Elizabethtown 8, Lebanon Valley 3

LVC Lineup
1. Edwards 2b, 2. Harned rf, 3. Z. Smith ss, 4. Fundell 1b, 5. Dellinger dh, 6. Dohner cf, 7. Albright c, 8. P. Smith 3b, 9. Puglisi lf, SP McCabe

E-town Lineup
1. Fackler 2b, 2. Holbert cf, 3. Weary 3b, 4. Gatti 1b, 5. Jones rf, 6. Portillo dh, 7. Schamp lf, 8. Ragozzino c, 9. Shirk ss, SP Manning

How It Happened
A pair of home runs and a two-run double provided the offense Elizabethtown needed to defeat Lebanon Valley 8-3 at E-town's Boyd Stadium on Thursday afternoon.

The Flying Dutchmen (4-6) got on the board first in the second inning when Colin Albright singled to center field and drove in Devin Dellinger after he led off the stanza with a double down the first base line.

The Blue Jays (8-3) took the lead when Tyler Weary homered to left field and plated Alex Holbert in the process in the third. A two-out, LVC error got Ryan Schamp to the plate and he made the visitors pay with a three-run shot over the left field fence before the bottom half was through.

After E-town added a run in the fourth, the Dutchmen stopped the bleeding when Jonathan Harned's RBI single plated Mike Puglisi in the fifth. Lebanon Valley got another run in the sixth when a Blue Jay error allowed Phill Dohner to come around, cutting the deficit to 6-3.

But a Holbert double in the bottom half drove in two more Elizabethtown runs and LVC managed just one hit and two base runners the rest of the way.

On the Mound
- Elizabethtown's Dylan Manning got the win, going 6.0 innings and allowing just two earned runs on four hits and four walks.
- Jared McCabe got the start for LVC and threw 3.0 innings, allowing just two earned runs on seven hits. He struck out three and did not surrender a walk.
- Patrick Reagan got 1.1 innings of work on the bump in a relief effort and struck out three batters while allowing no hits or walks.

At the Plate
- Phill Dohner and Mike Puglisi each went 1-for-2 with a run scored and a walk while Jonathan Harned and Colin Albright each drove in a run.
- Devin Dellinger had the Dutchmen's lone extra-base hit of the day; a double in the second inning.
- E-town's Alex Holbert and Tyler Weary were 3-for-5. Holbert had drove-in three runs, as did Ryan Schamp, while Weary added two RBI.

Around the Diamond
- Half of the Blue Jays run total was attributed to LVC errors as only four of E-town's eight tallies were earned.
- Phill Dohner swiped the only stolen base of the game.
- Elizabethtown outhit the Dutchmen 12-5. Lebanon Valley managed just three hits in the game's final seven innings.

Next Up
The Dutchmen travel to Albright for Commonwealth Conference doubleheader action on Saturday afternoon.