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Georgetown University Athletics

Big East Conference Hoya Saxa
Base PSU 26
4
Penn St. PENN ST. 4-11
5
Winner Georgetown GEORGETO 12-6
Penn St. PENN ST.
4-11
4
Final
5
Georgetown GEORGETO
12-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Penn St. PENN ST. 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 1
Georgetown GEORGETO 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 X 5 8 0

W: O'Connor, Griffin (1-0) L: Robert Brown III (0-1) S: Rucker, Ethan (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Pozzi’s Two-Homer Day Lifts Hoyas Over Penn State

WASHINGTON – Behind a career day from Dante Pozzi and a lockdown performance from the bullpen, the Georgetown University baseball team (12-6) secured a 5-4 victory over the Penn State Nittany Lions (4-11) on Wednesday afternoon at Capital One Park. The win completes the mid-week sweep of the Nittany Lions.
 
ON THE RECORD
"I'm truly proud of our organization. Those are two really good wins the past two days to sweep a Big Ten school. I'm proud of how our group battled. I thought our bullpen was just outstanding; JT Raab was good—he gave up a couple of solo shots, which happens—but our relief arms in Ashton Arroyo, Andrew Jergins, Griffin O'Connor, and Ethan Rucker on back-to-back days really came in and threw strikes. Our defense was outstanding again today, but the story of the day was Dante Pozzi. Two big home runs, including the tie-breaker in the bottom of the eighth, says a lot about him. I'm happy he stayed the course. It was a good job all around and a great two days of baseball. We'll enjoy this one before moving forward to work on things tomorrow." - Head Coach Edwin Thompson

HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
  • Dante Pozzi provided the offensive fireworks, going 2-for-3 with two home runs and three RBIs.
  • Griffin O'Connor earned the win (1-0), providing 3.0 innings of scoreless relief with two strikeouts.
  • Ethan Rucker earned his second save of the season with a perfect ninth inning, striking out two on back-to-back days of work.
  • Ashtin Gilio went 1-for-4 with a triple and scored the game's opening run.
  • Travis Ilitch finished 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.
  • Christian Hamilton recorded a hit and an RBI.
  • Connor Peek contributed an RBI sacrifice fly.
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Georgetown jumped out to an early lead in the first inning when Ashtin Gilio led off with a triple and was driven home by a Connor Peek sacrifice fly.
  • Penn State responded with solo home runs in the second and third innings to take a 3-1 lead, but the Hoyas continued to battle.
  • In the bottom of the third, Travis Ilitch scored on a fielder's choice to cut the deficit to one.
  • After the Nittany Lions added another run in the fourth, Dante Pozzi tied the game in the bottom half of the frame with a towering two-run home run to left field, scoring Connor Price.
  • The game remained deadlocked at 4-4 until the bottom of the eighth inning. With two outs, Pozzi connected on his second home run of the day—a solo shot to left-center that proved to be the game-winner.
  • Ethan Rucker then entered in the ninth and retired the side in order to preserve the victory
OF NOTE
  • Dante Pozzi recorded his first career multi-home run game.
  • The Hoya bullpen turned in a stellar performance, providing 6.0 innings of one-run relief to stifle the Nittany Lion offense and anchor the comeback victory.
  • The Hoya defense committed zero errors for the second consecutive game against the Nittany Lions.
UP NEXT
The Hoyas continue their home stand at Capital One Park this weekend for a three-game series against William & Mary. First pitch for the series opener on Friday, March 13, is slated for 3 p.m.
 
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