PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Pikeville baseball team dropped a pair of games to Georgetown on Saturday, falling 8-5 in 10 innings in the opener before going down 9-5 in game two at Johnnie LeMaster Field.

The Bears drop to 17-13 overall and 1-7 in league play with the losses, while Georgetown moves to 24-9 overall and 8-3 in the Mid-South Conference. The teams will wrap up the three-game series with a nine-inning game at Noon ET on Sunday.

Georgetown 8, UPIKE 5 (10 inn.)

Matt Peterson collected three hits and Anthony Roberts went 2 for 5 with a two-run home run, but it wasn't enough to get past Georgetown in extra innings. Brandon Benson and Andrew Paz led the Tigers with three hits each.

Reliever Michael Koltak improved to 3-1 with the win after allowing just one hit and striking out two batters in the ninth inning. A.J. Carkner fell to 0-5 with the loss after allowing four runs on three hits with a strikeout. UPIKE starter Aaron Hedgecock lasted 6 1/3 innings, scattering 10 hits for four runs with four strikeouts and no walks.  

Georgetown struck first when it used three hits and a sacrifice fly by Rodnee Little to take a 1-0 lead in the third inning, but it was Roberts' two-run smash in the bottom of the next frame that brought the most excitement.

While the Tigers took a more methodical approach to bringing home their first score, Roberts waited on Justin Beatty to draw a leadoff walk, then promptly sent his home run over the fence in left field on the first pitch he saw.

The 2-1 lead was only safe for an inning though as Georgetown was able to score a tying run in the sixth when John Shattles tripled with two outs and got sent home after a wild throw from the infield that went out of play. An inning later, Georgetown took a 4-2 lead on Sam Medina's RBI double and Ryan Viramontes' RBI single with two outs.

Not looking to stay down for long, the Bears got both runs back in the bottom of the seventh. Travis Haen scored one on a bases-loaded single, which turned into two runs as Georgetown's Benson bobbled the ball, allowing Brandon Sewell to score from third as well.

Tied 4-4 heading into the bottom of the eighth, UPIKE was able to regain the lead when Jorge Perez led off with a triple and was brought home by Alec Barba's single in the next at-bat. But that would be the last run scored by the Bears as Georgetown got a gift in the ninth, then took care of business in extra innings.

Facing two outs in the top of the ninth, Nick Giambolvo went deep to right field to give Georgetown new life. UPIKE couldn't do anything with Josh Bailey's leadoff single in the bottom of the inning, instead striking out twice between Bailey being caught stealing.

The top of the 10th saw the Tigers score three runs on two hits and an error as Carkner, who had given up the home run in the ninth, walked two batters, gave up two singles and had a sacrifice fly hit off him before getting a pop out to short to end the inning.

UPIKE got runners on first and second in the final half inning, but flew out to second base to end the threat.

Georgetown 9, UPIKE 2

UPIKE was outhit 13-7 in game two as it fell behind 2-0 in the first inning, rallied back to tie the game over the next two innings, but came apart in the final frames as the Tigers outscored it 7-3 down the stretch.

Beatty led the Bears with two hits, but Ryan Garner and Medina both hit home runs for Georgetown to keep it on top. Max Hall took the loss, dropping to 3-1 after allowing three runs on six hits in four innings. Michael Conrad (6-2) earned the win despite allowing five runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Georgetown got to Hall early with the help of a double and two straight singles in the first inning. Giambalvo's single to right brought home the first run, then the second came home on a fielder's choice.

Like in the prior contest, the Bears found a way to comeback, tallying single runs over the next two frames. A bases-loaded walk scored the first in the second inning, followed by Barba hustling home on a wild pitch in the third.

The Tigers took the lead for good in the fourth inning when Ryan Garner lifted a home run to left field to make it 3-2, but went on to increase the gap with three runs on two hits in the fifth and three more runs on four hits in the sixth.

While a 9-2 lead looked fairly safe for the Tigers, UPIKE didn't go down without a fight in the seventh. Haen drew a bases-loaded walk to bring in the first run, followed by Beatty sending a two-run single into left field to cut the gap to four at 9-5.

UPIKE had the bases-loaded with one out when Georgetown went to the pen for closer Ryan Pearman who promptly struck out his first batter and got the next to ground out to first.

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