Andrew Fisher vs Widener 042319
15
Winner Widener WID 15-21-1
8
Elizabethtown ETOWN 11-21
Winner
Widener WID
15-21-1
15
Final
8
Elizabethtown ETOWN
11-21
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Widener WID 3 0 1 0 0 2 5 0 4 15 18 0
Elizabethtown ETOWN 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 8 9 1

W: Joey Norton (1-2) L: Barton, Matt (1-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball falls to Widener

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. -- Andrew Fisher was a home run short of a cycle for the Elizabethtown College baseball team in a 15-8 loss Tuesday afternoon to visiting Widener at Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium. Fisher finished 3-for-3 at the plate with a team-high three RBIs. Derek Manning added a double and a triple and Riley McGinley also had a multi-hit effort for the Blue Jays.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Elizabethtown (11-21) surrendered three runs to Widener (15-21-1) in the first inning, but were able to get back into the game in the third.
- Nick Bein drove in a run with a sac fly to center and Mike Christy singled in Tyler McGonigle to cut the lead in half, 4-2.
- Robbie Bertucio's sac fly RBI in the fifth made it 4-3 as the Jays were within a run.
- After two runs in the sixth, the Pride put up five in the seventh to go ahead by seven, 11-4.
- Fisher cleared the bases with a triple to left field. James Kantner, a pinch runner for Tom Armstrong, McGinley, and Manning each scored for E-town. That made it 11-7 in the eighth.
- Widener extended the lead to eight in the top of the ninth by tacking on four runs with a bases loaded walk and bases clearing double.
- Manning doubled in Christy in the bottom of the ninth with a pair of outs on the board.
- Alex Zilli got a strikeout to end the game in the ninth.
- Each of Elizabethtown's first five batters had RBIs in the game along with Fisher's three. Manning and Fisher both scored a pair of runs.

UP NEXT
Elizabethtown hosts another MAC Commonwealth opponent tomorrow at Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium as Alvernia pays a visit for a 4 p.m. non-conference matchup.
 
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