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4/28/2001
ETOWN CLINCHES CONFERENCE PLAYOFF BERTH WITH SWEEP OF WIDENER
Elizabethtown College Baseball
Saturday, April 28, 2001
ELIZABETHTOWN,
Pa. --- For the second consecutive year, Elizabethtown clinched a
conference playoff berth by sweeping Widener on the last day of regular
season conference play. The wins did not come as easily this season as
last, as both games went into extra innings. Etown won the first game
4-3 in 11 innings, and the Blue Jays took the second, 7-6, in nine
innings. With the wins, Etown improves to 15-16 overall and 8-6 in the
Commonwealth Conference, while Widener drops to 6-8 in the conference
and 19-12 overall.
In the first game, Widener jumped out to
a 3-0 lead in the third inning. Etown scored its first run in the
fourth inning and tied the game in the bottom of the sixth. The Blue
Jays scored the winning run on a passed ball in the bottom of the
eleventh inning.
Bryan Pittinger (Westminster, MD/South Carroll) pitched the final five
innings in relief for the Blue Jays, allowing just three hits and no
runs en route to getting the win. Etown starter Jamie Newton (Vineland,
NJ/Vineland) allowed one earned run in six innings. Jared Ness (York,
PA/McPherson, KS) went two for four with two runs scored for the Blue
Jays, and Steve Phillips (Hockessin, DE/Tower Hill School) went two for
two with a pair of RBIs.
Widener took a 4-1 lead in the top of the third inning in the second
game. Etown cut the lead to 4-3 in the bottom of the third, and Widener
preseved its tenuous lead, taking a 7-6 advantage into the bottom of
the seventh inning. With two outs and no one on base in the bottom of
the seventh, Ness hit a solo home run, the first Etown homer at Herr
Field this season, to tie the game and send it into extra innings. Brad
Duppstadt (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) drove in Chris Turtell
(Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) for the winning run in the bottom of the
ninth inning.
Elizabethtown will play Ursinus in a non-conference game on the road
Tuesday, May 1 at 3:30 p.m. The Blue Jays will travel to Juniata
Wednesday, May 2 at 2:30 p.m. for a first-round conference playoff game.
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4/24/2001
ETOWN POUNDS DELAWARE VALLEY, 16-10
Elizabethtown College Baseball
Wednesday, April 24, 2001
DOYLESTOWN,
Pa. --- Elizabethtown won a 16-10 non-conference slugfest at Delaware
Valley Wednesday to improve to 13-16 overall this season. Delaware
Valley drops to 16-9 with the loss.
It was a great day for
Etown catcher Chris Turtell (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) who belted a
pair of home runs and drove in seven runs. Turtell was not the only
Blue Jay who went deep Wednesday, as Kenny Glass (Pittsburgh, PA/North
Hills) also sent the ball sailing out of the park. Glass tallied four
RBI for the game. Kevin Bonner (Pitman, NJ/Pitman) had three hits and
one double, scored three runs, and drove in two more for the Blue Jays.
Ryan Bowe (Quarryville, PA/Solanco) pitched three innings in relief,
allowed no runs, and got his second win of the season for the Blue Jays.
Elizabethtown returns to action at home Saturday for its final
Commonwealth Conference doubleheader of the regular season. The Blue
Jays will play Widener at 1:00 p.m., and will need to win at least one
of the games in order to make the conference playoffs next week.
At Doylestown, PA
Elizabethtown 16, Delaware Valley 10
R H E
Etown (13-16) 0 0 3 7 0 0 6 0 0 – 16 13 3
Del. Valley (16-9) 1 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 – 10 13 4
Etown:
Newton, Lau (3), Bowe (4), Lobb (7), Stasi (8), Pittinger (9) and
Turtell; DelVal: Bayachek, Potter (5), Williams (8) and Knouse,
Scheirer. WP: Bowe (2-5). LP: Bayachek (2-4). 2B: Bonner (E), DeLude
(D), Knouse (D). HR: Turtell 2 (E), Glass (E), Scheirer (D). SB:
Williams (D).
View the box score.
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4/21/2001
ETOWN SPLITS DOUBLEHEADER WITH MESSIAH, WINS FIRST GAME 4-2, FALLS IN SECON
Elizabethtown College Baseball
Saturday, April 21, 2001
ELIZABETHTOWN,
Pa. --- Elizabethtown split a Commonwealth Conference doubleheader with
Messiah Saturday, winning the first game 4-2 and falling in a 1-0
pitchers' duel in the second game. With the split, Etown is now 12-16
overall and 6-6 in the conference, while Messiah is 6-4 in the
conference and 12-12 overall.
Etown pitcher Jamie Newton
(Vineland, NJ/Vineland) pitched four scoreless innings of relief,
allowing only three hits and striking out one en route to getting the
win in the first game. Elizabethtown jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the
first inning and never looked back. Chris Turtell (Lindenhurst,
NY/Lindenhurst) went two for three with two RBI for the Blue Jays, and
Brad Duppstadt (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) batted two for
three as well as stealing a base.
