ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. -- Senior Nicholas Ortega was dealing in game one and freshman Quinten Perilli drove in as many runs as St. John Fisher scored for the Elizabethtown College baseball team in a doubleheader sweep of the Cardinals. The Blue Jays shut out St. John Fisher in game one before plating some late runs to take game two from the Cardinals.

GAME 1: ELIZABETHTOWN 4, ST. JOHN FISHER 0
Ortega worked out of the first and second innings with a runner at third without allowing the run to score to keep the game scoreless.

His offense gave him four runs with two swings of the bat and that was more than enough for the senior. Ben Watson smacked a three-run shot to left center, his second homer of the season, to make it 3-0 for Elizabethtown (9-4) in the third.

While he didn't allow a hit over the next four innings before coming out in the eighth, Ortega racked up a career-high eight strikeouts as he hit his spots. He did not allow a run over his seven innings, scattering four hits before Zach Silfies took over in the eighth.

Perilli sent a shot to straight center that gave the center fielder trouble. The freshman was able to make it all the way around on the play to record his first career homer, which ended up being an inside the park home run to make it 4-0 in the fifth.

Silfies did not allow a hit in his two innings of work and struck out three to close out the game.

Watson finished 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs. Tyler McGonigle and Garrett Schwartzbeck each had two hits apiece.

GAME 2: ELIZABETHTOWN 8, ST. JOHN FISHER 5
AJ Bednar took off and stole second in the second inning and the play resulted in a balk that allowed McGonigle to score from third to put Etown ahead 1-0. Perilli hit a sac fly to center to make it 2-0 in the third.

St. John Fisher (3-9) tied the game with a two-run homer in the fourth and then grabbed a 3-2 lead in the fifth on a sac fly.

Perilli stepped in and sent a shot over the left field fence, his second home run of the day, to give the Blue Jays the lead back at 4-3 in the bottom half of the fifth. Robbie Bertucio singled deep in the hole at short an inning later that allowed Bednar to score from second. The Jays led 5-3 going into the sixth.

James Murphy hit his second homer of the game in the seventh, another two-run shot, to left center. His home run tied the game at 5-5.

McGonigle tagged up on a foul out to first base, above the bag in right field foul territory. The throw got away from third and allowed the grad student to score to put Elizabethtown back in front, 6-5.

Perilli, with two on in the eighth, laced a double to left center to provide two insurance runs for the Blue Jays. Greg Zerbe then shut the door in the ninth to preserve the sweep for Etown, 8-5.

Perilli had two extra base hits in the game along with a season high five RBIs. Watson also doubled in the game for the Jays and finished 5-for-7 on the day. Watson, Bertucio, and Perilli each had two hits while David Woolley, McGonigle, James Vito, Mason Woolwine, and Bednar added hits for the Jays in the game.

The baseball team will host F&M on Tuesday, March 21, at 3:30 p.m.