PHILADELPHIA, Penn. (April 22, 2026) - Georgian Court Baseball was on the road for a twin bill Wednesday afternoon. GCU picked up a nine-inning, 6-5 win before the Rams bats came to life in game two, earning themselves a split of the doubleheader.

Game 1 - Georgian Court 6, Jefferson 5
How it Happened
• The Lions scored six runs on eight hits, three of which went for extra-bases.
• Jefferson scored their five on nine hits.
• Game on featured three home runs, two by Georgian Court.
• Georgian Court pitchers got the win despite walking 10 batters and hitting two. When the Rams swung, they put the ball in play as the Lions didn't record a strikeout.
• Jefferson struck out nine batters and walked seven.
• The Rams are kicking themselves for the number of runners left on base. They stranded 12 in the one-run loss.
• Most of the Lions damage came in the first. JR Osmond started it with a solo home run two batters into the game.
• The Lions kept swinging and three straight singles following the home run made it a 2-0 ball game.
• With two outs, Evangelos Spyrogiannis went deep to left center and the Lions led 5-0 before the Rams came to the plate.
• The score stayed that way until the second when Jefferson scored on a wild pitch and a two-out double cut the lead to 5-2. It could have been more, but a fly out left the bases loaded.
• One big swing in the fourth tied the game at five. They started the inning with consecutive singles followed by a long ball to left center.
• With two outs in the eighth and still tied, Frankie Noviello's two-out RBI double gave the Lions the lead back, 6-5.
• In the bottom of the inning with the bases loaded and one out, Evan Corso got a ground ball double-play to end the inning.
• Jefferson again put runners on in the ninth, but a fly ball ended the game with the winning run on base.

Lion Stat Leaders
• Cooper DeLaBarre threw seven innings allowing five runs on nine hits.
• Evangelos Spyrogiannis homered and drove in three runs.
• JR Osmond walked twice and hit a solo home run.
• Frankie Noveillo's double drove in the winning run.
• Evan Corso threw 1.2 hitless innings and picked up the save.

For the Rams
• Tripp Capers hit a three-run home run in the fourth.
• Andrew Holub doubled and drove in two. 
• Jordan Tiburcio singled, walked twice and scored two runs.
• Patrick Karbach struck out six in six innings and allowed five runs.

Game 2 - Jefferson 15, Georgian Court 5 - 6 Innings
How it Happened
• Walks were a major problem for the Lions who walked seven in six five innings pitched.
• They were also done-in by a defense that made four errors and led to six unearned runs.
• Jefferson pitchers struck out eight in six innings.
• The Rams scored first with a two-out RBI double for a 1-0 lead after one.
• That didn't last long though as Georgian Court had another five-run inning, this time in the second inning.
• Frankie Noviello and JR Osmond picked up RBI hits in the inning for a 5-1 Lions lead.
• The lead didn't last an inning with Jefferson scoring seven times in the third.
• They sent 11 to the plate and picked up five hits. At one point eight straight batters reached base and the lead was back in favor of the home team, 8-5.
• Two innings later, Jefferson again scored seven runs. This time on just two hits as they took advantage of three GCU errors in the inning to score four unearned runs.
• Georgian Court had just one more hit the rest of the game and after six innings, the game was called due to darkness.

Lion Stat Leaders
• JR Osmond finished 2-3 with an RBI.
• Jack Greenspan singled twice.
• Frankie Noviello doubled, scored and drove in two.
• Christopher Tatis threw two scoreless innings in relief and struck out four.

For the Rams
• Kevin Baez allowed five runs, four earned, in five innings with seven strikeouts.
• Ryan Mallen doubled and drove in three runs and scored twice.
• Andrew Holub drove in two more runs in a 2-3 game.
• Mason Coyne singled twice and scored two runs.

News and Notes
• Georgian Court scored 10 of their 11 runs in the first two innings.
• The Lions are used to scoring early on Jefferson. They put up seven in the first inning against the Rams last season.
• The game one win is the Lions first ever win against Jefferson.
• Evangelos Spyrogiannis hit his team-leading sixth home run.

Up Next
• Georgian Court has already moved up their doubleheader with Wilmington to Friday to avoid the rain in Saturday's forecast. They'll play two at Jackson Justice starting at 2 pm.