WESTMINSTER, Md. - Gettysburg used an 11-run first inning and four total home runs to outlast the McDaniel College baseball team 21-17 to wrap up a home-and-home on Friday from Preston Field.

The 38 combined runs are the highest single game total in series history, beating the prior record of 35 combined runs in an 18-17 win for Western Maryland over Gettysburg in 1890.

The Green Terror (15-17-1, 6-6 CC) notched a season-high 22 base hits in the loss, led by a five-hit performance from junior Ben Davis, the second such game for a McDaniel batter this season.

The Bullets (25-9, 4-8 CC) exploded out of the gate with an 11-run first inning. Gettysburg hit back-to-back solo homers to lead off the game, and a three-run homer later in the inning grew the lead to 10-0. An RBI single gave the Bullets an 11-spot in the opening frame of the game.

McDaniel countered with an eight-run first to cut the deficit to three. Davis started the scoring with an RBI single to score graduate student Joey Hubinger. Sophomore Quinn Dean followed up a sacrifice fly with a two-run double, scoring sophomore Shea McKenna and Davis. Junior Matt Fuller hit an RBI single and later scored on a two-run triple from Hubinger. Another RBI hit from Davis put eight runs on the board for the Green Terror in the first, making the score 11-8 as both teams combined for 19 total runs in the first inning alone.

After each team added a run in the second, 10 more combined runs came across the plate in the third inning. The Bullets scored four in the top half, highlighted by the team's second three-run homer of the game. A 16-9 Gettysburg lead was cut down to one in the bottom of the third, as a McKenna RBI double kicked off a rally that saw RBI hits from freshmen Thomas Mezzullo and Henry Novario, as well as another two-run hit on a double from Hubinger. Novario's RBI hit made the score 16-15 after three.

A scoreless fourth paved the way for the Green Terror to tie the game at 16-16 in the fifth on an RBI double from Fuller. Sophomore Ethan Haddock gave McDaniel the lead on an RBI single in the sixth to score Davis, giving the home team a 17-16 edge after trailing by as much as 11 earlier in the game.

The Bullets broke out in the seventh with a four-run inning to take the lead for good. Back-to-back two-run doubles plated four runs, putting 20 runs on the board for the visitors. Gettysburg added another run in the ninth on an RBI single to cement the highest scoring game in series history.

Both teams combined for 38 runs on 45 hits in the game, 11 of which were extra base hits. The Bullets hit four home runs in the win, two of which were three-run blasts. All 18 combined starting batters had at least one base hit, while 16 of those 18 had at least one RBI.

Davis finished 5-for-6 at the plate with two RBIs and three runs scored. Hubinger went 2-for-5 with three runs scored and a team-high four RBIs. Dean and Fuller each had two RBIs on three base hits while McKenna and Novario each had multiple base hits and an RBI. Haddock went 1-for-4 with two RBIs while senior Shane Daly had a two-hit, one RBI day with a stolen base. 

Freshman Preston Yost took the loss on the mound, pitching 3.2 innings in relief while striking out two batters and allowing four earned runs on five hits. Senior Conor Henderson pitched the final 2.2 innings, tallying two strikeouts while giving up two hits and an earned run.

McDaniel hits the road on Saturday for its first Centennial Conference road doubleheader of the year against Muhlenberg. First pitch is at noon.