Hoyas Shut Out Sacred Heart 11-0

DELAND, Fla. – Jeremiah Burke (Delmar, N.Y. / Bethlehem Central / La Salle Institute) did not allow a hit until the sixth inning and the Georgetown University baseball team had 15 hits for the second-consecutive game, routing Sacred Heart 11-0 on Friday afternoon at Stetson's Conrad Park as part of the Westin Lake Mary Stetson Invitational. With the win, the Hoyas move to 2-6 on the season, while the Pioneers fall to 2-4.

Burke struck out a career-high 10 in 6.2 innings of work. He did not allow a base runner until the fifth and only allowed two hits. Owen Lamon (Herndon, Va. / Oakton) retired all four batters he faced and Miller Freeman (Nashville, Tenn. / Montgomery Bell Academy) fired a scoreless inning in his collegiate debut.

Ryan M. Davis (Danville, Calif. / San Ramon Valley) had four hits to lead the GU offense. He finished a double shy of the cycle with a home run, triple and two singles. He also scored a pair of runs. Kyle Ruedisili (Jupiter, Fla. / The Benjamin School / Washington and Lee University) was also a double shy of the cycle as he homered, tripled and singled while scoring four runs and finished with five RBIs. Eddie McCabe (Norwalk, Conn. / Norwalk) singled three times and Freddy Achecar III (Atlanta, Ga. / Lovett School) had a pair of base hits.

The Hoyas jumped on the board in the top of the first inning. Ruedisili drew a walk and went to second on a wild pitch. He came around to score on an infield single by Davis and a throwing error.

Georgetown added four more runs in the top of the second inning to expand its lead to 5-0. Achecar and Michael Willis (Baltimore, Md. / Gilman) hit back-to-back doubles to score a run and Ruedisili added an RBI single. After a single by Davis and wild pitch put two more runners in scoring position, McCabe drove them both in with a two-run single.

Ryan Weisenberg (Parkland, Fla. / San Ramon Valley [Calif.]) singled in the bottom of the fourth, stole second and went to third on an error. He crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Ruedisili to make it 6-0.

A triple by Ruedisili in the bottom of the sixth chased home Willis, who was hit by a pitch. Ruedisili then scampered home himself on a wild pitch. In the bottom of the eighth, Ruedisili and Davis hit back-to-back home runs to provide the final score, 11-0.

The Hoyas will return to action on Saturday evening when they take on tournament-host Stetson. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. and live stats and a video stream will be available at GUHoyas.com.

Notes – Burke's 10 strikeouts were the most by a GU pitcher since Brent Killam (Nokomis, Fla. / Venice) had 12 against Xavier on April 6, 2018 … The back-to-back home runs were the first by a Georgetown duo since James Gabor (Wyndmoor, Pa. / William Penn Charter School) and Jake Bernstein (MSB'18) went deep in consecutive at-bats against George Mason on April 13, 2018.

Recap, photo courtesy of Georgetown