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ANNVILLE, Pa. – A late rally from Elizabethtown led the Blue Jays to a 5-2 ten inning win, handing Lebanon Valley its first Commonwealth Conference loss of the season. Elizabethtown hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to send the game to extra innings, and three more runs scored in the top of the tenth to claim the victory. Freshman Kevin Greene led LVC with two hits and a run scored in the loss.

Both pitchers held runners off the scoreboard through the first six innings. The Dutchmen broke through in the seventh, scoring one run to take the early lead with sophomore Jacob Rhody hitting a single to left field and stealing second. He advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored off a single to left by freshman Derek Brousseau.

Elizabethtown responded in the eighth with Anthony Heaps reaching first off an error. A fielder's choice moved Heaps to second and a ground out sent him to third. The Blue Jays were unable to send Heaps home, ending the inning with a fly out to left.

LVC added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth when freshman Kevin Greene scored after a sacrifice fly to right field by sophomore Aaron Mills.

The Blue Jays opened the night with back-to-back singles, but the runner on first was ruled out after leaving first on a line out to third base and not touching the bag in time. Elizabethtown's next batter Matt Reade hit a two-run homer to left center to tie the game.

Senior Grant Wiest drew a walk to start the bottom of the ninth and advanced to second off a sacrifice bunt. Elizabethtown turned a double play to end the ninth and send the game to extra innings.

Elizabethtown opened the tenth with a solo homer to left from Anthony Heaps, pulling ahead 3-2. The next two batters for the Blue Jays reached base and a single up the middle from Steve Motika sent both runners home for the 5-2 lead.

Matt Vinagro pitched the tenth inning for Elizabethtown and retired all three LVC batters for the win.

Junior Caleb Fick suffered the loss for LVC, pitching nine innings and striking out two.

The Dutchmen are 13-5 on the season and 3-1 in the Conference.

LVC and Elizabethtown will wrap up the three games series on Monday, April 5. The doubleheader begins at 1 p.m. on the Blue Jays campus.