Photo by: Lara Zuk
Bluejay Baseball Falls at Georgetown, 8-3
4/15/2023 8:17:00 PM | Baseball
Washington, D.C. -- Limited to five hits, the Creighton Baseball team dropped the second game of its series with Georgetown 8-3 on Saturday, April 15.
The loss moved the Bluejays to 15-13 on the season and 3-2 in BIG EAST action.
Creighton fell behind 3-0 in the bottom of the third as Michael Eze launched a three-run home run to left field.
Junior Nolan Clifford answered for Creighton in the top of the fourth with a solo home run to right.
The Hoyas got the run back on a solo home run from Jake Hyde, then sophomore Nolan Sailors connected on his fourth home run of the season to make it 4-3.
Georgetown, however, pushed across two runs in the bottom of the sixth and single runs in the seventh and eighth.
Hoyas starter Andrew Williams picked up the win (3-3), holding Creighton to three runs on three hits in 5.1 innings. Bluejay starter Dominic Cancellieri took the loss (1-1), allowing six runs on seven hits over 5.1 frame.
The Bluejays and Hoyas start the rubber game of the series at 11:00 a.m. (CT)
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The loss moved the Bluejays to 15-13 on the season and 3-2 in BIG EAST action.
Creighton fell behind 3-0 in the bottom of the third as Michael Eze launched a three-run home run to left field.
Junior Nolan Clifford answered for Creighton in the top of the fourth with a solo home run to right.
The Hoyas got the run back on a solo home run from Jake Hyde, then sophomore Nolan Sailors connected on his fourth home run of the season to make it 4-3.
Georgetown, however, pushed across two runs in the bottom of the sixth and single runs in the seventh and eighth.
Hoyas starter Andrew Williams picked up the win (3-3), holding Creighton to three runs on three hits in 5.1 innings. Bluejay starter Dominic Cancellieri took the loss (1-1), allowing six runs on seven hits over 5.1 frame.
The Bluejays and Hoyas start the rubber game of the series at 11:00 a.m. (CT)
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Andrew Williams (3-3)
L: Cancellieri, Dominic (1-1)
S: Tyler Mead (5)

Batting:
HR: Sailors, Nolan 1 ; Clifford, Nolan 1
RBI: Sailors, Nolan 2 ; Clifford, Nolan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sailors, Nolan 1 ; Clifford, Nolan 1 ; North, Ben 1
HBP: North, Ben 1

Batting:
2B: Jake Hyde 1
HR: Jake Hyde 1 ; Michael Eze 1
RBI: Jake Hyde 2 ; Michael Eze 3 ; Cody Bowker 1 ; Marco Castillo 1
SH: Marco Castillo 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Owen Carapellotti 2 ; Jake Hyde 2 ; Michael Eze 2 ; Austin Kretzschmar 1 ; Andrew Bergeron 1
HBP: Owen Carapellotti 1 ; Ubaldo Lopez 1
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