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Box Score 2 YORK, PA – The York College softball team opened their 2017 home slate with a doubleheader sweep at the hands of the #7 Messiah College Falcons on a windswept Wednesday afternoon in York. The Falcons won game one 4-0 and completed the sweep with a 1-0 win in the dark in game two.
Records:
York (Pa.): 9-5
#7 Messiah: 5-1
Game One Stats
Runs: York 0 / Messiah 4
Hits: York 2 / Messiah 12
Errors: York 2 / Messiah 1
Left on Base: York 4 / Messiah 10
York Offensive Leaders
Joanna Marmo: 2-for-3, 2B
Joclyn Hunsinker: 0-for-0, BB
Messiah Offensive Leaders
Erin Cressman: 3-for-3, 1 RBI, 2B
Amanda Jones: 2-for-4, 1 run scored, 3B
Sydney Boreman: 2-for-4
McKenzie Tebbs: 2-for-3, 1 run scored, RBI, 2B
Spartan Pitching Leaders
Melissa Jurkiewicz: 7.0 IP, 12 hits, 4 runs, 3 earned runs, 1 BB, 0 K (Loss, 6-2)
Messiah Pitching Leaders
Carrie Fix: 7.0 IP, 2 hits, 0 runs, 5 K, 1 BB (Win, 2-0)
How It Happened
• The Falcons jumped on the board in the first as Carrie Fix led off the game with a single up the middle. Fix was sacrificed to second and moved to third on an Amanda Jones single to right to put Falcons at the corners. Jones stole second and Erin Cressman walked to load the bases. Amber Bingaman hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Fix. Spartan starter Melissa Jurkiewicz got out of the inning with ground out to minimize the damage.
• Messiah got another run in the second as McKenzie Tebbs doubled to lead off the inning. She would score three pitches later when a pick off attempt at second ended up in center field for an unearned run.
• Fix would handcuff the Spartan offense through the fourth. She had a perfect game until Joanna Marmo doubled down the left field line with two outs in the fourth to snap the no-hitter. Marmo would be left at second as Fix got the next Spartan to pop up.
• York got their only other runner in the sixth as Joclyn Hunsicker drew a one out walk as a pinch hitter. Fix got the next two Spartans to get out the inning.
• The Falcons got to Jurkiewicz for a pair of runs in the top of the seventh to give Fix a pair of insurance runs. Messiah got the two runs on four hits.
• Marmo led off the bottom of the seventh with a single up the middle. The Falcons would commit an error to put runners at first and second but Fix wiggled out of the jam to end the game.
Game Two Stats
Runs: York 0 / Messiah 1
Hits: York 4 / Messiah 6
Errors: York 0 / Messiah 1
Left on Base: York 7 / Messiah 6
York Offensive Leaders
Katie Maloney: 1-for-2, 2B
Savannah Zittle: 1-for-4
Katelyn Mehrling: 1-for-3
Ashley Werner: 1-for-2
Messiah Offensive Leaders
Emily Quatrale: 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 2B
Carrie Fix: 1-for-3
Amanda Jones: 1-for-3
Sydney Boreman: 1-for-2, 2B
Spartan Pitching Leaders
Ginger Lewis: 7.0 IP, 1 earned run, 6 hits, 3 K, 2 BB (Loss, 1-3)
Messiah Pitching Leaders
Madelyn Yannetti: 7.0 IP, 4 hits, 0 runs, 3 K, 4 BB (Win, 2-0)
How It Happened
• York had a golden opportunity to get on the board in the bottom of the second as they loaded the bases with one out. Haley Hirn walked and moved to second on a wild pitch. Ashley Werner singled to left putting runners at the corners. Joclyn Hunsicker drew a pinch hit walk to load the bases. Falcon starter Madelyn Yannetti got a fielder's choice grounder to short as the Falcons cut down the runner at the plate. Yannetti got a pop up to end the Spartan threat.
• Both starters continued to throw up zeroes as the day light continued to recede. The two teams headed to the seventh knotted in a scoreless tie.
• The Falcons started the game-winning rally in the top of the seventh as Sydney Boreman drew a one-out walk and McKenzie Tebbs singled to second. Emily Quatrale laced a single to center, scoring pinch runner Nicole Kreimer with the game-winning run. Spartan starter Ginger Lewis, who threw great all game long, was able to get out of the inning with just the one run allowed but the damage had been done.
• The bottom of the seventh was played by the din of the scoreboard in left. Ashley Werner drew a lead off walk but was forced out at second for out number one. Yannetti got a strikeout and a ground out to end the game and complete the sweep for Messiah.
SPARTAN NOTES:
The Spartans have lost four straight against the Falcons … York was shutout twice after hitting .318 in 12 games on their spring trip … junior Melissa Jurkiewicz walked a hitter for the first time this year … Jurkiewicz has just one walk in 45 innings pitched … sophomore Joanna Marmo, the reigning CAC Player of the Week, had two hits in the opener as she is now hitting .500 for the year … the last five Spartan games have been shutouts as York threw three straight shutouts prior to being blanked twice on Wednesday … the last time York was shutout in back-to-back games was April 11 of last year at Salisbury … senior Katie Maloney continues to climb the career charts for York … Maloney's double is the 31st of her career as she is now fifth all-time … Maloney is eight doubles away from tying Kelly Smith for the all-time lead in the category … Maloney now has 151 career hits as she sits sixth on the all-time list, one hit away from Spartan Hall of Famer Joy Byers for fifth place … Maloney is 48 hits away from all-time hits leader Heather Bormann.
UP NEXT:
The Spartans are off until Saturday, March 18 when they host College of Notre Dame in a non-conference twin bill. Game one is set for a 1:00 pm start at Spartan Stadium.
Joanna Marmo photo courtesy of David Sinclair Photography
