MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The York College baseball team ran away late from Eastern University 15-7 in their Myrtle Beach finale on Thursday. The Spartans finished 3-1 for the trip and return to York on a three-game winning streak.

Records:

York (Pa.): 3-1

Eastern: 1-7

Score: York 15, Eastern 7

Hits: York 11, Eastern 10

Errors: York 1, Eastern 2

Left on Base: York 14, Eastern 14

Doubles: York 5, Eastern 1

Triples: York 0, Eastern 1

Homeruns: York 0, Eastern 1

How It Happened:

• Eastern got on the board first scoring a run without registering a single hit in the first inning. The Eagles used a hit by pitch, a stolen base, an error, and a passed ball to bring in a run on a Zachary Belansek groundout to shortstop to grab the early 1-0 lead.

• The Eagles again used some wild pitching by the Spartans as they led off the second inning with back-to-back walks before another run came in to score on a single. The Eagles would leave the bases loaded however, only managing one run in the frame.

• York got a run back using a pair of walks to lead off the inning to put runners on base before Luke Turner would drive in Rob Acierno for one of his five runs on the day to cut the Eagle lead in half. Eastern would respond in the fifth with a pair of runs of their own with a sac fly and a Thomas Aguila double to bring in another run and Eastern stretched their lead out to 4-1.

• After a pair of free passes to start the sixth inning, Sal D'Onofrio and Grant Oberholtzer used back-to-back RBI knocks to trim the Eagle advantage to just one. The Spartan offense would use four hits including a two-run double off the bat of Jimmy Wiegers to take their first lead of the game in the seventh inning. Wiegers would come in to score on an RBI-groundout from Oberholtzer and York now led 6-4. Eastern would lead off the bottom of the seventh with a solo homer from Balansek to bring the game to within one.

• York would outscore the Eagles 9-2 in the final two innings including putting a seven-spot up in the ninth frame. York only needed two hits in the ninth inning to score their six runs as the Spartan hitters were walked four times, hit by a pitch, and used two sac flies to do their damage. The game was busted wide open when Craig Wiley had a bases-clearing double to drive in three runs and put the game out of reach. Eastern would get two runs back in the bottom half of the stanza but that was all they could manage and York won their third in a row by a 15-7 margin.

Spartan Offensive Leaders

Rob Acierno: 3-for-4, RBI, 5 runs scored, 2 BB

Grant Oberholtzer: 2-for-6, 3 RBI, 2 2B

Luke Turner: 2-for-2, RBI, 1 run scored, 2 BB

Craig Wiley: 1-for-1, 4 RBI, 1 run scored, 2B, BB

Eastern Offensive Leaders

Zachary Belansek: 2-for-5, 2 RBI, 2 runs scored, HR

Thomas Aguila: 2-for-4, RBI, 2 runs scored, 2B, BB

Brad Clemens: 2-for-5, RBI, 3B, BB

Spartan Pitching

Jake Herr: 2.0 innings pitched, 2 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned, 3 BB, 2 K

Josh Mann: 4.0 innings pitched, 4 hits, 3 runs, 3 earned, 2 BB, 3 K (W, 1-0)

Zac Stoll: 2.0 innings pitched, 1 hit, 2 K

Andrew Ross: 1.0 innings pitched, 3 hits, 2 runs, 2 earned, 2 BB, 1 K

Eastern Pitching

Tyler Bennett: 5.0 innings pitched, 2 hits, 1 run, 1 earned, 4 BB, 4 K

Andrew Behnam: 0.2 innings pitched, 2 hits, 2 runs, 2 earned, 2 BB, 1 K

Justin Fredericks: 0.1 innings pitched, 2 hits, 2 runs, 2 earned 1 BB (L, 0-2)

Jarrett Patman: 1.2 innings pitched, 3 hits, 3 runs, 1 earned, 3 BB

John Mirrione: 0.2 innings pitched, 1 hit, 5 runs, 5 earned, 4 BB

Jacob Hayes: 0.2 innings pitched, 1 hit, 2 runs, 2 earned, 1 BB, 1 K

Notes: The Spartans are now 5-1 all-time against Eastern and have won the last two meetings with the last matchup coming on March 4, 2014 … the York offense set a school record drawing 15 walks in the contest … the York pitching staff also issued a season-high seven free passes on the day … freshman Josh Mann came out of the bullpen in his collegiate debut and picked up his first career win after tossing four innings for the Spartans … with five more runs scored today, Rob Acierno now has a team-leading 10 runs on the year in just four games … Acierno also finished the trip to Myrtle Beach with team-highs in hits with 7 and batting average at .467 … freshman Craig Wiley knocked his first career hit with a bases-clearing double and finished with 4 RBI … the Spartans finish their Spring Trip with a 3-1 record while averaging 10 runs per game, hitting .312 with a .447 on base percentage, and outscored their opponents 40-25 including 38-14 during their three-game win streak.

Up Next:

The Spartans return north and are scheduled to take on Rutgers-Camden this Saturday with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 pm.