COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Georgetown University baseball team fell 6-5 in 10 innings to the Xavier Musketeers on Saturday afternoon at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium in College Park, Maryland. With the loss, Georgetown drops to 30-18 on the season and 10-6 in BIG EAST play while Xavier improves to 28-22 on the season and 11-6 in conference action. Despite the loss, results around the league clinched a BIG EAST Championship berth for the Blue & Gray later in the afternoon.
ON THE RECORD
"Sometimes the toughest thing to do in sports is to finish, and unfortunately we didn't finish the game with one out in the ninth when we had the lead. We couldn't get it done. I thought
Andrew Williams gave us an unbelievable start, but we weren't able to finish the job. We had some great moments, a couple home runs, but in the end it just wasn't our day. Neither team gave up free bases, but it came down to playing clean defensively and we had some miscues. We had a great crowd today, we hope they come back tomorrow and we finish the series on a positive note." – Head Coach
Edwin Thompson
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Hoya defense held Xavier scoreless in the top of the first, and then put up three runs in the bottom of the inning
- Hyde doubled down the left field line to leadoff, and was brought home by a Hollerbach single. On the the ensuing at bat, Ficca sent a bomb over the wall to make it 3-0 in favor of the Blue & Gray.
- The next three innings were scoreless as well as the top of the fifth when XU had two men on, but Williams retired the side to maintain the lead.
- A two-run homer from Xavier in the top of the sixth made it 3-2, but Georgetown got the bats going in the bottom of the inning.
- Hollerbach led off with a single, and moved to second on a Ficca ground out. Carapellotti then stepped up and smashed the ball over the wall in centerfield for a pair of RBIs and to move the lead back to three.
- The Musketeers led off the seventh with a solo homer to left, but the Blue & Gray managed to hold them after the initial run.
- The eighth was scoreless, but Xavier found another comeback as a two-run homer tied the game in the top of the ninth.
- In the bottom of the ninth, Kavi Caster led off with a ball to the right field wall, but the Xavier outfielder hung onto it against the wall for the out.
- With runners on the corners, another ball to the wall allowed a Xavier run to cross the plate in the top of the tenth.
- Georgetown was unable to get the late comeback falling 6-5.
OF NOTE
- Carapellotti belted his 13th homer of the season.
- Ficca managed his 11th homer of the year.
- GU tallied nine strikeouts on the day.
- Georgetown earned three walks.
- The Blue & Gray hit two home runs on the day
- The BIG EAST Championship berth is the sixth in program history and it is the first time ever that the Hoyas have gone in three-consecutive years.
UP NEXT
The Hoyas will close out the series tomorrow in the final contest against Xavier. First pitch is scheduled for noon at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium. A link to live stats and a live stream will be available on GUHoyas.com.
