FORT PIERCE, Fla.—The Elizabethtown baseball team opened up the season with a sweep over Manchester as they started off their spring break trip on Sunday. Etown forced an extra inning in game one to come back and win 10-4 while taking game two, 6-2.

GAME 1
David Woolley went 3 for 4 with a run and a RBI. Alex Perrin went 2 for 4 with a run and a RBI. Nathan Schwing came in and went 1 for 2 with a run and three RBIs. Cory Rible grabbed his first career win on the mound.

Manchester scored early as they put up two runs in the bottom of the first and then extended their lead to 4-0 after the third. In the fourth, Woolley doubled to center field for an RBI and the Blue Jays first run. After Sawyer Martin reached on an error in the fifth, Alex McClain's RBI double brought Martin home to cut the deficit to 4-2.

In the sixth, the Blue Jays tied up the game at 4-4 following a Mason Woolwine two RBI single. After neither team scored in the seventh an extra inning was forced to break the tie. Etown got hot in the eighth inning scoring six runs on four hits which included Schwing's three RBI double to right center. Rible was able to hold off Manchester in the bottom half of the inning to secure the 10-4 win.

GAME 2
McClain went 2 for 3 with a run and a RBI. Jake Ruple went 1 for 2 with two RBIs. Justin Marraccini earned the win on the mound tallying four strikeouts.

The Blue Jays went up 3-0 in the second inning and then extended their lead to 6-0 after the third inning. Woolwine started off the third with a bunt then advanced after Dylan Pope reached on an error.
McClain's single scored Woolwine bringing the score to 4-0. On a double play, Pope scored Etown's fifth run before Martin scored on Ruple's single.

Manchester scored two runs in the fifth but it wasn't enough as the Blue Jays won, 6-2.

Etown faces Alvernia at 1pm on Monday.