Box Score WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team fell to the No. 1 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 11-9 on Tuesday evening. With the loss the Hoyas slide to 6-6 on the season while the Deacs improve to 11-1.
 
ON THE RECORD
"Congrats to Wake Forest, they played much better than we did today. We didn't play good defense, and unfortunately gave them too many free bases today, but we will get that fixed. I thought Everett Catlett gave us a good start today on the mound. It was great to see Keith Savoy Jr. off the bench giving us a couple big hits that we needed. Obviously, we are disappointed in the result but at the end of the day, playing on the road against the No. 1 team in the country, to have the winning run up in the ninth that's a good thing in some ways but we have to keep getting better. We will regroup and get ready for this weekend."– Head Coach Edwin Thompson
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Everett Catlett went 4.1 innings and recorded five strikeouts.
• Nick Davis went 2.0 innings and recorded two strikeouts.
• Michael Eze had a run scored, a walk and was hit by a pitch.
• Christian Ficca went 1-for-3 with a run scored, an RBI, one walk and one hit by pitch.
• Owen Carapellotti was 1-for-3 with a run scored, a walk and a hit by pitch.
• Josh Rolling went 1-for-5 with a double and one RBI.
• Derek Smith was 1-for-1 with two runs scored, one RBI, two walks and was hit by two pitches.
• Joe Hollerbach went 1-for-4 with two runs scored, three RBIs, a home run and a hit by pitch.
• Kavi Caster was 1-for-2 with a double and a walk.
• Keith Savoy Jr. was 2-for-2 with two RBIs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• In the top of the first, Eze earned a one out walk. With Ficca at the dish, Eze stole second and then a Ficca single brought Eze home giving GU an early 1-0 lead. GU was able to load the bases with two outs but a fly out to center ended the top half of the inning with the Hoyas ahead 1-0.
• In the bottom half of the first frame, the Deacs had their leadoff hitter hit by a pitch and an RBI double in the ensuing at bat tied the game at 1-1. Wake Forest was able to load the bases with two outs, but GU grabbed the third out of the inning on a fly out to center keeping the score even after the first frame.
• In the second inning, the Deacs hit a solo shot to center before the Hoyas retired three-consecutive batters. Wake Forest took a 2-1 lead into the third frame.
• To start the third frame, Ficca was hit by a pitch with one out putting Carapellotti at the plate. Carapellotti walked and Rolling stepped up to the dish with one out, and runners on first and second. Rolling smashed a double to right scoring Ficca and advancing Carapellotti to third for GU. In the ensuing at bat, Smith hit a single to left scoring Carapellotti and advancing Rolling to third giving the Hoyas a 3-2 lead. With runners on the corners, Hollerbach stepped up to the plate and with a full count smashed a 352-foot homer to left giving the Hoyas a 6-2 advantage over the Deacs heading into the bottom half of the inning. Wake Forest was unable to tally a run in the third and the Hoyas took a 6-2 lead into the fourth frame.
• Catlett was dominant in the first four frames, recording five strikeouts while holding the No. 1 Deacs to two runs on five hits. In the fifth, Wake Forest was able to put runners on the corners with one out. An RBI single scored a runner for the Deacs cutting the Hoya lead to three. With the bases loaded, Wake Forest added another on a sac fly to center. The Deacs were able to add another run after the Hoyas walked a runner in with the bases loaded cutting the lead to one. In the ensuing at bat, an error by the Hoyas allowed another runner to come home, tying the game.
• In the bottom of the sixth, Wake Forest hit a leadoff double and a sac fly would advance the runner to third. In the ensuing at bat, the Deacs hit an RBI double down the right field line giving the Deacs a one run advantage. With runners on first and second, Wake Forest hit an RBI single to right field plating another run. In the ensuing at bat, the Hoyas committed an error allowing the Deacs to plate another taking a 9-6 advantage into the seventh.
• GU was able to load the bases in the top of the eighth and Savoy Jr. hit an RBI single up the middle cutting the Hoya deficit to two. In the ensuing at bat, Jake Hyde grounded out to first, but GU was able to bring another runner home cutting the deficit to one. In the bottom half of the inning, the Deacs were able to plate a run on an RBI single extending their lead to two. Later in the inning Wake Forest was able to plate another run on an RBI single up the middle extending the Deacs advantage to three.
• In the top of the ninth, Georgetown was able to put runners on second and third with one out. Savoy Jr. laced a single up the middle bringing a runner home for the Hoyas and cutting the Deacs lead to two. GU was unable to mount a comeback in the ninth, dropping the contest 11-9.

 
OF NOTE

• Catlett recorded five strikeouts on the day.
• Hollerbach hit his third home run of the season.
• Eze tallied his third stolen base of the season.

UP NEXT
Tomorrow's contest against No. 12 Duke has been postponed due to inclement weather in the Durham area. The Hoyas will be back in action on Saturday, March 9 as Cornell comes to town for a three-game series. Saturday will feature a double-header with first pitch of game one slated for Noon at Capital One Park in Tysons, Va. A link to live stats and a live stream will be available on GUHoyas.com.