The Georgetown baseball team split its two mid-week games, losing to George Washington, 7-6, while beating Mount St. ary’s, 6-1, in the home opener at Shirley Povich Field.

The Hoyas’ bats came alive early in Tuesday’s matchup with George Washington. The Hoyas built a 5-0 lead early in the game, but the Colonials rallied and scored the winning run on an eighth-inning RBI single.

Junior second baseman Parker Brooks led off the game with a single and promptly stole second. One out later, senior catcher ike Lombardi doubled to bring Brooks home. Junior right fielder Andrew Cleary’s single put runners on the corner, brining up sophomore centerfielder Timmy Jones. Jones hit a groundball to second base, but beat out the throw to first on what could have been a double play, scoring Lombardi to put the Hoyas ahead, 2-0.

Georgetown (2-5) added two more runs in the third inning. Sophomore DH Ryan Craft came up with the bases loaded and grounded to third base. But a throwing error by Colonial freshman third baseman Josh Goldberg let two runs score and doubled Georgetown’s lead to 4-0.

The Hoyas added another run in the fourth without getting a hit. Senior left fielder Ron Cano reached on a two-base throwing error by Goldberg and moved up to third on a groundout. Sophomore third baseman Danny Gronski grounded out to shortstop, scoring Cano and handing Georgetown a 5-0 lead.

Designated hitter Bill Simpson put George Washington on the board in the bottom of the inning with a solo home run. Cano’s RBI single gave the Hoyas a run back in the top of the fifth, but the Colonials added a run of their own in their next at bat, making it a 6-2 Georgetown advantage.

Junior Travis Danysh pitched five solid innings. The lefty gave up two runs on five hits and five walks, notching seven strikeouts.

“If he pitches like that, we and he are going to have a good year,” Head Coach Pete Wilk said. “He made some big-time pitches at huge parts of the game.”

Junior Michael Halloran failed to protect the lead for the Hoyas. The Colonials narrowed the lead to 6-4 with two runs in the sixth inning, and tied the game in the seventh on Simpson’s two-run homer, his second of the game.

Freshman Trey Martin finished the seventh in relief of Halloran and stayed on for the eighth inning. The Colonials opened the inning with a walk and a single to put runners on the corners. artin struck out the next batter, but Colonials catcher Jeff Fertitta brought in what proved to be the winning run with a single to center field.

The Hoyas had a scoring opportunity in the top of the ninth, putting runners at first and second with one out. But they were stranded on base, and George Washington held on for the 7-6 win. Georgetown left a total of 11 men on base in the game.

“I feel like we left the entire District of Columbia on base,” Wilk said. “If anybody out of the chances had gotten it done, just once, I think they would’ve rolled over. It’s still burning me. We just need to do a better job of putting the nails in the coffin.”

The Hoyas played flawlessly on defense on a windy and rainy afternoon. After committing seven errors in its first two games, the Georgetown defense has righted itself, making just four miscues in its last five games.

“Our pitching and defense the past five games has been outstanding,” Wilk said.

The same could not be said for Mount St. Mary’s showing in the field Wednesday. Georgetown capitalized on eight errors by the ount, including three in the fourth inning, to claim an easy 6-1 win.

Solid Georgetown pitching combined with the Mount’s defensive woes to create a frustrating day for the visitors.

Junior Eddie Pena (2 innings pitched), sophomore Warren Sizemore (5 IP), freshman reliever Mark Dutmers (1 IP) and sophomore Stephen Burns (1 IP) surrendered a total of seven hits and three walks without allowing an earned run. Sizemore earned the win on the day, improving his record to 1-2.

“I thought that was a must-win game,” Wilk said. “Those guys are going to throw mid-week in the bullpen anyway, so we decided to turn the bullpen into live. But we won’t have to do that as much this year because of the depth and talent of the pitching staff.”

Jones homered in the second inning to put Georgetown ahead. The ount tied it up in the third inning with an unearned run, but its sloppy defense handed the lead back in the fourth inning.

Brooks hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded to regain the lead, but the Mount’s catcher made a throwing error that allowed another run to score on the play. Junior first baseman Jim Supple followed with an RBI single to score freshman right fielder Derek deGrijs, who had advanced to second on the error. Supple then moved up on a botched pickoff throw, and Lombardi reached on an error by the shortstop. Cleary brought Supple home with a single, putting Georgetown ahead, 5-1.

The Hoyas added another unearned run in the sixth inning when Brooks scored on a passed ball. Brooks finished 3-for-3 at the plate with an RBI. Jones and sophomore shortstop Matt Johnson both hit 2-for-4.

Georgetown will play four games against Buffalo this weekend at Shirley Povich Field. Both Saturday and Sunday’s doubleheaders begin at noon.