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ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL
Thursday, April 29, 1999

ETOWN SHAKES OFF NINTH-INNING SCRANTON RALLY, DOWNS ROYALS IN TEN INNINGS, 12-11

Karli, Tim Downing and Nolan Cassell (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) each rapped out three hits to lead Etown's 17-hit attack.  Jim Powell went 2-for-6 with a three-run triple to pace the Royal offense while Joe Borosky and Mike Szalkiewicz also collected two hits apiece for Scranton (7-22).

Trailing 11-6 with two outs in the ninth inning, the Royals rallied to tie the score on a pair of RBI singles by Borosky and Szalkiewicz sandwiched around Powell's three-run triple.

In the tenth, however, Etown answered with the gamewinner when Comp drilled a one-out, pinch-hit single, moved to second on Shawn Price's base knock and scored on a single to center from Karli.

Jared Ness (McPherson, Ks./McPherson) worked the final 3-2/3 innings for Etown to earn his first collegiate victory.

Etown wraps up the 1999 regular season on Saturday, May 1 with an MAC Commonwealth League doubleheader at home against Widener University.  Game time is 1 p.m.  The Blue Jays open the MAC playoffs at home on Wednesday, May 5 at 2:30 p.m.
 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	-	R	H	E
Scranton (7-22)	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	-	11	11	7
Elizabethtown (24-8)	1	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	-	12	17	3

Ryan McDevitt, Rob Kane (2), Jeff Boniewicz (7), Dave Gargone (9) and Ryan Matlosz; Derek Lobb, Jay Stasi (7), Jared Ness (7) and Kiah Sheppard.
WP: Ness (1-0). LP: Gargone. SO-BB: McDevitt 0-4, Kane 1-1, Boniewicz 2-2, Gargone 0-0; Lobb 1-8, Stasi 0-2, Ness 2-1.