Saturday, April 27, the Elizabethtown College baseball team played a doubleheader against the University of Scranton. The game was split with a second game 12-3 win for the Blue Jays.
The first game was taken by Scranton 8-2. The Blue Jays didn’t even score until the sixth inning. The second game ran better for them.
The Blue Jays were able to make two scores early in the game, bringing in the first inning. This was thanks to juniors Derek Manning and Mike Christy, who both made RBI base hits. In the third inning, senior Anthony Knight made a single hit bringing in sophomore Andrew Fisher for a 3-0 lead. Scranton also scored in the third inning, putting the score at 3-2.
Innings six and seven were all the Blue Jays’ work bringing in two points in the sixth and four points in the seventh. There were no counter points by Scranton until the eighth inning, where the total score at that time was 9-3.
The seventh was run by two RBIs: one from Fisher and one from first-year Robbie Bertucio, who were both then brought in to score after senior James Kanter hit a double.
The ninth inning brought in two scores after Knight hit a triple, bringing home second and third basers. Manning was the top leader in hits with four, followed by Fisher and senior Nick Bein who made three hits.
Tuesday, April 30, the Blue Jays played again, this time against Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. They took a 7-6 loss.
Shenandoah took the lead in the first inning, where they made one run followed by another run in the second inning that brought them to a 2-0 lead.
In the third inning, sophomore Arley Shepherd scored Fisher and first-year Tyler McGonigle, putting them in a tie with their opponent. Shepherd left the game with two RBIs as well as sophomore Dylan Everly.
Shenandoah’s strong lead came in the seventh inning when they brought in three points. Although the score was tied in the front half of the ninth inning with two made by Etown, Shenandoah was able to get one last point at the end, bringing in their one point win.
The baseball team had an overall record of 12-25 and came out 5-10 in Landmark Conference games.
