ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL
Wednesday, April 5, 2000

PITTINGER BREAKS PROGRAM SAVE RECORD AS ETOWN DEFEATS KING'S, 5-3

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown's record improved to 12-9 on the year as the Blue Jays defeated King's 5-3 at home Wednesday. Etown closer Bryan Pittinger (Westminster, MD/South Carroll) picked up his fifth save of the season in the win, eclipsing the previous program season save record of four in only the first week of April.

After five scoreless innings, Elizabethtown jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth when Kevin Bonner (Pitman, NJ/Pitman), Shawn Price (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty), and Tim Downing (St. James, NY/Smithtown) hit consecutive singles leading off to load the bases with no outs. Chris Romig (Beavertown, PA) and Chris Turtell (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) immediately followed with walks, driving in two runs, and Jared Ness (McPherson, KS/McPherson) singled to drive in one more.

King's (6-13) followed in the top of the seventh with a run of its own. Randy Hanyon (Jessup, PA/Valley View) was hit by a pitch and driven in on a sacrifice fly by Tim Charles (Scranton, PA/West Scranton).

Etown added additional runs in the seventh and eighth innings to insure the victory, while King's added two more in the eighth as pinch runner Steve Bartush (Dupont, PA/Pittston) and Jason Allen (Wilkes-Barre Twp., PA/G.A.R) scored.

Ryan Bowe (Quarryville, PA/Solanco) got the win for Etown. Bowe is now 3-2 in 2000.

Etown returns to action on the road against Albright Saturday, April 8. Game time is 10:30 a.m.

At Elizabethtown, PA
Elizabethtown 5, King's 3

Ryan Bowe, Bryan Pittinger (8) and Chris Turtell; Justin Stevens, Corey Fountain (5), Ryan Kropa (7), Brian Brush (8) and Tim Charles. WP: Bowe (3-2). LP: Fountain. SV: Pittinger (5). SO-BB: Bowe 5-4, Pittinger 1-0, Stevens 2-0, Fountain 2-2, Kropa 0-0, Brush 0-0. 2B: Ken Glass (E), Rocco Barletta (K), Jason Allen (K).