In the second game, Messiah won 1-0 despite a valiant effort on the
mound by Etown pitcher Bryan Pittinger (Westminster, MD/South Carroll).
Pittinger, who is usually the Blue Jays' closer, made his first start
in two years and pitched a complete game, allowing only one run and two
hits in seven innings and whiffing 12 Messiah batters while walking
just two. Pittinger threw only 19 balls the entire game against 68
strikes.
He got little offensive support, as the Blue Jays were held to only two
hits as well. Both of Etown's hits came from the bat of Jared Ness
(York, PA/McPherson, KS), who hit a double and a triple but was
stranded both times.
Etown returns to action on the road Wednesday, April 25, 2001 against Delaware Valley. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
View the first game box score.
View the second game box score.
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4/18/2001
ROWAN DOWNS ETOWN, 10-1
Elizabethtown College Baseball
Wednesday, April 18, 2001
ELIZABETHTOWN,
Pa. --- Elizabethtown lost its fourth game in a row and fell to 11-15
overall with a 10-1 home loss to Rowan Wednesday. Rowan improved to
14-10 overall with the win.
Rowan took a 1-0 lead in the
first inning. Elizabethtown came back to tie the score at one in the
bottom of the second inning when Matt Wirt (Thompsontown, PA/Juniatary)
drove in Mark Dixon (Havertown, PA/Delaware County Christian) on a
single for what would prove to be Etown's only run of the game.
Rowan added two runs in the third inning, scored three more in the
fifth and added four in the sixth. Etown pitchers Jamie Newton
(Vineland, NJ/Vineland) and Bryan Pittinger (Westminster, MD/South
Carroll) combined to hold Rowan scoreless in the final three innings.
Elizabethtown returns to action Saturday, April 21 as host of a
Commonwealth Conference doubleheader against Messiah. Game time is 1:00
p.m.
At Elizabethtown, PA
Rowan 10, Elizabethtown 1
R H E
Rowan (14-10) 1 0 2 0 3 4 0 0 0 – 10 14 1
Elizabethtown (11-15) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 6 3
View the box score.
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4/14/2001
JUNIATA SWEEPS ETOWN, 5-4 AND 8-7, BLUE JAYS NOW 5-5 IN CONFERENCE
Elizabethtown College Baseball
Saturday, April 14, 2001
HUNTINGDON,
Pa. --- Elizabethtown fell to 11-14 overall and 5-5 in the Commonwealth
Conference with a pair of losses to Juniata on the road Saturday.
Juniata (12-11-1, 5-5) won the first game of the doubleheader 5-4 and
took the second 8-7.
Juniata pitcher Clint Wevodau spread
seven hits and allowed only two earned runs in seven innings to get the
win in the first game. Kenny Glass (Pittsburgh, PA/North Hills) led
Elizabethtown with two RBI while batting one for two with a run scored.
Jared Ness (York, PA/McPherson, KS) hit two for three with a double and
one run scored in the first game for the Blue Jays.
In the second game, Juniata jumped out to a 5-2 lead after the first
three innings. Chris Turtell (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) batted two
for four with a double, a triple, two runs scored and two runs driven
in to lead the Blue Jays. Glass also had two RBI, and Shawn Price
(Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) went two for two with a stolen base and two
runs scored.
Elizabethtown returns to action at home Wednesday, April 18 against Rowan for a nine inning game. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
At Huntingdon, PA
Game One
R H E
Elizabethtown (11-13, 5-4) 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 – 4 7 3
Juniata (11-11-1, 4-5) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 – 5 10 1
Lau,
Pittinger (7) and Turtell; Wevodau and Bowers. WP: Wevodau (3-3). LP:
Lau (5-2). SO BB: Lau 3-0, Pittinger 0-1, Wevodau 3-1. 2B: Turtell (E),
Ness (E), Kelleher (J), Frailey (J).
View the box score.
Game Two
R H E
Elizabethtown (11-14, 5-5) 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 – 7 12 2
Juniata (12-11-1, 5-5) 2 0 3 1 1 1 x – 8 16 1
Newton,
Bowe (6) and Turtell; Evans, Brink (5), Hatten (6) and Bowers. WP:
Brink (2-0). LP: Newton (2-1). SV: Hatten (1). SO-BB: Newton 1-1, Bowe
2-1, Evans 0-0, Brink 0-0, Hatten 1-1. 2B: Turtell (E), Dobson (J),
Keeley (J). 3B: Turtell (E), Heaton (J). HR: Dobson (J). SB: Price (E),
Moyer (J).
View the box score.
