WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The Elizabethtown baseball team started off the week in thrilling fashion defeated Landmark Conference foe, Catholic 15-12 on a chilly Tuesday afternoon. 

Zach Silfies had a career-day on the mound in relief, pitching 4.1 innings recording a career-high nine strikeouts with just 16 batters faced. 

David Woolley went 4-6 with three runs, and three RBIs. Quinten Perilli went 2-4 with three runs, two RBIs, a double and a home run. AJ Bednar went 3-5 with one run and one RBI. 

The game was scoreless until Elizabethtown went up early 4-0 in the third inning. Bednar led off the inning with a single to right field and advanced on a ground out for Etown's first out of the inning. Chance Montgomery smacked a double to center field to bring home Bednar. Woolley hit a RBI-single to bring Montgomery across the plate. Perilli hit a home run to center for 2-RBIs. Catholic responded in the bottom half of the third with an even bigger inning scoring seven runs to take a 7-4 lead. Catholic extended their lead by one in the fourth. 

Elizabethtown responded with a huge sixth inning scoring eight runs on four hits and two Cardinal errors. Alex Perrin reached first via a walk then advanced off of RJ Agriss' single. Perrin crossed home on a an error by the third baseman. Woolley singled and advanced on an error, scoring three runs which tied up the game, 8-8. Woolley gave the Blue Jays the lead after scoring on a wild pitch. Agriss and Bednar ended the inning with an RBIs to extend Etown's lead to 12-8. 

The score remained 12-8 until Etown would score three more runs in the ninth that would eventually ensure the Blue Jays 15-12 win over Catholic. The Cardinals threatened Etown in the bottom of the ninth, loading the bases early in the inning. First year, Maximus Polun came in for Etown on the mound striking out one before the Cardinals would ground out two to end the game. 

Elizabethtown will start off the three-game conference series with Juniata this Saturday, March 23 at 12PM.