Derek Manning Celebration vs. Scranton 4/24/18
Dan Gittis
3
Scranton SCR 14-14, 6-5 Landmark
10
Winner Elizabethtown ETOWN 13-15, 6-5 Landmark
Scranton SCR
14-14, 6-5 Landmark
3
Final
10
Elizabethtown ETOWN
13-15, 6-5 Landmark
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Scranton SCR 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 6 2
Elizabethtown ETOWN 0 1 8 1 0 0 X 10 10 1

W: Witner, Jared (1-1) L: Zack Papillo (0-2)

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Scranton SCR 14-15, 6-6 Landmark
7
Winner Elizabethtown ETOWN 14-15, 7-5 Landmark
Scranton SCR
14-15, 6-6 Landmark
6
Final
7
Elizabethtown ETOWN
14-15, 7-5 Landmark
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Scranton SCR 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 6 11 1
Elizabethtown ETOWN 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 11 3

W: Stinar, Braden (3-1) L: Bryan Carmon (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Blue Jays walk off with sweep of Scranton

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. -- Elizabethtown pulled away to a commanding 10-3 victory in game one of Tuesday's Landmark Conference doubleheader against Scranton at Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium, but needed some ninth-inning magic in game two. Derek Manning provided it. The junior outfielder ripped a bases-clearing triple as the Jays overcame a two-run deficit to walk off with a sweep, 7-6.

GAME 1
Elizabethtown 10, Scranton 3

The Blue Jays and Royals were forced to find a date to reschedule Tuesday's games after a rare April snowstorm postponed the twin bill back on April 2.

Neither team had its aces available following last weekend's conference games, but junior Jared Witner stepped up in a spot start. The Mountain Top, Pennsylvania product limited Scranton to three runs (two earned) in six innings and struck out three for his first career victory.

Witner's teammates gave him plenty of run support, nearly all of it coming in an eight-run third.

Brennan Snyder snapped a 1-1 tie with the first of three triples for the Blue Jays in the inning. This one was of the three-run variety, as it plated Taggart Hess, Anthony Knight and Colby Smith.

Mike Christy went to the gap in left for a two-run triple that put E-town up 7-1 and following a James Kantner RBI double, Hess found the right center gap for a three-bagger to make it 9-1.

A Nick Lorenz single to left in the bottom of the fourth pushed the Blue Jays into double-digits in the run column for the eighth time this season.

Manning produced a game-high three hits (3-for-3) and three runs scored, but his big day was just getting started.

Hess was 2-for-3 and seven of nine batters in the E-town starting lineup had at least one hit.

Witner gave the ball up after 113 pitches, and Alec Miller finished up with a clean 14-pitch seventh. The sophomore struck out one.

Brad Schneider had two hits for the Royals, including an RBI double in the top of the first that gave Scranton its only lead of the game.

Justin Howell added a two-run single in the sixth for the visitors.

GAME 2
Elizabethtown 7, Scranton 6

Scranton took a two-run lead to the ninth in the nightcap and confidently turned the ball over to Landmark saves leader Bryan Carmon.

Carmon came into Tuesday with three scoreless outings in his last four appearances, but things went south in a hurry against the Blue and Gray.

Anthony Knight led-off with a single up the middle and Colby Smith dropped a single into shallow left to bring the go-ahead run to the plate with no outs. Brennan Snyder walked to load the bases, setting up Manning.

The former Hempfield High School standout turned on the first pitch he saw from Carmon, driving it into the left field corner. Knight and Smith scored easily, and Snyder beat the relay throw home sending the E-town dugout into jubilation as it mobbed both Snyder and Manning.

Elizabethtown (14-15, 7-5 Landmark) had a 3-2 lead through four on the strength of a Nick Lorenz RBI double in the second and run-scoring extra-base hits from Smith (double) and Snyder (triple) in the third, but the Royals answered with three in the fifth to go in front by a pair.

Manning tripled in Snyder during the Blue Jays' fifth, but Scranton (14-15, 6-6) restored its two-run lead in the seventh.

Seven of E-town's 11 hits in the game went for extra bases, including all three of Manning's (3-for-5, two doubles, triple, four RBIs). The Blue Jays recorded five doubles and a pair of triples.

Smith, who was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored, moved within four RBIs of tying Chris Romig's career record of 123.

Knight also went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs and has now reached base safely in 21 straight games.

Freshman Tyler Dunbar turned in a quality start with three earned runs allowed (five total) across six frames. Dunbar did not walk or strike out a batter.

Braden Stinar came on in the eighth and threw two perfect innings for his third win of the year (3-1).

Carmon suffered the loss by failing to retire a single batter in the ninth. Royals' starter Kyle Bravin fanned four and allowed four runs (three earned) on seven hits in six innings.

Kevin Nolan, Connor Harding and Patrick Mergel were each 3-for-4 for the visitors. Nolan scored twice and Harding drove in a pair of runs.

Not only did Elizabethtown come out of Tuesday with a sweep of the doubleheader, but one of the entire series, though the first game was played back on March 29. The Blue Jays took sole possession of third place in the conference standings and still have an outside shot at claiming the No. 1 seed in the Landmark Championship tournament, though they'll need to sweep Juniata this weekend and Drew next weekend --both on the road-- to do it.

ON DECK
The Blue Jays are scheduled to face Widener on the road in a non-conference game tomorrow at 4 p.m. With rain in the forecast for Wednesday, keep an eye on etownbluejays.com, the Elizabethtown College Athletics Facebook page and follow the Blue Jays on Twitter @EtownBlueJays for any schedule changes.
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