Tigers split doubleheader with Titans

Georgetown College baseball split Saturday's doubleheader with Indiana University South Bend. Game one was a seven-inning, pitcher's duel. The Titans scored two quick ones off Keon Taylor for all the runs in the game. IUSB (3-4) handed the Tigers (1-4) a 2-0 setback as the visitors had two of its four hits in the first half inning. GC's offense came to life in game two with an 8-3 win.

GC scattered five hits, stranding six with two of those reaching second base in game one. The biggest threat came in the bottom of the seventh as Nick Giambalvo reached on an error and Jerry Granillo hit a one-out single for two on with one out.

A fly out and strikeout ended the game as the Titans Robbie Berger went the distance. He scattered five hits with six strikeouts. Taylor was equally dominated on the mound, scattering four hits with nine strikeouts in six innings. Brandon Krennrich pitched the seventh, setting the side down in order and striking out two of the three hitters he faced.

Game two, Georgetown's offense added three runs to their lead in the bottom of the fourth, including the winning score of Isaiah Bumgarner on Granillo's ground out. The Tigers added four more insurance runs and held off the ninth-inning rally for the first win of 2020.

Rigo Cano started the bottom of the fourth with a single and moved into scoring position on a wild throw. Randall Schab gave the Tigers two on with no outs as he reached on a walk. Bumgarner reached on a wild throw to load the bases for Gabriel Figueroa.

The shortstop tagged a double down left field line to score Cano and Schab. This put GC up 3-0 when the at the time insurance run became the winning run. Granillo put a ball deep in the hole at second. Austin Thomas was able to make a solid defensive play for the out, but made it easy for Bumgarner to score from third.

GC added a run in the sixth, two in the seventh and another in the eighth for an 8-0 lead. All were important cushions as the Titans used a couple of hits, a couple of walks and an error to start a rally in their final at bat. The visitors loaded the bases with no outs when a single scored a run.

Keenen Cisneros got back-to-back outs on a strikeout and fly out to seem to have things back in control. He then issued two walks with the bases loaded for an 8-3 score. Cisneros gave way to Nickolas Spencer who got Jeffery Tolbert Jr. to strikeout swinging to end the game.

Isaac Olson started for the Tigers on the mound. He threw seven scoreless innings with no hits, seven walks and 10 strikeouts. Cisneros allowed two earned runs with four walks and four strikeouts in his one and two-third innings of work.

Georgetown finishes the four-game series with another doubleheader Sunday. First pitch is set for 1 pm at Robert N. Wilson Field.