Faulkner 12, Georgetown 9

It was a lengthy affair that saw 346 total pitches, 21 hits, 13 walks and 21 runs Friday night before Jonathan Villa (JR/Ensenada, Mexico) decided he had seen enough. The Faulkner catcher ripped a two-strike offering over the right field fence for a walk-off homer to down Georgetown 12-9 in game one. 

Troy Black (SO/Dayton, Ohio) walked and Bo Seccombe (JR/Tallahassee, Fla.) got a pinch-hit single before Villa's homerun heroics capped the contest. 

Faulkner spotted Georgetown a pair of runs in the first inning and briefly regained the lead on a Max Guzman (JR/Miami, Fla.) three-run homer in the bottom of the frame. The Tigers proceeded to hang three runs on the board in the top of the second on two hits to go up 5-3. 

Alejandro Carrillo (SR/West Covina, Calif.) entered in the third and shut down the Georgetown offense for the bulk of his outing. He fanned six batters over five innings of work while scattering five hits, issuing no walks and allowing only two runs. 

The Eagles overcame a 6-3 deficit in the home half of the sixth when Troy Black singled in Hagan Holmstead (JR/Salt Lake City, Utah) before bases-loaded free passes to Sam Anthony (JR/Columbus, Ga.) and Villa forced home Mike Battle (JR/Birmingham, Ala.) and Jacob Freeland (SR/Cape Coral, Fla.) respectively. Faulkner took a 7-6 lead when Andrew Carter (SR/San Jose, Calif.)'s sacrifice fly plated Black. 

Georgetown tied it again in the seventh before Guzman scored on an error in the bottom half for the 8-7 Faulkner advantage. The Tigers plated two in the eighth for a brief league before Guzman's single scored Marcus Ragan (SR/Vicksburg, Miss.) to tie the game. 

Brandon Suttles (SR/Panama City, Fla.) entered the game with runners on the corners and one out in the top of the ninth. He intentionally walked a batter to load the bases before striking out a batter looking and inducing a fielder's choice to get out of the frame. 

Suttles (1-0) got the win for Faulkner.

Faulkner 5, Georgetown 4

Pitching was the theme of game two of the three game stand with Antonio Frias (JR/Panama City, Panama) serving as the plot. In five innings, the lefthanded pitcher struck out 13 Tigers while walking two and allowing just one hit on 83 pitches. The two pitching staffs combined for 28 strikeouts in 40 total outs. Bryan Torres struck out 10 Eagles in five innings in the starting role.

Georgetown fought back from a 4-0 deficit in the seventh, capitalizing on a walk, single, double and wild pitch to cut the Eagle advantage in half. King's sacrifice fly brought home the third run with just one out. Carter, taking over pitching duties just before the wild pitch, forced a flyout before a Freeland throwing error gave Georgetown the last gasp of hope they needed as Val Stammler scored on a Brandon Krennrich two out single to tie the game. In the home half, Freeland bounced chopping grounder over the head of Georgetown first baseman Ryan Garner for a double on a nearly identical hit to his previous two at bats which each ended in a groundout to first. DeJhard Kimbrough (JR/Atlanta, Ga.) laid a bunt down the third baseline which was thrown to third to try to get the lead runner but Freeland beat the tag. Kimbrough then took second base uncontested on a steal allowing Andrew Carter to be intentionally walked to load the bases. A 2-2 pitch to Bo McClintock (JR/Beaver Creek, Ore.) got past catcher Ryan Gaynor allowing Freeland to come in to walk the game off. 

Following three Frias strikeouts in the first inning, Trystin Raikes (JR/Ottawa, Ill.) laced a one out single into left center before a series of walks brought him home for the first run. Carter's sacrifice fly on the next at bat scored Kimbough, the courtesy runner for Guzman who reached via walk to set the score at 2-0 where it remained until the sixth. 

Tyler Paulsen (JR/Jolliet, Ill.) reached on an error from Kendall King before Battle found a single. Ragan dropped a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners to second and third. A Chase Ambrose wild pitch scored both Paulsen easily and a miscommunication held the Tigers at the plate opposed to pursuing the ball at the backstop allowing Battle to score from second and take a 4-0 lead.

Carter (1-0) picked up the win while Krennrich (0-1) was handed the loss.