VERO BEACH, Fla. – The Gettysburg College baseball team closed its spring trip to Florida with an 11-4 loss to Immaculata University Saturday afternoon. The second game of the scheduled doubleheader was cancelled due to weather.
 
The two teams combined for seven runs in the opening inning. Immaculata (8-3) picked up three hits, two walks, and a hit-by-pitch on the way to tallying the game's first four runs. Gettysburg (6-3) answered in the bottom of the frame with three runs, all of which came with two outs on the board. Freshman Shane Manieri (Harleysville, Pa./La Salle College) hit a two-out double and the Bullets loaded the bases with back-to-back walks. Sophomore Collin Short (Chesterfield, Va./Benedictine College Prep) drew a walk to bring home the first run and freshman Matthew Muir (South Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames) plated two more with a single.
 
The Might Macs padded their advantage with two runs in the second inning before adding five more in the fourth and fifth frames.
 
Short brought home Gettysburg's final run with a one-out single in the fifth inning.
 
Muir finished 2-for-4 with two RBI, while sophomore Harry Quimby (Wilmington, Del./Tower Hill) tallied two hits, a walk, and two runs. Freshman Mark Seibert (Yardley, Pa./Holy Ghost) reached base twice via a walk and hit-by-pitch. Seibert finished as the team's leading hitter during the trip with a batting average of .435 (10-for-23).
 
Tom Prato went 3-for-4 with three RBI and Joey Sacco went 3-for-3 with three runs, a walk, and a hit-by-pitch for Immaculata. Greg Grandelli earned the victory after allowing one run on four hits with four strikeouts over the final four frames.
 
Gettysburg returns home for a busy week of competition. The Bullets have a total of seven games on the docket in the next week, including five at Kirchhoff Field. The week opens at home with Penn State Harrisburg on Tuesday, March 19, at 3:30 p.m.