SELINSGROVE, Pa. -- Susquehanna ended up taking both games of Saturday's Landmark Conference doubleheader at Bollinger Field with a walkoff win in game two after the River Hawks had taken game one, 7-4. Susquehanna scored twice late, including the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the ninth inning in game two.
Andrew Fisher and
Riley McGinley each had two-RBI games for E-town on the day.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1: Susquehanna 7, Elizabethtown 4
- Susquehanna (9-11, 7-3 Landmark) led from the get-go after scoring twice in the first inning and four in the second.
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Arley Shepherd drove in McGinley in the fourth to cut the River Hawks' lead to 6-1.
- Down 7-1 in the sixth, Fisher sent a double down the right field line that scored a pair, McGinley and
Nick Bein.
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Anthony Knight added an RBI ground out in the same inning as E-town got within 7-4.
- Evan McKenna closed the door on the Blue Jays with a scoreless 1.2 innings to get the save, his first of the season.
Game 2: Susquehanna 3, Elizabethtown 2
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Kelly Holdren and Tyson Thrush were in a pitcher's dual through six innings.
- A Susquehanna solo home run in the second was the only run of the game through six frames until Elizabethtown put up two in the seventh.
- Those runs came off the bat of McGinley, who singled to right and scored
Robbie Bertucio and
Derek Manning to give the Jays a 2-1 lead.
- Holdren was lifted after six innings of five-hit ball with three strikeouts as the bullpen attempted to hold down the game.
- E-town ran into some trouble in the eighth and saw the River Hawks score the game-tying run with an RBI double to left center.
- Susquehanna had its leadoff hitter at the third and another in scoring position with two outs.
- Steve Lorenz ended it with his second RBI of the game, a walkoff single to left.
UP NEXT
Elizabethtown returns to Bollinger Field on Sunday to finish the three-game set with the River Hawks at 12 p.m.
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