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Georgetown University Athletics

Big East Conference Hoya Saxa
Tristan Head GMU
2
Radford RAD 10-10
6
Winner Georgetown GU 8-14
Radford RAD
10-10
2
Final
6
Georgetown GU
8-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Radford RAD 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 5 1
Georgetown GU 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 X 6 10 1

W: Raab, JT (2-1) L: Drew Stanley (2-2) S: Leckszas, Kai (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Carapellotti’s Three-Run Blast Lifts Georgetown to 6-2 Victory

WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team took game one of the Radford series on Friday evening 6-2 at Capital One Park. With the win, GU improves to 8-14 on the season while the Highlanders slide to 10-10.
 
ON THE RECORD
"What a great night. JT Rabb gave us a great start and got us in the sixth inning. I thought the game really stabilized at the three to two lead. One out, bases loaded. Kai Leckszas gets a double play to end that inning and that was big for us. He was awesome going two and two thirds' innings to get the save. I thought we played really good defense today. Kavi Caster had a great day, Luke Bauer played good defense at third and we were just solid all around. Offensively, we did what we needed to do. Owen Carapellotti got us going with that big three-run home run. Then we scored some runs there in the eighth and ninth innings with a couple of outs which was great. Just proud of our guys, proud of how we came back, and we will try to be consistent as we continue this weekend and season." - Head Coach Edwin Thompson 
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS 
  • JT Raab pitched 6.1 innings, allowing two runs while punching out five.
  • Kai Leckszas earned his second save of the season, not giving up any runs and striking out two batters in 2.2 innings of action. 
  • Owen Carapelloti was 2-for-4 with three RBIs, a run and a homer.
  • Ashtin Gilio went 1-for-4 with a run scored.
  • Blake Schaaf went 1-for-3 with a walk.
  • Tristan Head was 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
  • Kavi Caster was 3-for-3 with a run, an RBI and a walk.
  • Jaden Sheffield went 1-for-2.
  • Ashton Seymore went 1-for-1 with a run scored, an RBI and a walk.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
  • Despite Radford loading the bases in the first, neither side was able to score in the frame.  
  • In the bottom of the second, Schaaf doubled to left field, but the Hoyas were unable to get him home. Carapelotti and Seymore both had base knocks in the bottom of the third but were unable to score any runs off of the hits.
  • Radford was able to put runners on the corners and with two outs, a run down at first base allowed the Highlanders to score the first run of the day to end the top of the fifth.
  • Caster smashed a single up the middle in the bottom of the fifth and a sacrifice bunt from Sheffield advanced him to scoring position. Caster was caught stealing home. With runners on first and second, Carapelotti hammered one over the right field wall to give GU the 3-1 advantage.
  • The Highlanders grabbed another run in the top of the sixth, cutting the Hoya advantage to one. 
  • In the top of the seventh, Radford loaded the bases, but Leckszas managed to escape the jam by forcing a double play to close out the inning. 
  • The Hoyas added another run in the bottom of the seventh when Seymore hit a sac fly to send Caster home. 
  • Gilio notched his first hit of the day in the top of the eight with a leadoff double. Head proceeded to notch an RBI single to score Gilio. Caster proceeded to rip an RBI triple to right field to get Head home. 
  • Leckszas and the Hoya defense prevailed in the top of the ninth as GU went on to win 6-2.
 
OF NOTE 
  • Carapelloti notched his fifth home run of the season, a mark that leads the team.
  • Raab pitched his longest outing of the season, surpassing his previous high of 6.0 innings against Sacred Heart.
  • Leckszas tallied his second save of the season.
 
UP NEXT
Georgetown will be back in action tomorrow for game two of the series with Radford. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Capital One Park in Tysons, Virginia. A link to live stats and a live stream will be available on GUHoyas.com.
 
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