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Box Score 2 YORK, PA – The York College softball team opened Capital Athletic Conference play on Saturday with a doubleheader sweep at the hands of the Frostburg State University Bobcats. Frostburg edged York 1-0 in the opener and then completed the sweep with a 6-0 setback in the nightcap.
Records:
York (Pa.): 10-8, 0-2 CAC
Frostburg State: 11-7, 2-0 CAC
Game One Stats
Runs: York 0 / FSU 1
Hits: York 2 / FSU 4
Errors: York 1 / FSU 0
Left on Base: York 3 / FSU 5
York Offensive Leaders
Joanna Marmo: 2-for-3
Frostburg St. Offensive Leaders
Kaitlyn Griffin: 2-for-3
Emily Zengel: 1-for-3
Allison Short: 1-for-2, 1 RBI
Olivia Ford: 1 run scored
Spartan Pitching Leaders
Ginger Lewis: 7.0 IP, 4 hits, 1 earned run, 9 K, 0 BB (Loss, 2-4)
Frostburg St. Pitching Leaders
Allison Short: 7.0 IP, 2 hits, 0 runs, 7 K, 0 BB (Win, 6-3)
How It Happened
• The starting pitchers were brilliant in game one as York's Ginger Lewis and Frostburg's Allison Short were dominating. Frostburg's first runner came on an Emily Zengel lead off the top of the third with a single up the middle but Lewis got two strikeouts and a ground out as Zengel never got to second base.
• York got their first base runner in the fourth as Joanna Marmo fisted a single to center with two outs in the frame. Short retired the next Spartan hitter to leave Marmo stranded.
• The Bobcats had a great opportunity in the fifth as Kaitlyn Griffin singled off the chalk down the first base line for a lead off single. A sac bunt moved Griffin to second. Zengel flied out to left but Lewis hit Short with a pitch to put a pair of runners on. A Spartan error loaded the bases but Lewis got a ground out to end the inning, preserving the scoreless tie.
• The Bobcats got the game winning rally in the seventh started with a Griffin single to center. Oliva Ford pinch ran for Griffin and with Brittany Platt unable to get a sacrifice bunt down, the Bobcats put Ford in motion. Platt struck out and it appeared that Spartan catcher Haley Hirn had gunned down Ford for the second out of the inning but Ford was ruled safe. Lewis got a line out to left for the second out of the inning. Short then stepped up and delivered a hump back liner to center to score Ford with the game's lone run.
• York got a lead off single from Marmo to open the bottom of the seventh but York was never able to get her to second as they suffered the shutout loss.
Game Two Stats
Runs: York 0 / FSU 6
Hits: York 2 / FSU 14
Errors: York 2 / FSU 0
Left on Base: York 4 / FSU 9
York Offensive Leaders
Katie Maloney: 1-for-3
Haley Hirn: 1-for-3
Frostburg St. Offensive Leaders
Kaitlyn Griffin: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 run scored
Hannah Tavik: 2-for-4, 2 runs scored
Emily Harvey: 2-for-4, 1 run scored, 1 RBI
Jessica Dubbs: 2-for-4, 1 run scored
Brittany Platt: 2-for-4, 2B
Spartan Pitching Leaders
Melissa Jurkiewicz: 7.0 IP, 6 runs, 4 earned runs, 0 K, 0 BB (Loss, 6-4)
Frostburg St. Pitching Leaders
Hannah Tavik: 7.0 IP, 2 hits, 0 runs, 6 K, 2 BB (Win, 4-1)
How It Happened
• Frostburg jumped on the Spartans early in game two. Jessica Dubbs started the inning with a bunt single. The Bobcats, coming off the momentum of the seventh inning win in game one, would rip off five hits to score four runs to seize control of the game early.
• The Bobcats added two more runs as the Spartan defense let starter Melissa Jurkiewicz down as York surrendered a pair of unearned runs in the inning.
• The six runs would be more than enough for FSU starter Hannah Tavik as she twirled a two hit shutout. York got a Katie Maloney single in the first and a Haley Hirn single in the fourth but that would be the extent of the Spartan offense as York was shutout for the fourth time this year.
SPARTAN NOTES:
The Spartans have lost three straight and five of their last six … the Spartans have now been shutout in 28 innings at home this year … York has lost three in a row against the Bobcats … York is hitting .128 (10-for-94) in four games at home … York has just two extra base hits, a pair of doubles, in their 94 home at-bats … York has struck out 21 times and draw just seven walks in the four home games … When York hits, they win as are hitting .378 in their 10 wins while they are hitting .117 in their eight losses … freshman Ginger Lewis was brilliant and deserved a better fate than suffering the loss in game one … Lewis struck out a career-high nine while she did not walk a batter in her seven innings of work … all four of York's hits on Saturday were singles … York now has five games with no extra base hits for the year … they are 2-3 in those games with wins over Waynesburg and Concordia Moorehead and losses to Frostburg (twice) and MSOE … Katie Maloney had York's first stolen base in their last five games with her swiped bag in the first inning of game two.
UP NEXT:
The Spartans are slated to return to action on Monday afternoon when they welcome Eastern University to Spartan Stadium for a non-conference doubleheader. Game one is slated for a 3:00 pm start.
