BETHLEHEM, Pa.—The Elizabethtown baseball team defeated Moravian 8-7 in the first game of their Landmark Conference series, Wednesday

After a scoreless first inning, Moravian got on the board in the first scoring three in the bottom of the second inning.  Elizabethtown responded in the fourth to tie up the game, 3-3. Etown's first two batters reached base via a walk and an error. On a ground out to the pitcher both advanced. Nick Fiorini hit a double to right field to score the two. Fiorini would then score on Alex Perrin's sacrifice bunt.

The Greyhounds added two more runs to take a 5-3 lead in the fifth as Moravian's Cole Cherkas hit a two-run home run. The Blue Jays again tied up the game after scoring one in the sixth and seventh innings. David Woolley and Nate Moser were credited RBIs for the runs.

The Blue Jays bats got going in the eighth as they tacked on three runs to take an 8-5 lead. Mason Woolwine bunted for an RBI single before Sawyer Martin singled through the left side to bring in two runs.  Moravian scored two more runs in the bottom of the ninth but it wasn't enough as Etown came out on top, 8-7.

Woolley went 3 for 5 with one run and a RBI. Fiorini went 2 for 5 with two runs, two RBI's, and a double. AJ Lipscomb pitched four innings totaling five strikeouts. Caeden Schulte earned his first win on the mound while Cory Rible earned his fifth save of the season.  

Elizabethtown returns home this Saturday for their first weekend home doubleheader playing host to #9/#8 Salisbury.