Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

YORK, PA – The York College softball rebounded in a big way on Monday afternoon as the Spartans swept a non-conference doubleheader from Eastern University in York. The wins snap a four-game home losing streak as the Green and White had been shutout in four straight games at home. York won the opener 8-0 in six innings followed by an 8-3 win in the nightcap.  

Records:

York (Pa.): 12-8

Eastern: 2-10

Game One Stats

Runs: York 8 / Eastern 0

Hits: York 12 / Eastern 4

Errors: York 1 / Eastern 2

Left on Base: York 7 / Eastern 3

York Offensive Leaders

Savannah Zittle: 3-for-4, 2 runs scored, RBI

Katie Maloney: 2-for-3, 1 run scored, RBI, 3B, SB

Joanna Marmo: 2-for-4, RBI

Kara Hanson: 1-for-2, 2 RBI, run scored, HR

Eastern Offensive Leaders

Alyssa Bolger: 1-for-3

Grace Gonzalez: 1-for-3

Jess Snader: 1-for-3

Sam Albertson: 1-for-2

Spartan Pitching Leaders

Ginger Lewis: 6.0 IP, 4 hits, 0 runs, 8 K, 0 BB, 81 pitches (Win, 3-4)

Eastern Pitching Leaders

Meghan Johnson: 5.1 IP, 12 hits, 8 runs, 6 earned runs, 0 K, 0 BB, 77 pitches (Loss, 2-4)

 

How It Happened

• The Spartans wasted little time in snapping their 28 inning home scoreless streak. Savannah Zittle singled up the middle to open the first inning. She was sacrificed to second and scored on a Joanna Marmo RBI single to right center.

• York made it 2-0 in the second as Ashley Werner opened the inning with a single up the middle. She moved to second on a sacrifice bunt but then was caught trying to go to third on a ground ball to short. That looked like it may have short circuited the uprising but Quinn Fisher moved Julie Van O'Linda to second with a single. Zittle then plated Van O'Linda with a single to right field.

• York tacked on two more runs in the fourth as freshman Kara Hanson blasted a solo home run off the scoreboard in left to open the inning. Zittle then singled and rode home on a Katie Maloney triple to right center as York's lead grew to 4-0.

• York pushed the lead to 7-0 with a three-run fifth inning. The frame started with back-to-back hit batters. An Eastern error on a Werner sacrifice bunt attempt, scored a run and put Spartans at second and third base with no outs. Hanson plated a second run with an RBI ground out. Van O'Linda closed out the scoring in the inning with single to right.

• York ended the game in the bottom of the sixth as Maloney singled to center to start the inning. After a fly out to left, Maloney stole second and scored on a Carleigh Ruleman double to right center as York finished with an 8-0 victory.

Game Two Stats

Runs: York 8 / Eastern 3

Hits: York 10 / Eastern 7

Errors: York 0 / Eastern 2

Left on Base: York 5 / Eastern 3

York Offensive Leaders

Carleigh Ruleman: 3-for-4, 3 RBI, 1 run scored, HR, 2B

Joanna Marmo: 1-for-4, 1 run scored, 3 RBI, 3B

Quinn Fisher: 1-for-1, 1 run scored, RBI

Katie Maloney: 1-for-2, 1 run scored, SB

Haley Hirn: 1-for-3, 2B

Eastern Offensive Leaders

Grace Gonzalez: 2-for-3, 1 run scored, RBI

Sam Albertson: 2-for-2

Alyssa Bolger: 1-for-3, 1 run scored, 2B

Kelsey Clever: 2-for-3, RBI, 2B

Spartan Pitching Leaders

Melissa Jurkiewicz: 5.0 IP, 5 hits, 2 earned runs, 1 K, 0 BB, 54 pitches (Win, 7-4)

Ginger Lewis: 2.0 IP, 2 hits, 1 earned run, 0 K, 0 BB, I HBP, 28 pitches (Save, 1)

Eastern Pitching Leaders

Melissa Irick: 5.2 IP, 10 hits, 8 runs, 6 earned runs, 2 K, 2 BB, 89 pitches (Loss, 0-3)

Meghan Johnson: 0.2 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 K, 0 BB, 8 pitches  

How It Happened

• Eastern got on the board first with a single run in the top of the first. Alyssa Bolger doubled to left center on the first pitch of the game. She moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a Grace Gonzalez single down the first base line. Gonzalez would eventually get picked off to end the inning.

• York answered in the bottom of the first inning as Joanna Marmo reached on a two out error. Carleigh Ruleman made the Eagles pay for the miscue with a mammoth two run shot well over the scoreboard to put the Spartans up 2-0. Haley Hirn followed with a home run of her own off the bracing of the scoreboard but the ball rebounded back into the playing field and it was ruled that the ball bounced off the top of the fence so Hirn was held at second with a double. She would not score as the Eagles got out of the inning with a ground out to end the frame.

• York made it 3-1 in the third as Savannah Zittle singled, moved to second on a sac bunt and scored on a Ruleman single to left.

• The Eagles tacked on a single run in the top of the fourth on three hits but Spartan starter Melissa Jurkiewicz was able to minimize the damage as she left a pair of runners stranded to keep the Spartan lead intact.

• York pushed the lead to 4-2 in the fifth as Zittle scored on an Eastern error.

• The Green and White blew the game open in the sixth with a four run inning. The frame started innocently as Eastern got the first two outs of the inning. Julie Van O'Linda then tripled to right center. She scored when Quinn Fisher doubled to deep center to plate Van O'Linda. The Spartans then loaded the bases and Joanna Marmo tripled to right field to clear the bases and give York the 8-2 lead.

• The Eagles closed out the scoring with an RBI ground out to provide for the final five run Spartan margin of victory.

SPARTAN NOTES:

The Spartans have four in a row against Eastern as they swept the series last year … York entered the game hitting .128 (10-for-94) in their four previous games at home … York combined to hit .415 (22-for-53) in the two wins over the Eagles … York had a season-high seven extra base hits in game two as the Green and White had three doubles, three triples and a home run … in game one, the Spartans did not strike out or draw a walk … the game marked the third time this year that the Spartans did not strike out in a game (vs. Concordia-Moorehead on March 1 and vs. Penn State Brandywine on March 4) … York reached double figures in hits in both games for the third time this year (Feb. 28 vs. Finlandia and Rose-Holman and March 4 vs. Brandywine & Nebraska Wesleyan) … freshman Ginger Lewis was dominating on Monday as she picked up the shutout win in game one and then earned the two inning save in game two … Lewis has allowed just three earned runs in her last eight appearances spanning 34.1 innings of work … Lewis has struck out 22 and walked one in her last 22.2 innings of action … freshman Kara Hanson made her first career hit a memorable one as it came on her game one home run … Hanson added an RBI ground out in the game as she made her third career start for York.

UP NEXT:

The Spartans return to action on Thursday afternoon when the head to Lancaster to face the Franklin & Marshall Diplomats in a non-conference doubleheader. Game one is set to start at 3:00 pm.