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Box Score 2 YORK, PA – The York College softball squad ran their win streak to six with a Capital Athletic Conference sweep of Penn State Harrisburg on a sunny and breezy Thursday afternoon in York. In the opener, sophomore Ginger Lewis tossed her second no-hitter of the year as she had to go ten innings as the Spartans won a 1-0 thriller. Game two had much less drama as the Green and White rolled to a 13-2 five inning win.
The games opened up CAC play for the Spartans as they had yet to square off against a conference opponent.
Records:
York (Pa.): 15-5, 2-0 CAC
PSU Harrisburg: 9-7, 2-2 CAC
Game One
Score: York 1, Harrisburg 0
Hits: York 3, Harrisburg 0
Errors: York 0, Harrisburg 1
Left on Base: York 6, Harrisburg 4
Doubles: York 0, Harrisburg 0
Triples: York 0, Harrisburg 0
Home Runs: York 0, Harrisburg 0
How It Happened
• The opening game was a pitcher's dual from the start as both Ginger Lewis and Allison Hartman took turns throwing up zeroes. Lewis was perfect through the first four innings of work. The Spartans got the game's first base runner with a Madison Bowen single through the right side with one out in the fourth. Hartman got the next two Spartans to end the threat.
• The Lions ended Lewis' perfect game in the seventh as Erelle Sowers drew a lead off walk. The Lions sacrificed Sowers to second and she then moved to third on a ground to third. Dominique Emmett then hit a sharp grounder to third baseman Shyla Pastore but the freshman made the play to keep the Lions off the board.
• York had a chance to win it in the bottom of the seventh. Joanna Marmo singled and Mia Ruffalo pinch ran for her. After a ground out to short that moved Ruffalo to second, Pastore hit a sharp single to left. Ruffalo made a hard turn around third and got caught in no-man's land as she was caught scampering back to third to end the inning.
• The script for the eighth and ninth innings were the same with the tie breaking rule in effect. The Lions sacrificed the runner to third and then Lewis got the next two outs to get out of the inning. The Spartans got two runners on in both the eighth and ninth and came away empty both times, setting the stage for the exciting tenth inning.
• In the tenth, the Lions tried to squeeze a run home as Sowers was on third with one out. The Spartans got a break as Emily Parmer's bunt went right back to Lewis who flipped the ball to catcher Haley Hirn to nail Sowers at the plate.
• In the Spartans' half of the tenth, Pastore sacrifice pinch runner Quinn Fisher to third with one out. Shortstop Julie Van O'Linda had an epic 26 pitch at-bat in which she fouled off 21 pitches during the at-bat before finally reaching on an error. Savannah Galati then played hero as she got the squeeze bunt down, scoring Fisher with the game winning run as Lewis notched her second no-no of the year.
Spartan Leaders
Madison Bowen: 1-for-3
Shyla Pastore: 1-for-3
Joanna Marmo: 1-for-4
Savannah Galati: 0-for-2, RBI
Quinn Fisher: 1 run scored
Lion Leaders
Erelle Sowers: 0-for-3, 1 BB
York Pitching
Ginger Lewis: 10 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 BB, 8 K (Win, 7-2)
Harrisburg Pitching
Allison Hartman: 9.1 IP, 3 hits, 1 unearned run, 2 BB, 8 K (Loss, 5-5)
Game Two
Score: York 13, Harrisburg 2
Hits: York 13, Harrisburg 7
Errors: York 2, Harrisburg 2
Left on Base: York 3, Harrisburg 7
Doubles: York 4, Harrisburg 2
Triples: York 0, Harrisburg 0
Home Runs: York 1, Harrisburg 0
How It Happened
• After being no-hit in game one, the Lions came roaring out of the gate in game two. Erelle Sowers opened the game with a double to right center. Katie Humphrey reached on an error to put Lions at the corners. Dominique Emmett singled up the middle to score Sowers with the opening run of the game. Nina Bruno then grounded out to second to score Humphrey for the 2-0 lead. York got those runs back with two outs in the bottom of the first. Madison Bowen singled through the right side with two outs and scored when Joanna Marmo blasted a two-run shot deep over the wall in left.
• The Spartan offense kicked into high gear in the second inning. Savannah Galati opened the scoring with a two-run rocket double to right center giving York a 4-2 lead. Savannah Zittle followed with a double to left center, scoring Galati. Eryn Bailey then doubled to score Zittle as the York lead grew to 6-2 after two innings of play.
• Galati kept it going in the third with an RBI single up the middle, pushing the lead to 7-2. Ashley Meekins singled to center with the bases loaded for York's eighth run. Bailey then ripped a sacrifice fly to left that was dropped, allowing two runs to score as York led 10-2.
• The Green and White closed out the scoring with three more runs in the fourth. Julie Van O'Linda doubled to left center to score pinch runner Jordan Vazquez. Galati drove in her fourth run of the game with a single to short. Zittle followed with an RBI single to short, giving York their final 13-2 margin of victory.
Spartan Leaders
Savannah Galati: 3-for-3, 2 runs scored, 4 RBI, 2B
Joanna Marmo: 2-for-3, 1 run scored, 2 RBI, HR
Savannah Zittle: 2-for-2, 2 runs scored, 2 RBI, 2B
Eryn Bailey: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, 2B
Lion Leaders
Dominique Emmett: 3-for-3, 1 RBI
Erelle Sowers: 1-for-3, 1 run scored, 2B
Katie Humphrey: 1-for-3, 1 run scored
Nina Bruno: 0-for-3, 1 RBI
York Pitching
Melissa Jurkiewicz: 2.1 IP, 5 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned run, 1 K
Samantha Kiser: 1.1 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs (Win, 3-0)
Ginger Lewis: 1.1 IP, 1 hit, 1 K
Harrisburg Pitching
Erelle Sowers: 1.1 IP, 6 hits, 6 earned runs, 0 BB, 1 K (Loss, 3-2)
Allison Hartman: 2.2 IP, 7 hits, 7 runs, 4 earned runs, 2 BB
Notes:
The Spartans have now won seven straight against the Lions as they are now 9-1 against Harrisburg as a conference opponent … the no-hitter for sophomore Ginger Lewis was her second of the year as she also no-hit Alverno in the season-opener in Florida on February 24 … the Spartans played just their seventh and eighth games since returning from Florida as York has played eight games since March 4 … York will be scheduled to play, including today's games, ten games in the next six days … the game one win for Lewis is her 19th career win for the Spartans … the ten innings pitch set a new career high for the sophomore … the shutout is her sixth career clean sheet and second this year … in Lewis' last three starts, she is 3-0 with two runs allowed on four hits with 36 strikeouts and two walks in 23.0 innings … junior Savannah Galati tied a career-high with her three hits in game two while she set a new career standard with her four RBI.
Up Next
After the game, the Spartans got on the bus to head to Buena Vista, Virginia to face the Southern Virginia University Knights in a Capital Athletic Conference doubleheader on Friday afternoon. Game one is set for a 3:00 pm start.
