YORK, PA – The York College baseball team saw their five-game winning streak come to a halt as the Penn State Harrisburg Lions posted a come-from-behind 10-7 win on Tuesday in York.
The Spartans took a 7-3 lead after two innings but the Lions scored the final seven runs of the game to earn the win.
 
Records: York 8-8; PSU Harrisburg 11-5
Runs: York 7; PSU Harrisburg 10
Hits: York 11; PSU Harrisburg 14
Errors: York 0; PSU Harrisburg 2
WP: Caiden Ertter (1-0); LP: Yandel Tolentino (2-2); Save: Joel Sneeringer (1)
 
How It Happened
• The game began with a bang as Lion lead-off hitter Dallas Hite blasted the first pitch of the game deep over the wall in left center for the 1-0 lead. The Lions then got a single from Brendan Henn. Henn stole second and scored on Kevin Lehner's RBI single to left as the first three Lions of the game recorded hits. Spartan start Dawson Rightenour settled in and got out of the inning without any further damage.
• The Spartans' answered emphatically in the bottom of the first. Robby Elzinga tripled to right center and scored when the relay throw was wild, getting the Spartans on the board. Gabe Trevena and Andrew Santarpia each singled to put Spartans at the corners. Jacob Deimling singled to right to score Trevena, tying the score at two. Brendan Martin surprised the Lions with a bunt single down the third base line, loading the bases with one out. Connor Pickle drew a bases loaded walk and then Garrett Kile plated a run with an RBI fielder's choice. The Spartans got their final run of the inning when Martin and Kile pulled off a double steal.
• The Lions got a run back in the second on a Henn sacrifice fly. However, the Spartans answered with a two-out, two-run double from Deimling, pushing the lead to 7-3.
• After the second, the two offenses went quiet until the top of the sixth inning. The Lions got to a tiring Rightenour as Maddux Ryan singled to right. Josh Lantz and Drew Bechtold drew back-to-back walks to load the bases with no outs. Ryan Kulick relieved Rightenour and surrendered a sacrifice fly to Carlos Irizarry. A passed ball moved the two runners up 90 feet and they cruised home on a Lucas Floyd two-run double to right center. The Lions tied the game two batters later as Henn had a sacrifice fly.
• The Spartans got a lead-off double from Michael Tinneny in the bottom of the sixth. Deimling walked with one out but York couldn't push across the go-ahead run. The Lions seized the lead in the seventh. Drew Bechtold drove in the go-ahead run on an RBI fielder's choice. Irizarry then notched his second sacrifice fly of the day to put the Lions up 9-7.
• Harrisburg picked up an insurance run in the eighth, pushing the Lion lead to 10-7. The Spartans got two runners on in the bottom of the eighth but hit into some bad luck as pinch hitter Lucas Prendergast hit an absolute rocket right at the shortstop to end the threat.
• York got a pair of runners on again in the ninth but a fielder's choice and a fly out ended the game for the Green and White.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Robby Elzinga: 2-for-4, 2 runs, 3B, BB, HBP
Andrew Santarpia: 2-for-6, 1 run
Jacob Deimling: 2-for-3, 1 run, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 2B
Brendan Martin: 2-for-3, 1 run, BB, SB
 
Spartan Pitching
Dawson Rightenour: 5.0 IP, 7 hits, 6 ER, 3 BB
Ryan Kulick: 1.0 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER
Yandel Tolentino: 1.0 IP, 2 hits, 3 ER, 2 BB
Ethan Kennedy: 2.0 IP, 3 hits, 1 ER
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans have now lost three straight to the Lions but continue to lead the all-time series 22-6 … the Spartans failed to reach double figures in runs for the first time in five games … York drew eight walks, their second highest total of the year … York stranded 15 runners in the loss, tying their highest total of the year (March 5 at Lynchburg – game two) … the Spartans did not have an error for the first time since game two against Manchester … the Spartans scored five runs in the first and now have scored 26 runs in the first innings of their 16 games, their most prolific inning during the course of the year …  York is 7-1 when scoring 10 runs or more in a game and just 1-8 when scoring nine runs or less … York is now 5-4 when scoring at least one run in the first inning … York is 1-4 when their opponent scores first ... Harrisburg had four sacrifice flies in the game. 
 
Up Next
The Spartans are schedule to get back to action on Friday when they will start a three-game MAC Commonwealth series with Alvernia. The Golden Wolves and Spartans will play one game on Friday at Alvernia. First pitch is set for 3:30 pm. The scene will then shift to York for the Saturday afternoon doubleheader. First pitch for game one is set for 12:00 pm.