Richy Masciarelli vs. Widener 4/26/17
Dan Gittis
6
Drew DREW 26-13, 11-6 Landmark
7
Winner Elizabethtown ETOWN 23-14, 10-7 Landmark
Drew DREW
26-13, 11-6 Landmark
6
Final
7
Elizabethtown ETOWN
23-14, 10-7 Landmark
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Drew DREW 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 6 12 1
Elizabethtown ETOWN 0 5 2 0 0 0 X 7 11 1

W: Garvey, Mike (4-2) L: Pete Violante (3-3) S: Kwak, Josh (5)

0
Drew DREW 26-14, 11-7 Landmark
2
Winner Elizabethtown ETOWN 24-14, 11-7 Landmark
Drew DREW
26-14, 11-7 Landmark
0
Final
2
Elizabethtown ETOWN
24-14, 11-7 Landmark
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Drew DREW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Elizabethtown ETOWN 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 2 4 1

W: Lippy, Anthony (4-2) L: Jeff Serin (1-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball wins its way into Landmark Championships with sweep of Drew

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. -- Elizabethtown took care of business Sunday afternoon at Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium, ending the regular season with a sweep of Drew to grab the final Landmark Baseball Championship tournament spot. The Blue Jays held on for a 7-6 win in game one before shutting out the Rangers 2-0 in game two.

After dropping a 2-1 pitchers' duel to the Rangers in the series opener, Saturday, the Blue Jays needed two wins to definitively clinch their postseason spot, or one win and a Moravian loss. Before Elizabethtown completed the Sunday sweep, Moravian fell to Catholic, 4-2, in the completion of their suspended game. Winning the finale proved important for the Jays, however, as it pushed them to the No. 3 seed ahead of Drew.

GAME 1
Elizabethtown 7, Drew 6

Senior center fielder Richy Masciarelli, heralded more for his speed than his power, hit a three-run homer to left --the first of his career-- in the second that broke a 2-2 tie and put the Blue Jays ahead for good.

Masciarelli's bomb followed a two-run single from Kyle Fackler as E-town erased a 2-0 deficit with a five-run inning. The home team added to its lead in the third on a sacrifice fly from Anthony Knight and a run-scoring infield single by Frank Ragozzino.

Elizabethtown still held a 7-3 lead after five innings, but an unexpected power burst from Drew nearly tied the game late. Though the Rangers only had eight homers in 38 games entering play Sunday, they connected for four in game one --one each by Zach Lipshitz, Isaiah Mateo, Matthew Lange and Mike Miraglia.

Lipshitz's shot led off the game, while Mateo and Lange sent back-to-back pitches off starter Mike Garvey and reliever Braden Stinar out in the sixth to bring the Rangers within 7-5.

Josh Kwak served up Miraglia's round-tripper to start the seventh, but worked around a single to register his fifth save of the season.

Masciarelli was 3 for 4 out of the two hole for the Blue Jays. Fackler and designated hitter Brian Portillo each had two hits. Portillo, who missed a good chunk of his senior season due to injury, is starting to find his stroke with hits in four straight and two multi-hit efforts during that time.

Garvey struck out three and allowed four runs --three earned-- in 5.1 innings to record his fourth win (4-2).

Lipshitz was 3 for 4 with three RBI atop the Rangers' lineup. Mateo was a perfect 3 for 3 and Mike DiDonato had two hits, but starting pitcher Pete Violante was rocked for five runs on five hits while recording just four outs.

GAME 2
Elizabethtown 2, Drew 0

Anthony Lippy fired his first career complete game shutout --a four-hitter-- to send the Blue Jays into the postseason with a series win.

Lippy, the junior right-hander from Hanover, has made two starts and three appearances against Drew in his career and if you polled the other dugout, it's probably three times too many. With Sunday's stellar performance, Lippy's numbers against the Rangers are jaw-dropping: two wins, two complete games, one shutout, an 0.53 ERA, 12 hits allowed and 15 strikeouts in 17 innings.

The Jays' (24-14, 11-7 Landmark) offense was hemmed in by Drew hurler Jeff Serin, but managed to push across the game's first run in the third on a Colby Smith sac fly. Nick Bein was hit by Serin's first pitch of the inning. A Frank Ragozzino sac bunt, walk to Kyle Fackler and Richy Masciarelli infield single loaded the bases for Smith with one out. Smith was able to put good enough contact on a 3-0 pitch to bring home Bein for a 1-0 lead and his team-leading 35th RBI, also third most in the Landmark.

E-town took advantage of a two-out error in the fourth to double its lead. Nick Lorenz sprinted home after third baseman Jonathan Rodrigues threw away a Bein grounder.

That was enough for Lippy, who faced the minimum number of batters in five of seven innings. Drew only put runners in scoring position twice --once in the third when Dan Pfefferkorn was stranded at third and again in the fifth. Lippy did not issue a walk for the third time in a start this season and increased his team-leading strikeout total to 37.

Masciarelli, Lorenz, Portillo and Ragozzino had the hits for Elizabethtown, and Max Feisenstein was 2 for 3 for Drew (26-14, 11-7).

ON DECK
Elizabethtown will be the No. 3 seed in next weekend's Landmark Baseball Championship, hosted by the No. 1 seed, Catholic. The Blue Jays will open the double-elimination tournament against No. 2 seed Susquehanna.
 
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