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ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL
Wednesday, April 7, 1999

ETOWN TALLIES 12 HITS, FIVE ERRORS IN 6-2 LOSS AT URSINUS; BEARS SNAP BLUE JAYS' THREE-GAME WIN STREAK

Joe Adams and Chris Romig each collected three hits for Etown, which outhit the Bears 12-7 on the day.  Chris Turtell went 2-for-4 for the Blue Jays while Scott Weigle ripped a double for the game's lone extra-base hit.  Bryan Pittinger allowed six runs on six hits and four walks while fanning three over six-plus innings to take the loss.

Ursinus scored twice in the first and third innings to take a 4-0 lead.  Romig knocked in Weigle with an RBI single to put the Blue Jays on the board in the third and Tim Downing plated Kiah Sheppard on a fielder's choice in the fourth to pull Etown within 4-2.

Ritschel gave the Bears a pair of key insurance runs with a two-run single in the seventh inning.  Dave Pierce went 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored for Ursinus (14-7).

Keith Paukovits (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) worked two scoreless innings in relief for Etown.  The Blue Jays, currently ranked fifth in the Mid-Atlantic region, return to action on Saturday, April 10 with a crucial MAC Commonwealth League doubleheader at Juniata College.  Game time is 1 p.m.
 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	-	R	H	E
Elizabethtown (16-5)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	2	12	5
Ursinus (14-7)	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	x	-	6	7	0

Bryan Pittinger, Keith Paukovits (8) and Kiah Sheppard; Dave Hunt, Matt Wiatrak (8) and Donnie Asper. WP: Hunt. LP: Pittinger (3-3). SO-BB: Pittinger 3-4, Paukovits 1-0, Hunt 5-1, Wiatrak 4-1. 2B: Scott Weigle (E).