ST. DAVIDS, PA – The York College baseball squad scored 24 runs in 16 innings on Friday afternoon during their MAC Commonwealth twinbill at Eastern. Unfortunately for York, that offensive output was only good enough to garner a split. The Spartans won game one 14-0 but the Eagles salvaged a split with a 16-10 win in the game two slugfest.

The Spartans are now 20-4 overall and 15-3 in the league while the Eagles are 7-13 overall and 6-8 in the Commonwealth.

Game One

Hits: York 16, Eastern 4

Errors: York 1, Eastern 3

2B: York 2, Eastern 0

3B: York 0, Eastern 0

HR: York 3, Eastern 0

LOB: York 10, Eastern 6

WP: Brandon Haggerty (6-0) LP: Dylan Hanni (0-1)

How It Happened

• The Spartans got rolling early as Jayden Cowan and Luke Turner drew back-to-back walks to lead off the game. Turner was erased on a fielder's choice to put Spartans at the corners. Jack Barry then scored Cowan with an infield single to open the scoring. Joe Capobianco made it 2-0 with an RBI single to left. After a fly out to left, Brandon White launched a three-run homer to left, giving York a 5-0 lead after half an inning of play.

• York tacked on a pair of runs in the second as Turner walked and Austin Denlinger followed with a two-run shot to left center, his seventh home run of the year.

• The Spartan offense kept rolling in the third inning. Cowan reached on an error and Turner drew his third walk of the game. Denlinger singled home Cowan to push the lead to 8-0. Barry then launched a three-run bomb to left center, scoring Denlinger and Turner for the 11-0 Spartan advantage.

• The Green and White tacked on a single run on a Brian Jakubek sacrifice fly in the fourth, scoring Craig Wiley who had walked to open the inning. Jakubek was a part of the Spartans' 13^th run in the sixth as White doubled down the left field line and scored when Jakubek singled to third base and the throw got away from the first baseman, allowing White to score. The Green and White tacked on the final run of the game with a Robby Elzinga RBI double in the seventh inning.

• The offensive outburst was more than enough for ace Brandon Haggerty as the senior lefty tossed six shutout innings, striking out nine, walking one and scattering four hits. Teegan Starr tossed the final frame to preserve the shutout.

Spartan Leaders

Senior Jack Barry went 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored as he blasted his eighth home run of the year … Austin Denlinger went 2-for-5 with three RBI and three runs scored including his seventh home run of the year … Brandon White was 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored … White hit his fourth round tripper of the year … Brian Jakubek was 2-for-3 with an RBI … Jimmy Wiegers went 2-for-4 for the Spartans.

Game Two

Hits: York 14, Eastern 20

Errors: York 6, Eastern 0

2B: York 3, Eastern 5

3B: York 1, Eastern 0

HR: York 1, Eastern 3

LOB: York 8, Eastern 9

WP: Steve Sattanino (2-1) LP: AJ Vincenzi (1-2)

How It Happened

• The Spartans got off to another great start as they plated four runs in the first inning. Austin Denlinger began the scoring with a two-run double to right center. Jack Barry then blasted a two-run shot to center to give the Spartans a 4-0 lead.

• Eastern answered with three runs in the bottom of the first as David Hunsberger launched a three-run homer with two outs to snap the Eastern scoreless streak.

• The Green and White wasted little time in answering the Eagles with a five-run top of the second as it looked like they would continue the heavy offensive artillary of the first game. Jayden Cowan opened the second inning scoring with an RBI single. Denlinger then tripled down the right field line for two more runs. Joe Capobianco eventually plated Denlinger with an RBI fielder's choice. Capobianco would eventually come around to score on a wild pitch as York led 9-3 after one and a half innings of play.

• The Eagles chipped away at the York lead with two runs in the third, two more in the fourth, one in the fifth and two more in the sixth as they took a 10-9 lead. York tied the game in the top of the seventh on a Jimmy Wiegers sacrifice fly. The Spartans left the bases loaded as they couldn't regain the lead.

• Eastern exploded for four runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth to earn the wild win. The Eagles banged out 20 hits and took advantage of six Spartan errors in the game.

Spartan Leaders

Austin Denlinger went 2-for-5 with four RBI and two runs scored as he had a triple and a double … Jack Barry hit his conference-leading ninth home run of the year as he was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored … Jayden Cowan was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI from the lead off spot for York … Jimmy Wiegers was 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles … freshman catcher Brett DeWees ws 2-for-4 with a run scored for York.

Notes

The Spartans are now 6-2 all-time against Eastern … the game one shutout was their second of the year and their second in four games … the Spartans' two double digit offensive efforts marked the eighth time this year they have scored 10 runs or more … the Spartans have now reached double figures in hits in their last seven straight games … York drew seven walks in game one, tying the second most number of walks in a game this year … York has not attempted a stolen base in their last four games … the Spartans committed a season-high six errors in game two, surpassing their total for their previous five games (5) … in game two, the Spartan pitching staff allowed a season-high 16 runs on 20 hits … York's team ERA went up 0.50 runs after game two … York allowed a season-high tying five doubles in game two … senior Jack Barry now has 25 career home runs as he is tied with Athletic Hall of Fame member Brendan Reinert for third place all time … Barry sits three taters behind another Spartan Athletic Hall of Fame member Mike Welch who belted out 28 career home runs as a Spartan … Rick Dressler and Bob Ancharski sit tied for second with 26 home runs … Barry currently leads the MAC Commonwealth in home runs (9), RBI (32), and slugging percentage (.819) while he is second in batting average (.422) and total bases (68) behind teammate Austin Denlinger (77) … Denlinger is second in doubles (11), second in triples (4) and third in slugging percentage (.770) … senior Brandon Haggerty leads the MAC Commonwealth in wins (6) and strikeouts (52).

Up Next

The Spartans conclude their MAC Commonwealth schedule on Saturday with a pair of home games against Eastern on Saturday. The Spartans will honor their 14 seniors before the 1:00 pm first pitch for game one.

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