LANCASTER, Pa.—The Elizabethtown baseball team bounced back with a vengeance against Lycoming after falling to Scranton, Friday morning. The Blue Jays fell 10-7 to Scranton before downing Lycoming, 15-5.
ELIZABETHTOWN 7, SCRANTON 11 (F/11)
Alex McClain went 2-5 with a run and two RBIs.
RJ Agriss went 1-2 with two runs, a double and two walks.
Scranton bats got started early as they went up 4-0 in the top of second. Elizabethtown responded in the bottom half of the inning taking a 5-4 lead. The Blue Jays first run came via an error. McClain singled up the middle to score
Nick Fiorini and Agriss. With the bases loaded,
Quinten Perilli hit a sacrifice fly to score two more runs for the Jays.
The Royals tied up the game at 5-5 in the third before Etown once again responded in the bottom half of the inning. Agriss doubled to right center then Fiorini singled to score Agriss. After a few scoreless innings, Elizabethtown went up 7-5 after scoring on a wild pitch. The Royals scored two runs on three hits in the eighth to tie it up, 7-7. Etown forced extra innings and had a bases loaded opportunity in the tenth inning but were unable to capitalize and ultimately fell, 10-7 in 11 innings.
ELIZABETHTOWN 15, LYCOMING 5
David Woolley went 4-5 with two runs, two RBIs, a double and four stolen bases. Agriss went 3-5 with three runs, two RBIs, and a double. McClain went 2-5 with two runs, four RBIs, a double, and a home run
Elizabethtown started off slow as they trailed 5-0 after four innings. After several scoreless innings for Etown, the Blue Jay bats ignited in the seventh scoring ten runs on seven hits.
Nathan Woodbury got the hitting started for Etown with a single up the middle. McClain knocked a double to left center, scoring Woodbury. Woolley singled to right field to bring home McClain for the Jays third run. Etown tacked on two more runs via a ground out and
Sawyer Martin's single. Agriss doubled to bring in Martin before McClain hit a three-run homer to give Etown the 10-5 lead. Elizabethtown added five more runs to finish off the scoring in the game.
Elizabethtown will face Wilkes tomorrow at 2:30 in another elimination game at the Landmark Tournament.