WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team swept Butler in Saturday's doubleheader winning the contests 13-4 and 9-5. With the win, the Hoyas have now won eight-consecutive weekend series. GU is now 25-9 on the year and 7-1 in BIG EAST action while Butler slides to 13-20 on the season and 1-4 in conference action.
ON THE RECORD
"What a great day for the Hoyas, it was a close ballgame. Their pitcher did an amazing job for the first part of the game and kept us off balance. In the sixth inning, we made some adjustments offensively and we had some big hits in the back part of the game. We were able to stay in the game because of
Andrew Williams, he kept us in it.
Cody Bowker behind him was great as well and using only two pitchers in the game and securing the series was great for us. Eight-consecutive weekend series wins is hard to do, and I am proud of the way we competed here on the road, and we played good defense today. I thought
Ashtin Gilio,
Owen Carapellotti,
Kavi Caster had some big hits and a lot of guys contributed today to getting two wins. Overall, great day for the Hoyas and we will come back ready to go tomorrow for game three." -Head Coach
Edwin Thompson
GAME ONE
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
- Cody Jensen went three innings allowing one run and striking out five en route to his third win of the season.
- Andrew Citron tossed four scoreless innings allowing two hits while striking out five grabbing his second save of the season.
- Jake Hyde was 1-for-4 with three RBIs and a walk.
- Josh Rolling went 4-for-4 with two RBIs a double and two walks.
- Owen Carapellotti was 2-for-5 with four RBIs, two doubles and one walk.
- Marco Castillo went 1-for-6.
- Ashtin Gilio was 1-for-4 with two runs scored and a walk.
- Joe Hollerbach went 2-for-3 with three runs scored, an RBI and two hit by pitches.
- Kavi Caster was 3-for-5 with one run scored.
- Michael Eze went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, three RBIs and a triple.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- In the bottom of the first, Butler loaded the bases with no outs. An RBI single down the right field line scored two runners giving Butler an early 2-0 lead.
- After Butler plated two in the first, Georgetown was able to load the bases with no outs. Eze hit a single through the left side scoring a run for the Hoyas. In the ensuing at bat, Hyde reached on an error, scoring another run for GU tying it up at 2-2. With the bases still loaded, Rolling hit an RBI single to left field scoring two more runs for the Hoyas. With one out in the inning, Carapellotti stepped up to the plate and laced an RBI double down the right field line scoring two more runs for GU. Butler plated a run in the bottom of the inning cutting the Hoya lead to three.
- In the top of the seventh, GU loaded the bases with back-to-back singles and a hit by pitch. In the ensuing at bat, GU plated a run on a fielder's choice ground out to short for the Hoyas lone run of the inning. In the bottom half of the inning, Butler hit a one out double and a two out double plating a run for the Bulldogs. GU took the 7-4 lead into the fifth frame.
- GU put runners on second and third with one out in the top of the fifth. A sac fly from Hyde scored a runner for GU giving the Hoyas a four-run advantage. Butler was unable to score any runs in the bottom half of the inning as GU took an 8-4 lead into the sixth.
- In the top of the sixth, Carapellotti earned a leadoff walk. After back-to-back outs, Hollerbach hit an RBI single to left, scoring Carapellotti. GU took the five-run advantage into the bottom half of the inning.
- Rolling hit a one out double down the right field line for his fourth hit of the game in the top of the seventh. With two outs, Carapellotti stepped up to the plate and laced his second double of the game down the right field line scoring Rolling for the Hoyas 10th run of the game.
- In the eighth frame, GU put runners on first and second with no outs. Eze stepped up to the plate with one out and laced an RBI triple to right center scoring two runs for GU. In the ensuing at bat, Hyde grounded out to second, scoring Eze. Georgetown took a 13-4 lead into the bottom half of the inning.
- The ninth frame was scoreless for both sides as the Hoyas picked up their 24th win of the season.
OF NOTE
- Rolling recorded four hits on the day.
- Carapellotti, Hollerbach, Caster and Eze all had multi-hit days.
- Jensen grabbed his third win of the season going three innings and striking out five.
- Citron tallied his second save of the season.
GAME TWO
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After a scoreless first, Butler was able to put runners on the corners with two outs. An RBI single to center brought one runner home giving the Bulldogs an early 1-0 lead.
- The third and fourth frames were scoreless for both sides. In the fifth, Butler put two on with one out. The Bulldogs hit an RBI single to center plating another run. After the Hoyas grabbed the second out of the inning, Butler laced a single up the middle scoring another run. Butler took the 3-0 lead into the sixth frame.
- In the top of the sixth, GU loaded the bases with two outs. Hyde earned a walk plating the Hoyas first run of the day. In the ensuing at bat, Gilio was able to score from third on a wild pitch as GU cut the deficit to one.
- In the top of the seventh, Carapellotti hit a leadoff single. After a sac bunt moved him to second, Gilio smashed a double down the left field line bringing Carapellotti home tying the game at 3-3. After Butler grabbed the second out of the inning, Caster stepped up to the plate and drove Gilio in with a double to center field giving the Hoyas their first lead of the game at 4-3. Butler was unable to tally a run in the bottom half of the inning as GU took the 4-3 lead into the eighth frame.
- The eighth frame was scoreless for both sides. In the top of the ninth, GU was able to put the game out of reach plating five runs. Butler was unable to mount a comeback in the bottom of the ninth plating only two runs as the Hoyas swept the doubleheader.
OF NOTE
- Carapellotti, Gilio and Caster all recorded multi-hit games.
- GU hit three doubles.
- The Hoyas earned six walks.
UP NEXT
Georgetown will be back in action tomorrow, for game three of the series with Butler. First pitch is slated for noon at Bulldog Park. A link to live stats and a live stream will be available on GUHoyas.com.
