PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – The Georgetown University baseball team rallied to tie the game late, but ultimately fell 6-4 to Ball State on Friday at North Charlotte Regional Park as part of the Snowbird Baseball Classic. With the loss, the Hoyas drop to 2-11 on the season, while the Cardinals improved to 6-7.
Jeremiah Burke (Delmar, N.Y. / Bethlehem Central / La Salle Institute) started on the mound and put in a complete game effort, throwing 8.0 innings, allowing six runs, three earned, on nine hits. He struck out six and did not walk a batter.
Yareb Martinez (Aldie, Va. / John Champe) led the offense with two hits and two RBIs. Ryan M. Davis (Danville, Calif. / San Ramon Valley), Eddie McCabe (Norwalk, Conn. / Norwalk) and Freddy Achecar (Atlanta, Ga. / Lovett School) all had two hits apiece. Ryan P. Davis (Oak Hill, Va. / Oakton) was on base twice with a single and a walk.
After Burke retired the first six batters of the game, Ball State opened the scoring in the bottom of the third inning. Three hits and a couple of errors led to three unearned runs to give the Cardinals a 3-0 lead. A double and single tacked on another run in the bottom of the fifth to put GU in a 4-0 hole.
The Hoyas battled at the plate, putting runners on base in six of the first seven innings, but could not find the clutch hit to drive in a run.
In the top of the eighth, Ryan P. Davis led off with an infield single and went to third on a one-out double by Ryan M. Davis over the center fielder's head. With two outs, Michale Willis (Baltimore, Md. / Gilman) grounded a single up the middle to score both runners and cut the deficit in half. After a pitching change, a walk and single reloaded the bases before Martinez lined a two-strike, two-run single into right field, knotting the score at four.
Ball State answered with three hits and two runs in the bottom half of the inning, retaking the lead, 6-4. Georgetown could not mount another comeback in the ninth as the final score held.
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