TYSONS, Va. – The Georgetown University baseball team fell to the UConn Huskies 5-4 on Saturday evening. With the loss the Hoyas slide to 26-12 and 8-3 in BIG EAST play while UConn improves to 19-18 and 6-2 in conference action.
ON THE RECORD
"Tough one tonight, I thought Garrett Coe did an outstanding job, he has pitched three times in the last seven days, give him a lot of credit, he was great. They did enough today but we gave them a lot. Five errors, you are not going to win a game against a team like that or anybody with five errors.
Andrew Williams gave us an unbelievable start once again; we just didn't support him with runs.
Marshall Whitmer and
Jordan Yoder came in during some big spots and got some big outs for us. We fell a little short and we need to be able to execute better when it matters the most and we have to play better defense. All we can do is control tomorrow but I thought today we had an amazing crowd and I want to thank all the fans that came out. It was a great atmosphere, and we need all our fans back tomorrow." Head Coach
Edwin Thompson
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- In the top of the first, the Hoya defense committed three errors allowing UConn to plate two. The Huskies took a 2-0 advantage into the bottom half of the first. GU was unable to generate much offense in the first as the Huskies took the 2-0 lead into the second.
- After holding the Husky offense at bay in the top of the second, GU's offense was able to get things going in the bottom half of the inning. Hollerbach hit a leadoff solo shot to left field, cutting the Hoya deficit to one. Castillo hit a one out double before Caster stepped up to the plate and hit an RBI double to right center tying the game at 2-2. With Caster on second and two outs, Hyde laced an RBI double to left center giving the Hoyas a 3-2 advantage heading into the third inning.
- The third frame was scoreless for both sides. UConn was able to even the score in the top of the fourth with a solo home run. GU hit a leadoff single but was unable to bring the runner home as the score remained tied at 3-3 heading into the fifth.
- The fifth frame was scoreless for both sides. GU was able to hold the Huskies scoreless in the top of the sixth. In the bottom half of the frame, Hollerbach reached second on an error by the left fielder. After Ashtin Gilio moved him to second with a sac bunt, Castillo hit a sac fly to right scoring Hollerbach as the Hoyas took the 4-3 lead into the seventh frame.
- The seventh frame was scoreless for both sides. In the top of the eighth, UConn loaded the bases with one out. The Huskies hit an RBI single that scored two runs giving the Huskies a 5-4 advantage. The Hoya side was retired in order in the bottom of the eighth as UConn took the 5-4 lead into the final frame.
- GU was unable to mount a comeback in the ninth, dropping the contest 5-4.
OF NOTE
- GU hit three doubles in the second inning.
- Georgetown had four RBIs.
- Castillo recorded a multi-hit game.
UP NEXT
Georgetown will be back in action tomorrow for game three of the series with UConn. First pitch is slated for 11:30 a.m. at Capital One Park in Tysons, Virginia. A link to live stats and a live stream will be available on GUHoyas.com.
