YORK, PA – The York College baseball team stayed hot with a 20-11 win over Franklin & Marshall College in a Sunday non-conference game at a chilly Jaquet Field. The Spartans won have won three straight as they scored 57 runs over the weekend. The win brings the Spartans' overall record back to .500.
 
Records: York 11-11, Franklin & Marshall 11-10
Runs: York 20, Franklin & Marshall 11
Hits: York 17, Franklin & Marshall 16
Errors: York 0, Franklin & Marshall 2
WP: Bryce Shaffer (1-0), LP: Carter Davis (0-1)
 
How It Happened
• The Diplomats got on the board early as Spencer Berson ripped a lead-off triple off the center field wall He scored on a Will Samuel RBI ground out for the 1-0 F&M lead. The Spartans wasted little time in responding. Robby Elzinga and Austin Denlinger drew lead off walks and moved up one base on a balk. Jack Barry plated Elzinga with a sacrifice fly to left, tying the game at one. Joe Capobianco and Andrew Santarpia drew back-to-back walks to load the bases for Brendan Martin. Martin drilled a double to right center, clearing the bases for the 4-0 lead. Martin advanced to third on the throw and scored on Michael Tinneny RBI ground out.
• F&M exploded for a big inning in the third as the Diplomats pushed across seven runs to take an 8-5 lead. Patrick Cettina kicked off the outburst with a three-run shot to left. The Diplomats would get their seven runs on six hits with two walks and a hit batter. F&M tacked on a run in the top of the fourth with a Zach Masnikoff RBI double, pushing the lead to 9-5 heading to the bottom of the inning.
• The Spartans came roaring back in the bottom of the fourth. Austin Denlinger plated the first run with an RBI single to score Brian Jakubek. The big blow of the inning came from Jack Barry as the Spartan first baseman blasted a three-run homer deep to right, his third home run of the weekend. The Diplomats had first base open as Barry was up in the count 3-1 but F&M elected to pitch to him and he made them pay, tying the game at nine with the blast.
• York took the lead for good in the fifth as Capobianco had a two-out, two-run single, putting the Spartans up 11-9. York kept rolling in the sixth as Martin opened the inning with a triple down the right field line. He scored when Tinneny blasted a two-run homer to right center. York tacked on a third run in the inning when Denlinger tripled to drive in Jakubek with two outs.
• The Green and White added three more runs in the seventh as Davaughn Reid, Jakubek and Elzinga each had RBI singles with two outs to push the lead to 17-9.
• The Diplomats nicked Spartan reliever Bryce Shaffer for two runs in the top of the eight but York pushed three more across in the bottom of the frame as Tinneny blasted a three-run homer deep to right for his third bomb of the weekend, providing for the final 20-11 margin of victory.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Robby Elzinga: 3-for-5, 3 runs, 1 RBI, BB
Jack Barry: 2-for-4, 2 runs, 4 RBI, HR, 2B, SF
Michael Tinneny: 2-for-6, 2 runs, 6 RBI, 2 HR
Brendan Martin: 2-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBI, 2B, 3B, HBP
Austin Denlinger: 2-for-4, 3 runs, 2 RBI, 3B
Joe Capobianco: 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBI, BB
 
Spartan Pitching
Dawson Rightenour: 2.2 IP, 7 hits, 8 ER, 4 BB, 2 WP, 1 HBP
Eli Snyder: 1.1 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 WP
Bryce Shaffer: 5.0 IP, 7 hits, 2 ER, 5 K, 0 BB
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans have won two straight in the series against the Diplomats and improve to 33-12-1 all-time against F&M … senior Jack Barry had another big day with a three-run homer and four RBI … his home run was his 40^th career round tripper as he continues to push the school record higher … his four RBIs gives him 166 for his career as he is now 16 away from tying all-time leader Mike Welch who finished his stellar Spartan career with 182 … Barry is now one double away from 40 for his career … senior Austin Denlinger notched his 15^th career triple as he had one in each of the three games this weekend … Denlinger is now two three-baggers away from tying Rick Dressler for the career record of 17 … freshman Michael Tinneny had a big game with pair of career highs with two home runs and six RBI … Tinneny is hitting .407 in 10 games and 27 at-bats for the Spartans … freshman Bryce Shaffer picked up his first collegiate win in relief with five sterling innings of work … the five innings were a career high as were his five strikeouts … Shaffer is the second freshman pitcher to pick up a win in as many games after Brandon Purdy earned the win in game two against Widener on Saturday … the Spartans have raised their team batting average by over 50 points after the three weekend games … the Spartans reached 20 runs for the third time this year and the second time in three games … York has hit nine home runs in the last three games while they have posted 22 extra base hits in their last three contests … York had five triples this week to double their season total to 10 … the 10 triples are second in the MAC Commonwealth while their 27 total home runs ranks first in the league … the Spartan batting average now ranks second in the league while their 417 total bases leads the league by 43 total bases over Widener … the Spartans got hit by four more pitches on Sunday raising their weekend total to 15 in three games … York played errorless defense on Sunday and that's just the third time this year they were clean defensively.
 
Up Next
The Spartans return to MAC Commonwealth play on Tuesday afternoon as they head to Owings Mills, Maryland to face the Stevenson University Mustangs. Game time is set for 3:30 pm.