.
- Williams had eight strikeouts.
- Catlett earned his first save of the season.
- Hyde, Ficca, Smith and Illitch all recorded multi-hit games.
UP NEXT
Georgetown will be back in action tomorrow, March 3 for the final game of the series against FDU with first pitch slated for 1p.m. A link to live stats and a live stream will be available on GUHoyas.com.
