WASHINGTON – The 2023 Bison Baseball Classic got underway here Friday at Hoy Field as the Gallaudet University Bison tangled with Washington College (Md.) in a nine-inning non-conference game that the Shoremen won, 19-5.
Washington (1-2) got on the scoreboard with a run in the first inning and four in the second.
Gallaudet (2-3) pushed across a run in the bottom of the third when sophomore
Johnathan Guerrero (Indio, Calif.) singled to left field to bring home freshman
Eli Solomon (Flushing, N.Y.).
The Shoremen added another six runs to take a 11-1 lead into the seventh inning. A Bison miscue kept the top of the seventh alive as Washington scored seven times.
Guerrero added a second RBI with a single to center field to plate senior
Darren Drolsbaugh (Lansdale, Pa.) in the eighth inning. Freshman
Darico Castillo (Passaic, N.J.) followed with a two-run single to right field as senior
Austin Sliva-Wynne (Rosenberg, Texas) and Guerrero scampered home.
GU added one more run in the bottom of the ninth when junior
Joshua Dugan (San Antonio, Texas) singled home Guerrero (3-for-5, two runs, two RBI) to complete the scoring for the Bison.
Freshman
Brandon Drolsbaugh (Lansdale, Pa.) took the loss on the mound as he surrendered 11 runs on 13 hits, six walks and one strikeout in 4.2 innings pitched. Freshman
Christina Elsbury (Uniontown, Ohio) pitched two innings before freshman
Jason Marple (Downingtown, Pa.) threw the final 2.1 innings.
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) won the second game 10-1 over the Shoremen (1-3).
UP NEXT
Gallaudet will face SUNY Canton tomorrow (Saturday, Feb. 25) at 2 p.m. RIT and SUNY Canton will play in the first game at 10:30 a.m.
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