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Box Score 2 YORK, PA – The York College softball squad earned a rare split against Salisbury University on Friday afternoon in York. The Spartans won game one 2-1 in nine innings on a Carleigh Ruleman RBI single. The Sea Gulls responded with an 11-3 win in the nightcap to salvage the split. The Salisbury win in the nightcap snapped York's 10 game win streak.
Records:
York (Pa.): 24-12, 6-6 CAC
Salisbury; 19-14, 8-4 CAC
Game One Stats
Runs: York 2 / SAL 1
Hits: York 8 / SAL 4
Errors: York 1 / SAL 1
Left on Base: York 12 / SAL 4
York Offensive Leaders
Carleigh Ruleman: 1-for-4, RBI
Savannah Zittle: 2-for-4
Katie Maloney: 1-for-4, 2B
Quinn Fisher: 1-for-3, 1 run scored
Joanna Marmo: 0-for-4, RBI
Salisbury Offensive Leaders
LeAnne Collins: 2-for-4, 2B
Annie Pietanza: 1-for-4, RBI
Courtney Tate: 1-for-3
Spartan Pitching Leaders
Ginger Lewis: 9.0 IP, 4 hits, 1 earned run, 3 K, 2 BB (Win, 10-7)
Sea Gull Pitching Leaders
Rachael Milligan: 8.2 IP, 8 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned run, 2 K, 1 BB (Loss, 8-7)
How It Happened
• Game one was a pitcher's dual as starters Ginger Lewis and Rachael Milligan were dominant from the start.
• York opened the scoring in the third as Quinn Fisher singled to lead off the inning. Julie Van O'Linda sacrificed Fisher to second. Savannah Zittle was hit by a pitch to put runners at first and seocnd. Katie Maloney followed by reaching on a fielder's choice when shortstop Kaila Beach looked to third to try to get an out but by the time she looked to first, Maloney had reached first. Joanna Marmo then plated Fisher with a sacrifice fly to right, giving York the 1-0 lead.
• Salisbury wasted little time in tying the game. Brooke Yerger drew a lead off walk, moved to second on a Caitlin Lake sacrifice before scoring on a Annie Pietanza single to right.
• The teams would then take turns wasting offensive opportunities as Lewis and Milligan took turns throwing up zeros on the board.
• York got a lead off double from Haley Hirn in the bottom of the fourth but she would be left standing at third to end the inning.
• The Spartans got a Katie Maloney double with one out in the fifth but she would not make it any further as York stranded a pair in the inning.
• LeAnne Collins led off the top of the sixth and would move to third but a shallow fly out to center and a fly out would end the inning.
• In the bottom of the seventh, Zittle led off with a single to right and she moved to second on a passed ball but she would not go any further as the heart of the Spartan order came up empty.
• Finally in the ninth with the specter of the international tie breaker looming, the Spartans got something cooking. Van O'Linda reached on a fielding error to start the game-winning rally. Zittle reached on a beautiful bunt single to put runners at first and second. Maloney sacrificed the runners up 60 feet each. After a ground out, Carleigh Ruleman stroked a line drive game-winner to center to score Van O'Linda with the game winner.
Game Two Stats
Runs: York 3 / SAL 11
Hits: York 10 / SAL 11
Errors: York 6 / SAL 2
Left on Base: York 8 / SAL 6
York Offensive Leaders
Carleigh Ruleman: 2-for-4, 1 run scored, 2 RBI, HR
Joanna Marmo: 2-for-4, 1 run scored, RBI, 2B
Ashley Werner: 2-for-3
Savannah Zittle: 1-for-4
Salisbury Offensive Leaders
Caitlin Lake: 3-for-4, 3 runs scored, 2 RBI, 2 2B
Annie Pietanza: 3-for-4, 1 run scored, 4 RBI, 2 2B
LeAnne Collins: 2-for-5, 3 runs scored, 1 RBI
Mikayla Meehan: 1-for-3, 2 RBI
Spartan Pitching Leaders
Melissa Jurkiewicz: 7.0 IP, 11 hits, 11 runs, 4 earned runs, 1 K, 1 BB (Loss, 12-5)
Salisbury Pitching Leaders
Shannon Powell: 7.0 IP, 10 hits, 3 earned runs, 1 K, 0 BB (Win, 8-3)
How It Happened
• The Sea Gulls wasted little time in getting on top in the first inning of game two. LeAnne Collins led off the game with a single to center. Brooke Yerger reached on a bunt single. After a strikeout Annie Pietanza doubled to score Collins and Yerger. After a walk, Kristen Yanarella singled to left to score Pietanza with the third run of the inning. York would get out of the inning but the damage was done.
• The Sea Gulls tacked on two more runs in the second as Caitlin Lake doubled down the line to score Collins who had reached on an error with one out in the inning. Pietanza plated Lake with a single up the middle.
• Salisbury tacked on a trio of runs in the top of the fourth to push out to an 8-0 lead. Lake had an RBI double to left center and Mikayla Meehan singled up the middle to plate two more.
• York broke up the shutout with a Joanna Marmo RBI double to left center to score Savannah Zittle with two outs. Carleigh Ruleman followed with her conference-leading 13th home run of the year, a shot to right center to trim York's deficit to 8-3.
• That would be as close as York would get as the Sea Gulls closed out the scoring with a run in the sixth and two more in the seventh to finish with the 11-3 advantage.
SPARTAN NOTES:
The game one win snapped a 24-game losing streak to Salisbury as the Gulls now hold an 57-3 advantage in the all-time series … the last Spartan win previous to today also came on April 14 of 2007 as it was exactly ten years between Spartan wins over the Gulls … the Spartans' ten game win streak was York's largest during the tenure of Spartan head coach Jen Petteys … the ten game streak is the longest since the 2010 season when York started the campaign 11-0 … senior Carleigh Ruleman banged out her 13th homer of the year and her 33rd career blast in the game two loss … Ruleman leads the league by seven home runs … Ruleman's 39 RBI ranks her third in the conference, four back of Wesley's Nina Mercano who comes to York on Saturday … Ruleman leads the CAC in slugging percentage (.837) while she is fourth in on-base percentage (.507) … the Spartans had a season-high six errors in game two making seven of the 11 Salisbury runs unearned … the seven unearned runs were a season high for the Spartans … the Spartans have been good defensively for most of the year as their previous high for a game this season was two errors (7 times) … freshman Ginger Lewis is on a personal five game win streak as the right-hander has thrown 28 innings, allowing six earned runs on 23 hits with 31 strikeouts and just four walks … the nine inning outing for Lewis was a career-high … Lewis threw just 88 pitches in her nine innings of work … Lewis lowered her season ERA to 2.08 with the one earned run in nine innings.
UP NEXT:
The Spartans return to action on Saturday afternoon as they will host Wesley College in the Capital Athletic Conference finale for both teams. York will honor their seniors prior to the game with their 2017 senior day ceremony. The ceremony is slated for a 12:45 start.