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4/7/2001
ETOWN SWEEPS ALBRIGHT IN CONFERENCE DOUBLEHEADER ON THREE HITS
Elizabethtown College Baseball
Saturday, April 7, 2001
ELIZABETHTOWN,
Pa. --- Saturday must have been the Blue Jays' lucky day. While a pair
of 2-1 Commonwealth Conference victories over Albright may not have
been any more noteworthy than usual, the fact that Elizabethtown
managed to win both games while totaling just three hits for the day
was. Elizabethtown was held to only two hits in the first game and was
held to a one-hitter in the second, and still managed to win both games.
Albright's first unlucky hurler of the day was Ryan Gallatig
(Philadelphia, PA/Cardinal Dougherty), who pitched a complete game and
gave up only two hits and two unearned runs over six innings.
Elizabethtown scored both of its runs in the fifth inning as Mark Dixon
(Havertown, PA/Delaware Co. Christian) led off with a single and stole
second. Steve Phillips (Hockessin, DE/Tower Hill School) followed by
getting hit by the pitcher.
After
a fly-out, Brad Duppstadt (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) reached
base on an error and loaded the bases. Shawn Price (Bethlehem,
PA/Liberty) reached base on another error, which drove in Dixon. Tyler
Comp (Enola, PA/East Pennsboro) was hit by another pitch immediately
afterward, driving in Phillips.
Eric Lau (Dillsburg,
PA/Northern) started the first game for Etown and allowed one unearned
run and eight hits in 5-2/3 innings pitched for the win. Bryan
Pittinger (Westminster, MD/South Carroll) pitched the final 1-1/3
innings for the save.
In the second game, Albright pitcher John McGillian (Upper Darby,
PA/Upper Darby) had a no-hitter going into the sixth inning. By that
point, however, the Blue Jays already had a 1-0 lead thanks to Kevin
Bonner (Pitman, NJ/Pitman), who walked to lead off the bottom of the
fifth, advanced to third on a pair of wild pitches, and was driven in
on a sacrifice fly by Price.
Etown took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth, as Chris Turtell
(Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) led off by reaching base on an error.
With two out in the inning, Duppstadt drove in Turtell on a single —
Etown's only hit of the game.
Jamie Newton (Vineland, NJ/Vineland) started the second game for
Elizabethtown and went 5-1/3 innings, allowing six hits and no runs for
the win. Pittinger finished the game, striking out three in 1-2/3
innings to get the save.
Etown improves to 11-11 overall and 5-3 in the conference with the
wins. The Blue Jays return to action Tuesday, April 10 on the road
against York for a 3:30 p.m. game.
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4/4/2001
COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY DEFEATS ETOWN, 6-2
Elizabethtown College Baseball
Wednesday, April 4, 2001
ELIZABETHTOWN,
Pa. --- College of New Jersey head coach Rick Dell got the 500th
victory of his 20 year career as Elizabethtown lost 6-2 at home to the
Lions Wednesday. The loss was Etown's fourth in a row and drops the
Blue Jays' record to 9-11, while New Jersey improves to 8-4-1 overall.
The College of New Jersey jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning
and never looked back, extending its lead to 5-1 by the end of the
fifth. Elizabethtown had its best chance to take control of the game in
the bottom of the sixth, when the Blue Jays scored one run and stranded
three runners.
Jared Ness (York, PA/McPherson, KS) led Elizabethtown at the plate by
going two for four. Chris Turtell (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) and
Mark Dixon (Havertown, PA/Delaware County Christian) each scored for
the Blue Jays.
The College of New Jersey's relief pitching dominated the second half
of the game, as Justin Kiser struck out six in 2-1/3 innings pitched
and Nick Maddalena struck out seven in the game's final three innings.
Etown relief pitchers Jamie Newton (Vineland, NJ/Vineland) and Bryan
Pittinger (Westminster, MD/South Carroll) allowed no New Jersey batters
to reach base in the final two innings.
Etown returns to action in a Commonwealth Conference doubleheader at
home against Albright Saturday, April 7. Game time is 1:00 p.m.
View the box score.
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4/3/2001
ETOWN FALLS TO DIVISION II KUTZTOWN, 11-4
Elizabethtown College Baseball
Tuesday, April 3, 2001
KUTZTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown fell in to 9-10 overall with an 11-4 road loss to Kutztown Tuesday.
Chris Turtell (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) led the Blue Jays by
batting three for four with two runs scored. Jared Ness (York,
PA/McPherson, KS) hit two for three with a double, one RBI and one run
scored. Also hitting doubles for the Blue Jays were Adam Shephard
(Conowingo, MD/Rising Sun) and Brad Duppstadt (Mechanicsburg,
PA/Cumberland Valley).
Derek Lobb (Bangor, PA/Bangor) started on the mound and got the loss for Elizabethtown, pitching the first three innings.
Etown returns to action at home for a non-conference game against the College of New Jersey Wednesday, April 4 at 3:00 p.m.
View the box score.
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4/1/2001
ETOWN FALLS TO LEBANON VALLEY, 9-3 AND 3-1
Elizabethtown College Baseball
Sunday, April 1, 2001
View the first game box score.
View the second game box score.
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