ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – Senior Tyler Dunbar threw his second career complete game, highlighting the Blue Jays Sunday sweep of Moravian, 3-2 and 9-1, Sunday afternoon on Senior Day.
With the two wins, the Blue Jays improve to 11-9 overall and in the conference, while the Greyhounds fall to 12-12 overall and 12-8 in Landmark play.
Senior Andrew Fisher finished the day with two hits, two runs scored, two RBI, and a triple. Junior Robbie Bertucio recorded two hits with a triple, a run scored, and an RBI. In game two, junior Tyler McGonigle was 2-3 with a double three runs scored and an RBI, while classmate Joey Thomas went 2-2 with two RBI and two runs scored in the same game.
GAME ONE: ELIZABETHTOWN 3 MORAVIAN 2
In what would turn into a pitching duel, Etown found a run in the bottom of the second to start the scoring. With two outs, Thomas reached first after being hit by a pitch. Bertucio took advantage of this baserunner and laced a triple down the left field line, scoring Thomas all the way from first and giving the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead.
After the Greyhounds scored two runs in the top of the fifth, Etown wasted little time answering the bottom of the inning. With one out and Bertucio on second, Fisher laced a triple down the left field line, plating the tying run. Senior JT Thompson then knocked a sacrifice fly to left field, bringing Fisher around to score, giving the Blue Jays a 3-2 advantage.
That was all the run support Dunbar needed as he went the distance for Etown, leading the Blue Jays to their 10th win of the season, 3-2.
Dunbar (1-0) scattered six hits over nine innings allowing two unearned runs and striking out eight. It is the third time this season the senior has tallied eight strikeouts.
Freshman David Ciaccio (2-2) also pitched a complete game for Moravian, giving three runs on four hits while striking out six.
GAME TWO: ELIZABETHTOWN 9 MORAVIAN 1
Elizabethtown scored early and often in game two starting in the bottom of the second inning. With one out and a runner on second, Thomas stepped in and slapped a single to left field, scoring McGonigle and giving the Blue Jays an early 1-0 lead.
The floodgates opened in the bottom of third as Etown took advantage of an error by the Greyhounds' with two outs, plating five runs in the inning. Highlighting the run was RBI's from sophomore Ben Watson, McGonigle, senior Arley Shepherd, Thomas and senior Dylan Everly.
The Blue Jays put the game out of reach with three more runs in the bottom of the fifth, going ahead 9-0. Moravian could only muster one run in the top of the seventh as Etown closed out the Sunday sweep with a 9-1 victory.
Senior Reece Jones started game two, pitching two scoreless innings and giving up one hit. Classmate Kelly Holdren (5-0) earned the win in relief, going four innings and allowing no runs on three hits and striking out seven. Holdren remains the Division III leader with a 0.00 ERA. Senior Cory Freedner wrapped up the day, giving up one run on one hit and striking out one.
Elizabethtown heads into the final weekend of the regular season, starting with a doubleheader at Drew on Saturday, May 8. First pitch is set for 12:30 p.m. For updated spectator policies from the other Landmark schools, please visits the conference's spectator policy landing page.
