ELIZABETHTHOWN COLLEGE BASEBALL
Sunday, February 24, 2008

Elizabethtown Picks Up 10-4 Win over Eastern Mennonite

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WINCHESTER, Va. --- Junior Adam Sheibley (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) finished 4-for-6 with a grand slam and six runs batted in to lead Elizabethtown College to a 10-4 victory over Eastern Mennonite University in action at Shenandoah University's Bridgeforth Field on Sunday afternoon.

The grand slam by Sheibley gave the Blue Jays an 8-3 lead in the seventh inning, and he added a two-run double in the eighth for the Blue Jays (2-0 overall), who pounded out 13 hits in the victory.

Chris Harpine and Jameson Jarvis homered for the Royals (0-7 overall), who committed four errors and issued 10 walks in dropping their seventh straight game to open the season.

Senior Jared Auman (Northumberland, PA/Shikellamy) went 3-for-4 with two doubles for the Blue Jays while sophomore Matt Vinagro (Fredericksburg, VA/Stafford) and sophomore Ben Yeager (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) each finished with two hits and two runs scored.

Junior Matt Kutz (New Cumberland, PA/Cedar Cliff) picked up the win in his 2008 debut by scattering six hits and three runs in six innings of work while striking out four for Elizabethtown.

Elizabethtown took a 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI double by Auman, and extended its lead to 2-0 in the third on a bases-loaded walk to junior Tom Semanek (Swoyersville, PA/Bishop Hoban).

After the Royals plated a run in the third on an RBI double by Jarvis, the Blue Jays pushed their advantage to 4-1 in the sixth on an RBI groundout by sophomore Rodney Francis (Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) and a wild pitch. Eastern Mennonite cut the Elizabethtown lead to 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth on back-to-back home runs by Harpine and Jarvis to lead off the inning.

In the seventh, the Blue Jays loaded the bases on a single, walk and error with one out, and Sheibley followed with a grand slam to right-center field to give Elizabethtown an 8-3 lead.

Sheibley added a two-run double in the eighth to push the Blue Jay lead to 10-3, and the Royals closed out the scoring in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI single by Ben Wise.

Jarvis finished 4-for-4 for the Royals, who tallied 11 hits in all in the contest. Michael Moles (0-2) took the loss after allowing seven hits and four runs in 5 2/3 innings while striking out two and walking six.

Elizabethtown Coll. 10, Eastern Mennonite U. 4
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Elizabethtown Coll.. 101 002 420 - 10 13 3 (2-0)
Eastern Mennonite U. 001 002 001 - 4 11 4 (0-7)
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Matt Kutz, Kurt Smith (7), Dan Lauletta (8), Adam Hartzell (9) and Jared Auman; Michael Moles, Eli Detweiler (6), Ethan Russell (9) and Zach Polloni. WP-Kutz (1-0). LP-Moles (0-2). SO-BB: Kutz 4-0, Smith 0-0, Lauletta 1-0, Hartzell 1-0; Moles 2-6, Detweiler 0-2, Russell 3-2. HR-Sheibley (E), Harpine (EMU), Jarvis (EMU).