Game 1 box score
Game 2 box score
FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- Elizabethtown College split a non-conference doubleheader with Westminster College Wednesday morning, taking the opener 7-2 before being shut out 3-0 in game two.
In the opener,
Rob Cressman allowed six hits and one earned run over six innings to earn the win while
Anthony Heaps finished 2-for-3 with a pair of runs batted in for the Blue Jays, who used a four-run third inning to take a 5-0 lead over the Titans.
The Blue Jays took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning as
Rodney Francis led off with a walk, stole second and third, and scored on a groundout by
Brian Kiernan. In the third, Elizabethtown added four runs on a fielder's choice, a sacrifice fly by Kiernan and a two-run single from Heaps.
Westminster got on the board in the top of the fifth on an RBI double by Adam Carter, and cut the Elizabethtown lead to 5-2 in the sixth as a pair of Blue Jay errors led to an unearned run. Elizabethtown tacked on two insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth on a sacrifice fly by
Andrew Gordon and another Titan error.
Francis scored three runs for the Blue Jays, while
Matt Vinagro walked twice and singled and scored a pair of runs. Both teams finished with six hits in the game, with Carter and Ethan Yeager each going 2-for-3 for the Titans.
Cressman (1-0) struck out one and walked two to pick up the win for the Blue Jays, while
Ryan Barrett threw a scoreless seventh. Ty Miller (0-1) took the loss for Westminster after allowing five runs (two earned) on two hits in three innings while striking out three.
In game two, Mike McCoy (1-0) tossed a six-hit shutout for Westminster (2-2 overall), which scored twice in the fourth on an RBI single by Dan Argiro and a sacrifice fly from Steve Perrotta, and added a single run in the sixth as Perrotta singled home an unearned run.
Wayne Leonard (0-1) was the hard-luck loser for the Blue Jays (2-3 overall), giving up seven hits and three runs (two earned) while striking out six and issuing no walks. Kiernan was the lone Blue Jay with more than one hit in the game, as he went 2-for-3 with a triple. Argiro and Wally Carpenter each finished 2-for-3 for the Titans while Yeager scored two of the team's three runs.
Brothers
Ben Yeager (Elizabethtown) and Ethan Yeager (Westminster) handled third-base duties for their respective teams in the doubleheader. Ben went 2-for-6 while Ethan finished 2-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored.