Elizabethtown College Baseball
Monday, March 19, 2001

ETOWN SPLITS DOUBLEHEADER WITH SUSQUEHANNA TO OPEN COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE SEASON

SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- In a make-up of Saturday's washed-out games, Elizabethtown split a road doubleheader with Susquehanna to begin its Commonwealth Conference season. Etown won the first game 5-3, and Susquehanna took the second 5-1. The Blue Jays are now 6-5 overall and 1-1 in the conference, while Susquehanna stands at 4-5 overall and 1-1 in the Commonwealth.

Eric Lau (Dillsburg, PA/Northern) pitched six innings of the first game for Etown and gave up six hits and three runs to improve to 4-0 this season. Bryan Pittinger (Westminster, MD/South Carroll) mopped up in the seventh inning, striking out two for his third save of the season.

At the plate in the first game, the Blue Jays' Chris Turtell (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) batted one for four with a double and drove in a run. Kevin Bonner (Pitman, NJ/Pitman) scored two runs, and Tyler Comp (Enola, PA/East Pennsboro) hit two for four.

The Blue Jays were held to only five hits in the second game by Lee Rodgers, who went the distance to pick up his first win of the season for Susquehanna. Bonner scored Etown's only run and was driven in by Turtell.

Elizabethtown returns to action Tuesday, March 20 at home against Franklin and Marshall. Game time is 3:00 p.m.

View the first game box score.

View the second game box score.