YORK, PA – The York College Spartan baseball squad concluded their non-conference schedule with a 26-7 win over Susquehanna University on a Wednesday afternoon that felt more like an early March day with cold temps and high winds.
The Spartans have won two straight and four of their last six.
 
Records: York 18-16, Susquehanna 14-18
Runs: York 26, Susquehanna 7
Hits: York 17, Susquehanna 14
Errors: York 1, Susquehanna 3
WP: Dawson Rightenour (2-0); LP: Jack Greco (0-1)
 
How It Happened
• After a scoreless first inning, the River Hawks got on the board with a pair of second inning tallies. The Spartans responded with seven runs in the bottom of the inning. The Spartans tied the game on a Garrett Kile RBI single. The Spartans loaded the bases and senior shortstop Austin Denlinger unloaded them with a grand slam to left, the Spartans second grand slam in as many days. Jack Barry added an RBI single as York led 7-2 after two.
• Susquehanna got another two runs in the top of the third but the Spartans answered again, this time with four runs. Robby Elzinga had a two-run single to right and Joe Capobianco had an infield RBI single to plate another run. Denlinger eventually scored on a wild pitch for the 11-4 lead.
• For the third straight inning, Susquehanna scored two runs in an inning. Again, the Spartans responded as they plated five more runs as they had six hits in the frame. York got RBIs from Brian Jakubek, Elzinga, Denlinger, Capobianco and Barry in the inning.
• The Spartans kept rolling with two more runs in the fifth as Jakubek had a second sacrifice fly and Elzinga had another RBI single as the lead grew to 18-6.
• York put up another six runs in the sixth highlighted by a three-run shot from Denlinger as the Spartan lead grew to 24-6.
• The Spartans got their final two runs from Connor Pickle as he blasted a two-run homer to right center for his first career round tripper. Susquehanna scored the game's final run in the top of the ninth.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Austin Denlinger: 3-for-6, 4 runs, 8 RBI, 2 HR
Robby Elzinga: 3-for-5, 1 run, 4 RBI, BB
Jack Barry: 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2B
Brendan Martin: 2-for-4, 3 runs, 1 RBI, BB
Garrett Kile: 2-for-3, 5 runs, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Brian Jakubek: 1-for-1, 3 runs, 3 RBI, 2 BB
 
Spartan Pitching
Dawson Rightenour: 2.0 IP, 3 hits, 2 ER, 1 K
Sam Gardner: 1.0 IP, 3 hits, 2 ER, 1 K, 1 HB
Yandel Tolentino: 1.0 IP, 3 hits, 2 ER
Ryan Kulick: 2.0 IP, 2 hits, 1 K
Ethan Kennedy: 1.0 IP, 1 K
Teegan Starr: 2.0 IP, 3 hits, 1 ER, 4 K, 2 BB
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans improve to 34-17 all-time against Susquehanna … the Spartans are now 13-1 when scoring ten runs or more in a game … York has scored 20 or more runs four times this year … York has scored 130 runs in their last eight home games, an average of 16.3 runs per game … York is now 9-3 at home … York hit three more home runs as they now have 40 bombs for the year, tops in the MAC Commonwealth … senior Austin Denlinger notched a career-high eight RBI in the win with seven RBI coming on his grand slam and his three-run homer … Denlinger now has 31 career home runs, second on the all-time list behind senior teammate Jack Barry who has 42 … Denlinger is now eight hits away from 200 for his career while Barry is three hits away from joining the exclusive club … Barry is eight RBI away from tying Mike Welch's school record … sophomore Connor Pickle hit his first collegiate home run in the win.
 
Up Next
The Spartans head out on the road for the final time this regular season on Friday when they head to Frederick, Maryland to face the Hood College Blazers in a MAC Commonwealth contest. Game time in Frederick is set for 3:30 pm.