Alex Holbert at York (Pa.) 4/9/15
David Sinclair
2
Elizabethtown ETWN-B 20-10
4
Winner Shenandoah SHEN 21-5-1
Elizabethtown ETWN-B
20-10
2
Final
4
Shenandoah SHEN
21-5-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Elizabethtown ETWN-B 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 3
Shenandoah SHEN 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 4 7 3

W: Matt Riegler (1-0) L: Sollenberger, Josh (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Late runs lift No. 6 Shenandoah over Blue Jays

WINCHESTER, Va. – Alex Holbert pulled Elizabethtown baseball even at two with a two-run double in the fifth inning, but a run in the seventh and another in the eighth were enough for sixth-ranked Shenandoah to hold off the Blue Jays upset bid Thursday evening.

Originally scheduled to play Feb. 26, E-town and Shenandoah had to wait nearly two months because of snow. The Hornets were ranked 17th back in February, but both teams have played strong baseball throughout the spring, resulting in Elizabethtown leading the Landmark Conference and the Hornets' top ten ranking.

Right fielder Ryan Mossman led off the second with a triple and scored on Daniel Freshley's sacrifice fly to give Shenandoah the early 1-0 lead.

The run was the only one scored against E-town (20-10) starter Anthony Lippy in two innings. Josh Kwak came on and threw two innings, allowing just one hit and one unearned run.

Shenandoah (21-5-1) made it 2-0 in the fourth on a fielding miscue by the Jays, but senior Alex Holbert erased the deficit with a two-run double to the gap in left in the top of the fifth that plated Sean Jones and Frank Canuso. Holbert accounted for two of Elizabethtown's four hits in the game.

After Richy Masciarelli and Nick Gulla each tossed a scoreless inning, Shenandoah took a 3-2 lead in the seventh against Josh Sollenberger, though through no fault of the sophomore southpaw.

A throwing error allowed Joe Coleman to score the eventual game-winning run, and Sollenberger was tagged with the loss, despite not giving up a hit in 1.1 innings.

Freshley added an RBI double for the home team in the eighth.

Jones was 1-for-3 with a run scored for the Jays, while Luke Gatti went 1-for-4.

Elizabethtown and its pitching committee held the Hornets to seven hits, just the eighth time in 27 games that SU has had fewer than 10. Shenandoah has been nationally-ranked in each of the last six meetings with the Blue Jays going back to 2010.

Matt Riegler pitched three scoreless innings to win his first game of the season for the Hornets. Offensively, SU got a 3-for-4 day from Mossman, and doubles from Freshley and Michael Paul. No batter from either team besides Mossman and Holbert had more than one hit.

Elizabethtown returns home for a Landmark series with Drew Saturday and Sunday. The teams will open the weekend with a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, and Elizabethtown will honor its senior class prior to Sunday's noon start.
 
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