ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL
Saturday, March 25, 2000

ETOWN DROPS TWO 3-2 GAMES TO MORAVAN

BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Elizabethtown fell to 8-7 overall and 0-4 in the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth with a pair of 3-2 losses at Moravian Saturday.

Moravian (8-7, 2-2) took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning of the first game, and Elizabethtown came back to score one run in both the sixth and seventh innings, sending the game into extra innings. Moravian won the game by scoring one run in the bottom tenth inning. Etown pitcher Derik Aasan (Cary, NC/Smithtown) started on the mound and gave up just two runs and six hits in six innings. Bryan Pittinger (Westminster, MD/South Carroll) pitched the final three and one third innings for Etown, allowing only one unearned run in the loss.

In the second game, Moravian scored one run in each of the first three innings. Etown starter Ryan Bowe (Quarryville, PA/Solanco) held the Greyounds scoreless for the rest of the game, but Elizabethtown came up one run short, despite out-hitting the Greyhounds 9-4. Shawn Price (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) batted three for four with one double, and Chris Romig (Beavertown, PA/West Snyder) also had a double while hitting two for three with a run scored. Jared Ness (McPherson, KS/McPherson) scored Etown's other run while going two for two with an RBI and a walk at the plate.

Elizabethtown returns to action Tuesday, March 28 at home for a single game against Dickinson. Game time is 3:00 p.m.

At Bethlehem, PA
Game 1
Moravian 3, Elizabethtown 2

Derik Aasan, Bryan Pittinger (7) and Chris Turtell; Matt Seitzinger, David Jelleme (8) and Dustin Levy. WP: Jelleme. LP: Pittinger (0-2). SO-BB: Aasan 2-3, Pittinger 3-0,Seitzinger 1-2, Jelleme 2-3. 2B: Shawn Price (E), Bob Frey (M).

Game 2
Moravian 3, Elizabethtown 2

Ryan Bowe and Chris Turtell; David Jelleme, Randy Woolley and Dustin Levy. WP: Woolley. LP: Bowe (2-2). SO-BB: Bowe 0-3, Jelleme 2-1, Woolley 0-0. 2B: Jarrett Hughes (M), Chris Romig (E), Shawn Price (E).