Two very different doubleheaders ended with the same, painful result for the Georgetown baseball team last weekend.

The Hoyas were taken out of the game early against Virginia Tech, losing by scores of 20-1 and 18-2. Georgetown came home to Shirley Povich Field in Bethesda, Md., for a twin-bill with Rutgers and lost both games, 7-3 and 12-7, on big late-inning rallies by the visitors.

The weekend’s four losses – all at to Big East rivals – extended Georgetown’s losing streak to 11 games and dropped its record to 6-20 overall, and 1-12 in the conference.

The Hoyas traveled to Blacksburg, Va., Friday hoping to avenge last year’s 35-4 loss to the Hokies at home. Virginia Tech burst out of the gate in the opener, scoring 11 runs in the first two innings. Freshman Steven Burns made his first collegiate start, but did not manage to make it out of the second inning of the seven-inning game. By the time the Hokies’ onslaught had ended, they had scored 20 runs in five innings.

Georgetown’s lone run came in the fourth inning. Sophomore Billy Quinn’s two-out, solo home run was the only offense the Hoyas could muster, as they eventually lost 20-1.

The second game prolonged the nightmare. Georgetown committed four errors in both games, but the mistakes were much more costly in the finale. Six of Virginia Tech’s 18 runs were unearned.

Georgetown did lead briefly in the game. Sophomore Ron Cano singled to start the game and advanced to second on a groundout. Junior Michael Lombardi later doubled to bring Cano home and put the Hoyas ahead, 1-0.

Then the Hokies came to bat. Twelve batters came to the plate in the bottom of the first, banging out eight hits and scoring nine runs as the Hokies built an 18-1 lead. The Georgetown bats stayed quiet until freshman Timmy Jones led off the top of the eighth with a single and later hustled home on a double by Senior Matt Carullo to make it an 18-2 final.

“They got their butts kicked twice,” Head Coach Pete Wilk said simply. “Humiliating. It seemed like everything we did didn’t work, and everything they did was the way it was drawn up.”

Sunday’s opener against Rutgers began as a pitching duel but ended with eight runs scored between both teams in the last inning. Freshman Warren Sizemore had allowed just four hits up to that point, but ran into trouble when Carullo misplayed a grounder to let the leadoff hitter reach safely. After a sacrifice bunt and a double, Rutgers took a 2-1 lead. Sophomore Mike Halloran relieved Sizemore and gave up a three-run double and a two-run homer to close out a six-run inning.

Facing a 7-1 deficit in their final at bat of the seven-inning game, Georgetown rallied to make it closer. Three straight singles to start the inning gave the Hoyas a run, and Georgetown soon found itself with the bases loaded and one out. Freshman Danny Gronski from third on a passed ball, making it 7-3. After Carullo walked, the Hoyas brought Lombardi to the plate as the tying run. The rally ended abruptly, however, as Lombardi grounded into a double play that ended the game.

“I was upset with the team the first game,” Wilk said. “I thought only half of us showed up with any intensity. It’s the first day I’ve been disappointed with the intensity levels and I hope it’s the last.”

Wilk was very pleased with the effort in the second game, but Georgetown could not avoid the same result in the end. The Hoyas started strong, scoring five runs in the first three innings. Sophomore Andrew Cleary provided much of the offense for the Hoyas, as he hit 3-for-3 in the game, contributing a double, two homers and five RBI. His two-run shot in the bottom of the third gave the Hoyas the lead, 5-1.

The Hoyas got another strong pitching performance from junior Kevin Field, who overcame seven walks by giving up just four runs (two earned) on four hits in seven innings.

The Scarlet Knights fought back, scoring two runs in the fifth inning thanks to two errors, a sacrifice fly and an RBI groundout. This brought Rutgers within striking distance, 5-3, but Cleary got the run back for Georgetown with his second homer of the day, a two-run shot to extend the lead to 7-3.

Rutgers took the lead and broke the game open in the eighth. Three relievers pitched in the inning and gave up seven runs on four hits. Rutgers added two more runs in the top of the ninth inning to take a 12-7 lead and hand Georgetown another crushing defeat.

“With Rutgers I felt like we had each game in our back pocket, and you end up leaving the field at the end of the day and you’re 0-2,” Wilk said. “With Virginia Tech you just walk away, you get your butts kicked, you lick your wounds and move forward. But we had a chance to take two from Rutgers and we should have.”

Georgetown plays today at the University of Maryland at 3 p.m. Senior Pat Salvitti (0-1, 9.64) makes his first start of the year. The Hoyas visit George Washington on Wednesday at 3 p.m., as sophomore Tyler Abbot (0-0, 4.50) takes the mound.