ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — A 14th-inning double by Alvernia's Travis Wrambel drove home the eventual game-winning run and the Elizabethtown College baseball team, stung by two 5-4 losses to the 19th-ranked Crusaders Saturday, fell by that same score for a third straight game Sunday afternoon at Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium.

Wrambel's clutch at-bat came after E-town's Vaclav Hasik (2-1) had already registered two outs in the inning. Hasik walked shortstop Reid Martin before Wrambel sent one all the way to the wall in left. Ryan Donahue jumped at the wall, but the ball caromed off his glove and Martin scored easily with the go-ahead run.

Things looked bright for E-town (11-13, 4-5 Commonwealth Conference) when they scored three times in the fifth inning to take a 4-3 lead. Kevin Berkheiser started the inning by reaching on an error and later scored on another. Steve Motika and Dillon Tagle followed it up with run scoring hits to push E-town in front for the first time all afternoon.

The Crusaders (21-3, 9-0 CC) knotted things at four in the seventh on a Chris Gehris double to right. Tim Rosser's throw home appeared to be in time and Motika applied the tag, but the home plate umpire called Alvernia third basemen Chris Ray safe under Motika's tag, giving the Commonwealth Conference leaders new life.

Elizabethtown's maligned bullpen rose to the occasion Sunday. Joey Seremula, Todd Leister and Hasik combined to throw 7.1 innings of four-hit ball in relief of starter Wayne Leonard. Leister did not allow a hit in his three innings of work.

Leonard scattered eight hits and struck out four against Alvernia's potent lineup. The Crusaders entered play Sunday with a team batting average of .313.

Alvernia's bullpen was just as crisp in a game which turned out to be the Blue Jays' longest since a 13-inning affair against Widener back on Apr. 29, 2000. Austin Rohrbach, the visitor's leader in saves, was called upon for 3.2 innings. He walked two and struck out four. Rich Collins, who entered play with four innings pitched all season, threw two scoreless frames to earn the win for AU. Jeremy Hausdorf allowed a hit and struck out one in a scoreless 14th to pick up his first save.

Earlier in Sunday's three hour and thirty minute game, AU jumped to a 2-0 lead in the second behind RBI singles from Leon Stimpson and Tim Ahlquist. That lead increased to 3-1 in the fourth on a Matt O'Neill RBI single.

Andrew Gordon picked up an RBI single for the Blue Jays in the third. Tagle was 3-for-5 and Ian Smith 2-for-6, as E-town picked up nine hits in the game. Stimpson, Martin, Wrambel and O'Neill all had multi-hit outings for Alvernia, led by Wrambel's three hits.

The Blue Jays meet up with Stevenson Tuesday afternoon at Boyd Stadium, with first pitch scheduled for 4 p.m.