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ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL
Saturday, March 20, 1999
ETOWN SPLITS DOUBLEHEADER WITH MORAVIAN IN MAC COMMONWEALTH LEAGUE OPENER; WEIGLE TOSSES COMPLETE GAME
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Scott Weigle (Somerset, Pa./Somerset) tossed a three-hit complete game to help Elizabethtown split a doubleheader with Moravian in MAC Commonwealth League action on Saturday. The Blue Jays won game one, 3-1, before falling to the Greyhounds in the nightcap, 4-3.Weigle lowered his ERA to 0.50 with his team-leading third win of the season for Etown (9-3, 1-1) and added an RBI single in the opener, the Blue Jays first home game of the 1999 campaign. Chris Romig (Beavertown, Pa./West Snyder) and Buddy Touchinsky (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain) each had an RBI sacrifice fly in the win.
In game two, Moravian's Jarrett Hughes broke a 2-2 tie with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning and Shawn Brown followed with an RBI single to add a key insurance run. Mark Slavin went the distance, allowing only two hits while fanning three to pick up his first win of the season for the Greyhounds (4-5-1, 1-1).
Hughes drove in Moravian's lone run of the first game with a double in the first inning that plated Michael Abbate to make it 1-0.
Etown answered in their half of the frame when Tim Downing (St. James, N.Y./Smithtown) doubled, Chris Turtell (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) reached on a throwing error and Weigle lashed a single to score Downing to tie the game at 1-1.
After Nolan Cassell (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) moved Weigle to second and Turtell to third with a sacrifice bunt, Romig lofted a fly ball to center that plated Turtell and gave the Blue Jays a 2-1 edge.
Etown posted an insurance run in the sixth inning when Romig led off with his team-leading seventh double of the season and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Kiah Sheppard. Touchinsky's foul out down the left field line was deep enough to score Romig and give Etown a 3-1 lead.
Both teams combined for only 15 hits over 14 innings on the afternoon. Hughes went 3-for-6 for the Greyhounds.
The Blue Jays return to action on Tuesday,
March 23 at home against Marywood College. Game time is 3 p.m.
| Game One | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | R | H | E |
| Moravian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Elizabethtown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | - | 3 | 5 | 1 |
WP: Weigle (3-0). LP: Bolasky (1-2). SO-BB: Bolasky (M) 3-5, Weigle (E) 2-2. 2B: Hughes (M), Downing (E), Romig (E).
| Game Two | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | R | H | E |
| Moravian (4-5-2, 1-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Elizabethtown (9-3, 1-1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
WP: Slavin (1-1). LP: Pittinger (2-1). SO-BB: Slavin (M) 3-4, Aason (E) 2-5, Pittinger (E) 2-1. 2B: Pochron (M).