The Elizabethtown College baseball team traveled to Fort Pierce, Florida Thursday, March 7, for spring training and some games against various teams.

While the Blue Jays faced Penn State Behrend, players began to get their pacing back and some practice in.

Although Etown fell behind early in this game and did not score until the sixth inning, the Blue Jays still had some strong moments, with junior Riley McGinley and sophomore Arley Shepherd both receiving home runs.

Shepherd scored at the bottom of the eighth inning, making it his first career home run. Not long before Shepherd hit his home run, McGinley made his way to second base for an opportunity to put the Jays on the board.

This ultimately resulted in first year Robbie Bertucio doubling and bringing McGinley home.

Although this match did not end in Etown’s favor, the team did have some great hits by players such as junior Derek Manning, junior Mike Christy, Bertucio and Shepherd.

On the other side of the mound, first-year Matt Barton suffered his first loss starting, but did manage to strike two out in four innings and walk no one.

Sophomore Reece Jones pitched the final five innings in place of Barton.

As the Blue Jays team flies home after spring break, look out for their regular season games posted on etownbluejays.com.