WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team defeated  the Youngstown State University Penguins 7-2 on Saturday afternoon at Capital One Park. With the win in Tysons, Virginia, the Hoyas improve to 14-10 on the season while the Penguins slide to 3-16.

ON THE RECORD

"I'm really proud of our group today. I thought that they answered the call. You know, we had a tough game yesterday, but I thought that we were committed to coming back and playing good, clean baseball. Trajan Lee gave us a great start, and then our bullpen was great. And offensively, we had a big inning in the fourth. We did what we needed to do and got guys on with some bunts and things like that. But it was just really good to see our guys respond. And you know, now we have a chance to win the series tomorrow. So looking forward to coming back to Capital One Park tomorrow at 1 p.m." - Head Coach Edwin Thompson

HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Trajan Lee tossed 5.0 innings punching out four, allowing five hits and a run.
• Jack Volo pitched a single frame, punching out three, retiring the side.
• Griffin O'Connor tossed an inning, striking out the three batters he faced.
• Connor Peek went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two runs scored, an RBI and a walk.
• Jeremy Sheffield was 3-for-5 with three RBIs.
• Christian Hamilton went 1-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI.
• Connor Price had an RBI and drew a walk.
• Ashtin Gilio went 1-for-4  with an RBI and a double.
• Dylan Larkins drew a walk.
• AJ Solomon went 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
• Braxton Templin scored a run.
• Travis Ilitch went 1-for-3 with a run scored.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Georgetown kicked off the scoring in the Saturday morning contest in the bottom of the second frame when Sheffield drove in the first run on an RBI single to right field bringing Solomon home.
• The Hoyas managed to produce five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Peek got things started with an RBI single, bringing Solomon home, before Sheffield followed with an RBI groundout to score Templin. Hamilton kept the inning rolling with an RBI bunt single to plate Ilitch, then Price added a sac fly to bring in Peek. Gilio capped the rally with an RBI double, scoring Hamilton.
• The Penguins got on the scoreboard in the top of the sixth frame off an RBI single up the middle to make it 6-1.
• Sheffield drove in the last Hoya run of the day on an RBI single that brought Peek home to make it 7-2. The Penguins would plate one more run but it wouldn't be enough, and the Hoyas went on to win 7-2.

OF NOTE

• The Hoyas batted around the order in the bottom of the fourth frame.

UP NEXT

The Hoyas will be back in action on Sunday, March 22 in Tysons, Virginia for the final game of a three-game series against Youngstown State University. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.