FORT PIERCE, Fla.-- The Elizabethtown baseball team earned their first win of spring break as they downed Delaware Valley, 7-1. The Blue Jays got their bats going in the final two innings, scoring six of their seven runs.
Joey Smith got the start on the mound, pitching six innings and recording five strikeouts.
Zach Silfies came in as reliever, totaled four strikeouts in three innings.
Quinten Perilli went 2-4 with two runs, two RBI, and three stolen bases.
The first two innings were scoreless until Elizabethtown got on the board in the third.
Mason Woolwine reached first via a walk and then stole second.
David Woolley hit a RBI-single to center to bring home Woolwine. Delaware Valley tied up the game at 1-1 in the fourth where the two teams were locked until the eighth inning. Woolwine again reached base via a walk and then advanced to third on a Woolley double. Perilli singled to bring home Woolley and Woolwine. On a ground out to shortstop, Perilli was able to score after stealing second and reaching third on a passed ball. In the ninth, the Blue Jays scored three more runs on two hits to win, 7-1.
Etown will take a break tomorrow before facing Penn St.-Behrend on March 6 at 11AM.