YORK, PA – The York College baseball team split a twin bill with St. John Fisher on a brisk Saturday afternoon in York. The Spartans captured game one 12-4 and the Cardinals stormed back for the split with a 17-4 win in the nightcap.
 
Records: York 8-9, St. John Fisher 7-8

Game One
Score: York 12, SJF 4
Hits: York 16, SJF 7
Errors: York 0, SJF 1
WP: Zach Reed (2-1), LP: Alec Teska (0-3)
 
How It Happened
• After a three minute top of the first, the Spartan offense got to work in the bottom of the frame. Robby Elzinga singled to open the inning and came around to score on a Jack Barry home run to deep right center, putting York up 2-0. Joe Capobianco was hit by a pitch and eventually came around to score on a Brendan Martin RBI single inside the right field line. Martin scored on a Michael Tinneny RBI single to center to make it 4-0 York.
• York got a single run in the second as Elzinga doubled to right center, moved to third on a fly out and scored on a Barry sacrifice fly to left as York led 5-0.
• Elzinga and Barry combined again in the fourth as Elzinga doubled, move to third on an Austin Denlinger single and scored on another Barry sacrifice fly, this time to center.
• Elzinga made it 7-0 in the sixth with a line drive home run to deep right to lead off the inning.
• The Cardinals broke up the shutout in the eighth as they reached Spartan starter Zach Reed for four runs. Reed had been cruising as he faced the minimum 21 batters through the first seven frames. The Cardinals got their four runs on five hits including a two run homer from James Murphy.
• The Spartans removed all doubt in the bottom of the eighth as they answered the Cardinals four runs with five runs of their own. Capobianco blasted a three-run homer to left center and then the Spartans got a pair of runs on passed balls for the final 12-4 margin of victory.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Robby Elzinga: 4-for-5, 4 runs, 1 RBI, HR, 2 2B
Austin Denlinger: 2-for-5, 1 run
Jack Barry: 1-for-2, 2 runs, 4 RBI, HR, 2 SF, 1 BB
Joe Capobianco: 1-for-3, 2 runs, 3 RBI, HR, 1 BB
Andrew Santarpia: 2-for-4, 1 run, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Connor Pickle: 2-for-4
Michael Tinneny: 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB
 
Spartan Pitching
Zach Reed: 8.0 IP, 6 hits, 4 ER, 6 K, 0 BB
Brandon Purdy: 1.0 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 K, 1 BB
 
Game Two
Runs: York 4, SJF 17
Hits: York 8, SJF 12
Errors: York 2, SJF 1
WP: Connor McHugh (2-1), LP: Steven Hendrix (0-5)
 
How It Happened
• Noah Campanelli opened the game with a double and came around to score on back-to-back ground outs to give St. John Fisher the 1-0 lead. York answered as Austin Denlinger singled and scored on a Jack Barry double to right center to tie the game at one. Barry came around to score on a Joe Capobianco RBI single to right center.
• The Cardinals tied the game in the fourth on a Michael Beimel solo home run to center.
• St. John Fisher blew the game open in the fifth with an eight run inning. The inning got out of hand with Cardinals at first and second. Patrick Kravitz laid down a bunt that was hard. The Spartans had a chance to get the lead runner at third but the throw was up the line and flew down the left field line. That allowed both base runners to score and Kravitz to move to third. He scored one pitch later on a wild pitch. Campanelli homered during the next at-bat as the lead grew to 7-2. The Cardinals would go on to score three more in the inning to take a 10-2 lead.
• Beimel ripped a two-out, two run double to right center in the sixth to make it 12-2 St. John Fisher. Garrett Kile got one of those runs back in the bottom of the inning with an RBI single for the Spartans.
• The Cardinals removed all doubt with four runs in the top of the seventh. They got four runs on just one hit with one error, two walks and two hit batters.
• Chris Betler had a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth and St. John Fisher got one more in the top of the ninth to provide for the final 17-4 score.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Jack Barry: 2-for-3, 1 run, 1 RBI. 1 BB, 2 2B
Joe Capobianco: 1-for-4, 1 RBI
Andrew Santarpia: 1-for-4, 2 runs, 1 2B
Garrett Kile: 1-for-3, 1 RBI
 
Spartan Pitching
Steven Hendrix: 4.1 IP, 5 hits, 7 runs, 6 ER, 5 K, 1 BB, 1 HB
Dawson Rightenour: 0.2 IP, 2 hits, 3 runs, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 HB
Yandel Tolentino: 1.0 IP, 2 hits, 2 ER, 1 K, 1 HB
Teegan Starr: 0.1 IP, 0 hits, 4 runs, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 HB
Ryan Kulick: 2.2 IP, 3 hits, 1 ER, 2 K, 1 HB
 
Spartan Notes
The double header split leaves the all-time series at 3-3 … the last meeting before Saturday came on February 28, 2008 … in game one, the Spartans reached double figures in runs for the fifth time on the season … the three game one home runs are the second most (4 vs. Kean) this season … the Spartans had 16 game one hits and that's the 11^th time they have reached double figures in hits but just the first time in six games …  Jack Barry's first inning home run is his 37^th career bomb … Barry's two doubles in game two give him 37 career doubles … Barry's 155 RBI moves him up to fourth all-time, one away from Travis Gaidos (156) and he is now 27 away from catching all-time RBI leader Mike Welch for the school record (182) … junior Robby Elzinga had a big day with four hits including his first career home run and a pair of doubles … he had a career-high nine total bases in the game-one win … senior Joe Capobianco now has a career-high five home runs while he leads the team in RBI with 21 … Capobianco is just seven RBI away from tying his total from last year … in game two, the Spartan pitching staff hit six Cardinal hitters as they now have plunked 26 opponents in 16 games … the 17 runs allowed in game two are a season high while the 13 earned runs tie a season high.
 
Up Next
The Spartans return home on Tuesday afternoon as they open up MAC Commonwealth play with game against Lebanon Valley. First pitch from Jaquet Field is set for 3:30 pm.