YORK, PA – The York College baseball squad got back on the winning side of the ledger with a 14-2 MAC Commonwealth win over Hood College on an overcast Tuesday afternoon in York. The Spartans rebounded after a pair of losses at Eastern this past weekend as York makes a final push to earn their way into the five team 2022 Commonwealth tournament.
 
Records: York 17-16 (8-5 MACC); Hood 10-25 (3-10 MACC)
Runs: York 14, Hood 2
Hits: York 9, Hood 4
Errors: York 5, Hood 1
WP: Zach Reed (5-2), LP: Matthew Stout (0-2)
 
How It Happened
• The Spartans got it rolling in the first as Robby Elzinga drew a lead off walk. He came around to score two batters later when Joe Capobianco ripped a line drive home run to left center to put York up 2-0.
• York padded the lead in the third with a four-run inning. Capobianco had an RBI single and eventually scored on an Andrew Santarpia RBI single. Michael Tinneny drove in Santarpia with a RBI single and Brendan Martin came around to score on an error for the 6-0 lead.
• The Blazers broke up the shutout in the fourth with a single run but the Spartans responded with three more runs. The first run came on a Capobianco RBI ground out. Jack Barry then blasted a two-run homer to deep right for the 9-1 advantage.
• York continued the offensive onslaught in the fifth as Elzinga came to the plate with the bases loaded and one out. Elzinga drilled a grand slam to right center as the lead ballooned to 13-1.
• The Spartans got their final run in the bottom of the eighth on a Chris Nesensohn RBI ground out. Hood got a run in the top of the ninth to close out the scoring.
• The offensive outburst was more than enough for Spartan starter Zach Reed as he allowed one unearned run in seven innings of work. He allowed three hits with two strikeouts and a pair of walks. 
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Joe Capobianco: 2-for-3, 2 runs, 4 RBI, HR, BB
Robby Elzinga: 1-for-2, 3 runs, 4 RBI, HR, 2 BB
Jack Barry: 1-for-3, 1 run, 2 RBI, BB
Andrew Santarpia: 1-for-4, 1 run, 1 RBI
Brian Jakubek: 1-for-2, 2 runs, 2 BB
 
Spartan Pitching
Zach Reed: 7.0 IP, 3 hits, 1 run, 0 ER, 2 K, 2 BB, 2 HB
Sam Gardner: 1.0 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 2 K, 1 BB
Joey DiQuollo: 1.0 IP, 1 hit, 1 ER, 1 HBP
 
Spartan Notes
York is now 7-1 all-time against Hood all time as they have won two straight in the series … all eight games against the Blazer have come in the last two years … senior Jack Barry continues to push his career home run record higher as he hit his 42^nd career round tripper … Barry now has 172 RBI as he is 10 RBI away from tying Mike Welch's school record of 182 RBI … senior Joe Capobianco took over the MAC Commonwealth RBI lead with his four in the win … Capobianco now has 43 RBI while his 12 home runs rank him second in the league … Capobianco is second in the league in runs scored while he is fifth in doubles … junior Robby Elzinga hit his first career grand slam in the win … the Spartans committed five errors in the win, their highest total of the season … York has nine errors in their last two games and 17 in their last six games … York has scored 47 runs in their last four home games … York improves to 8-3 at home … the Spartans are 12-1 when scoring ten runs or more in a game … York is 5-0 when holding opponents to two runs or less … York is 11-6 when scoring in the first inning … York is 6-1 when hitting three or more home runs in a game.
 
Up Next
The Spartans return to action on Wednesday when they host Susquehanna University in their final non-conference contest of the year. First pitch from Jaquet Field is set for 4:00 pm.