Derek Manning vs. Messiah 4/30/18
Jocelyn Kline
2
Elizabethtown ETOWN 21-19
10
Winner Catholic CUA 29-13
Elizabethtown ETOWN
21-19
2
Final
10
Catholic CUA
29-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Elizabethtown ETOWN 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
Catholic CUA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 X 10 14 2

W: Collin Brown (2-2) L: Garvey, Mike (2-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Manning sets doubles record, collects 100th hit as baseball ousted from Landmark Championship by Catholic

SCRANTON, Pa. -- Derek Manning set a new Elizabethtown single-season record with his 22nd double and registered his 100th career hit on Saturday night, but the Cardinals rallied with 10 runs over the seventh and eighth innings to end the Blue Jays' season in the Landmark Championship, 10-2.

Manning wasted little time separating himself from Steve Luongo's former record of 21 doubles in a season which stood since 2002. The East Petersburg, Pennsylvania native went to left for his 22nd two-bagger of the spring with two down in the first, putting a pair of Blue Jays in scoring position.

Elizabethtown was unable to take advantage though, as Mike Christy was caught stealing at home to end the inning.

James Kantner went down swinging to start the second, but a wild pitch on the third strike and throwing error from the Cardinals allowed the junior to make it all the way to second.

The next batter, Brennan Snyder, drove Kantner home with a double to the gap in right for a 1-0 lead. Taggart Hess later added a sac fly to double the Jays' (21-19) lead.

E-town junior starting pitcher Mike Garvey held Catholic (29-13) scoreless for six innings, limiting the Cards to a walk and four hits while striking out five.

The Blue Jays did not expand on their two run lead after the second, however, and Catholic finally solved Garvey in the seventh. Danny O'Hagan singled in Michael Doody to get the Cardinals on the board and Jack Hennessy tied it with a sac fly.

Garvey returned to the bump for the eighth with a rising pitch count. He retired Jake Crist to begin the inning, but it took eight pitches and fatigue quickly set in thereafter.

Three consecutive walks, including one by CUA pinch-hitter Will Pyne after a 10-pitch battle, loaded the bases. Jeff Guile hit a go-ahead two-run single to make it 4-2 and the Cardinals went on to add six more runs in the inning to take the wind out of the Jays' sails.

Hennessy delivered a two-run single later in the frame and Brennan Cotter hit a bases-clearing double.

Manning's 100th hit came in the top of the third on a one-out single to left. The junior (sophomore eligible) outfielder went 2-for-4 and finished the season with a .457 batting average --the fifth highest average in a season by a Blue Jay all-time. He also posted the most doubles (22) and third most hits (69).

The Blue Jays worked six walks and had four hits against Cardinals' starter Ross Dean in the first 4.1 innings.

Winning pitcher Collin Brown and Sean Carroll were nearly unhittable out of the CUA bullpen, however, giving up just one base hit in 4.2 scoreless innings.

Joining Manning in the hit column for E-town were Kantner (1-for-4), Riley McGinley (1-for-3) and Snyder (1-for-4).

Garvey deserved far better than his final line indicated. He was charged with the loss after ceding six earned runs on nine hits and four walks in 7.1 innings. The Blue Jays could not bail him out of further damage in the decisive eighth inning.

Five of Catholic's first six hitters collected two hits, with Hennessy and Cotter posting 3-RBI games.

Elizabethtown is unlikely to receive an at-large berth to the NCAA Division III Championship as the Blue Jays did not appear in the latest NCAA Regional Rankings on May 10.

If that is in fact the case, Saturday's finale brought to a close the careers of impactful seniors Anthony Lippy, Nick Lorenz, Colby Smith and Brennan Snyder.

Lippy posted a 3.74 ERA and 17-12 record over 35 career starts (50 appearances). He stands to finish tied for fifth in career appearances, seventh in innings (231.0), 10th in strikeouts (151) and tied for 10th in victories.

Lorenz posted 159 hits, 117 runs, 37 doubles, 14 home runs and 106 RBIs across 157 games (155 starts). The shortstop ranks second all-time in games played behind only head coach Adam Sheibley (158) and his 556 at-bats are third most in program history. He's also top 10 in career homers (tied for fifth), RBIs (ninth) and doubles (tied for ninth).

Smith became the Blue Jays' all-time leader in RBIs last weekend at Drew and concludes his career with 126. The Middlesex, New Jersey native recorded a .329 career batting average in 501 at-bats. Smith's ranks fourth in walks (90) and tied for ninth in both games played (151) and hits (165).

Snyder appeared in 77 career games and lost the 2017 season due to injury. He finished with new career-highs across the board this season totaling 35 hits, 32 runs, 10 doubles, five triples, four homers and 32 RBIs in 38 games.

Top-seeded Catholic advances to face host and third-seeded Scranton on Sunday at 11 a.m. The Royals are the tournament's lone unbeaten at 2-0 and need just one win to capture the Landmark title. The Cardinals must defeat Scranton twice to take home the trophy.
 
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