GRANTHAM, Pa. – On Wednesday afternoon, the Messiah University baseball team fell to the Bullets of Gettysburg College, 5-4 in an 11-inning thriller. Each team went scoreless through three innings, but the Falcons got on the board in the bottom of the fourth with an
Evan Wagaman two-run home run. The Bullets responded with two runs in the top of the fifth to tie the game at two. After two more innings of scoreless play, the Bullets took the lead in the top of the eighth with a run. The Falcons then took back the lead in the bottom of the eighth with an
Evan Wagaman no-doubt two-run home run. The back-and-forth scoring continued as the Bullets scored a run in the top of the ninth to tie the game at four. The Bullets broke the scoreless tie in the top of the 11th to take a 5-4 lead. The Falcons got a runner in scoring position, in the bottom half, but could not bring the runner home and the Bullets earned the 5-4 win.
Evan Wagaman led the Falcons offense with two home runs and four RBIs.
Drew Hurst added two hits, and two runs scored.
Up next, the Falcons travel to Middletown, Pa. to take on No. 14 Penn St. Harrisburg on Wednesday, March 26. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
No. 15 Gettysburg 5, Messiah 4 – F/11
After two and half scoreless innings, the Falcons looked to break the scoreless tie in the bottom of the third. After two quick outs,
Jarrett Gordon got the first hit on the game for the Falcons with a single to left field.
Isaiah Parido then ripped a single to right to put runners on the corners with two outs. After Parido stole second, the Bullets got out of the inning with ground out to short to keep the game scoreless through three.
After another scoreless inning from
Daniel Knight in the top of the fourth, the Falcons looked to get on the board in the bottom of the first.
Drew Hurst led off the inning with a single down the left field life and then
Evan Wagaman followed the single with a two-run home run to give the Falcons a 2-0 lead.
The Bullets though did not take long to answer, with two runs on four hits to tie the game at two headed into the bottom of the fifth.
Both teams went scoreless in the sixth and seventh, with
Drew Dellinger working out of a bases loaded jam in the sixth and then pitching a scoreless frame in the seventh.
The Bullets however, scored an unearned run on a Falcons error in the top of the eighth to take a 3-2 lead. The Falcons though responded quickly with
Evan Wagaman hitting another two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth after another
Drew Hurst single to give the Falcons a 4-3 lead.
The Bullets though scored a run in the top of the ninth off a double to tie the game at four and after the Falcons went scoreless in the bottom of the ninth, the game headed to extra innings.
In the top of the 10th,
Noah Barrall worked around a leadoff single to send the game into the bottom of the 10th. The Falcons went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 10th and the game headed for more free baseball.
The Bullets with two outs got a double to put a runner in scoring position. The runner attempted to steal third and then scored after the throw made its way into the outfield to give the Bullets a 5-4 lead.
The Falcons got a one-out base runner with
Nick Moyer reaching on an error and then advancing to second on a wild pitch, but the Bullets got a strike out and a fly out to earn the 5-4 win.
Stats
Evan Wagaman led the Falcons offense with two home runs and four RBIs.
Drew Hurst added two hits, and two runs scored.
Daniel Knight earned the start and threw four innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits and five strikeouts.
Trey Harper threw 1.2 scoreless innings out of the pen with two hits and walks allowed, and two strikeouts.
Drew Dellinger threw 2.1 innings out of the bullpen with an unearned run allowed, on one hit and two strikeouts.
Noah Barrall threw the final three innings, allowing two runs (one earned) with two strikeouts.
Next
The Falcons travel to Middletown, Pa. to take on No. 14 Penn St. Harrisburg on Wednesday, March 26. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
