HAVERFORD, Pa. - The Haverford College baseball team (13-10, 2-4 CC) split a twinbill with visiting No. 13 Gettysburg (24-4, 2-4 CC) on Saturday at Kannerstein Field, falling 16-10 in the first game, before rallying for an 11-8 victory in eight innings in game two, as the final frame was called off due to darkness.
The Fords scored 21 runs on 27 hits across the two contests, launching five home runs and four doubles. Jack Wallis was almost impossible to get out on Saturday, as he went 5-for-5, matching the Haverford program record for hits in game one. Even when he was retired, it was with loud contact, as he hit two flyouts to the wall in the second game.
Harry Genth ends the day with 158 career runs scored, as he is just five away from tying Ethan Lee-Tyson '19 for the Haverford career record in that category. Genth is also just one homer away from tying the Haverford program single-season mark held by Ben Einbinder in 2007. Wallis, Genth, Jonny Flieder, Luke Treese, and Jackson Sgro all connected on home runs in the doubleheader. Genth and Treese also each stole a pair of bases for the hosts.
Game 1: #13 Gettysburg 16, Haverford 10
After Gettysburg opened the scoring on a Jack Pistner solo home run in the top of the first, Haverford quickly responded in the bottom of the first with a two-out rally. Anthony Runfola drew a walk, and Jack Wallis followed with a single. Matt Dahl reached on an error that brought home Runfola, and Jonny Flieder drove a single into right to score Wallis, giving the Fords an early 2–1 lead.
The Bullets pulled even with a run in the third off Riley Grohowski, but Haverford answered right back. Wallis delivered an RBI single in the bottom half, and a wild pitch with Flieder on third made it 4–2, Fords.
Jack Amirata tied things up at 4–4 with a home run, and a Brendan Laqui RBI single pushed Gettysburg ahead. Dahl laced an RBI single in the fifth to tie the score, but the Bullets briefly reclaimed the lead with a bases-loaded walk in the sixth, followed by a Dom Balsamo sacrifice fly to make it 7–5.
Unfazed, the Fords came roaring back. Harry Genth crushed a towering three-run homer—his ninth of the year—to put Haverford in front once more, 8–7. Two batters later, Wallis added his own two-out blast, and the Fords led by two with Kannerstein Field rocking.
Gettysburg answered with anine-run frame in the bottom of the seventh to seize a commanding 16–9 advantage. A Rosman single and Gettysburg error helped Haverford tack on a 10th run, but the deficit proved too large to overcome.
Grohowski turned in a solid start, striking out seven and walking two over five innings. Alex Wilkie-Viscio was steady for the Bullets, allowing three earned runs and fanning two. Colin Lewis tossed the final three innings for Haverford, striking out six and helping to steady the bullpen. Wallis starred at the plate, going 5-for-5 with two RBI. Flieder and Rosman each added two hits, and Genth extended his hitting streak with his long ball.
Game 2: Haverford 11, #13 Gettysburg 8
Gettysburg wasted no time getting on the scoreboard in Game 2 as Jack Burke singled, stole two bases, and scored on an Amirata single. The Fords responded in the bottom of the inning with Genth and Wallis each driving in runs with RBI singles. Flieder added an insurance run in the third, giving Haverford a 3-1 lead before Burke homered in the fourth to tie the score at 3-3. Balsamo then delivered an RBI single later in the frame, putting the visitors ahead 4-3 at the end of four innings.
Treese tied the score with a homer in the fifth, and Genth followed with a double into right field that plated Miles Prusek, giving Haverford a 5-4 lead. An error on a Runfola grounder allowed Genth to score, and the Fords went up 6-4, but Burke brought the deficit back to just one with his second home run of the contest. Haverford added more insurance in the sixth, as Flieder and Sgro hit back-to-back homers to near-identical spots in left field, giving the Fords an 8-5 advantage.
Gettysburg made another push in the eighth. Pistner added a two-RBI single to pull within one, and a throwing error brought in the tying run. Sgro led off the eighth with a single, and pinch runner Mauro DeCillis stole second and advanced to third on a balk. Kendrick Curry II pinch-hit and singled up the middle, giving Haverford the lead again.
With two outs, Genth followed with a single. Runfola then laced a double down the right-field line, scoring a pair. Wallis delivered a booming drive to right field but was retired to end the inning.
When the inning ended, the umpires met with the teams and decided there was not enough daylight remaining to safely complete the ninth inning, awarding Haverford the victory in eight frames.
Jack Couture started for Haverford, logging four innings, striking out four, and allowing four earned runs. Thomas Ferguson was effective in relief, scattering just two hits and striking out two. Adam Naegelen earned the win with a scoreless frame, striking out two.
Genth had three hits and two RBI, while Runfola, Flieder, and Sgro each had two hits. Curry came off the bench to deliver the eventual game-winner.
Burke matched Wallis' Game 1 performance with five hits for Gettysburg. The Bullets used seven pitchers, with Tyler Lizell credited with the loss. Starter John Francesconi struck out four.
Haverford continues CC play on Tuesday, April 8 hosting Muhlenberg for a 3:30 p.m. first pitch at Kannerstein Field.