FREDERICK, MD – The York College baseball team dropped the opening game of an important three game MAC Commonwealth series against Hood College, falling to the Blazers 7-0 on Friday afternoon in Frederick.
The Spartans wasted a good start from freshman Evan Hughes as the offense was shutout for the first time this year. York's losing streak reached a season-high four with the loss.
The Spartans are now 17-12 overall and 9-7 in the league while Hood improves to 17-14 overall and 8-8 in the league.
 
Runs: York 0 – Hood 7
Hits: York 10; Hood 11
Errors: York 2; Hood 0
LOB: York 11; Hood 7
WP: Skylar Albright (2-0); LP: Evan Hughes (4-2)
 
How It Happened
• After a quick opening inning for both starters, the Spartans got two singles to open the inning only to have Hood's Skylar Albright get the next three Spartans to escape any damage in the inning. York was not nearly as fortunate in the bottom of the inning. Spartan starter Evan Hughes started the inning with a ground out but the Blazers got a single, and error and a sacrifice bunt to put runners at second and third with two outs. Matthew Stout singled, scoring a pair of unearned runs after York should have been out of the inning.
• Both starters cruised through the next four innings as neither team was able to get anything going offensively. The Blazers fashioned a big seventh inning to put the Spartans away. The Blazers loaded the bases with one out. York went to the pen but the Blazers got a two runs on a Keegan Brennan single, pushing the lead to 4-0. Stephen Sommer made it 5-0 with a sacrifice fly while Jacob Saylor and Alex Jenkins each had RBI singles to give the Blazers a 7-0 bulge.
• The Green and White got a Gabe Trevena double and a Michael Tinneny single with one out to put Spartans at the corners. Hood made a call to the bullpen and Remi Schaber came in to get a strikeout and a ground out to preserve the shut out.
• York got a pair of runners on in the ninth but they failed to score as they were shutout for the first time this year.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Michael Tinneny: 2-for-3, BB
Andrew Santarpia: 2-for-4
Joe Urban: 1-for-3, SAC
Gabe Trevena: 1-for-5, 2B
 
Spartan Pitching
Evan Hughes: 6.1 IP, 6 hits, 5 runs, 2 ER, 4 K, 2 BB (Loss, 4-2)
Jason Cassidy: 0.2 IP, 4 hits, 2 runs, 2 ER
Lane Berkey: 1.0 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 2 K, 1 BB
 
Spartan Notes
York is now 10-3 all-time against the Blazers … the Spartans have dropped eight of their last ten games and are now 9-8 on the road … the Spartans were blanked for the first time this year … the Spartans are hitting .281 over their last ten games as they are averaging 4.7 runs per game … York has been out hit 113-96 over the last ten contests … the Spartans have an ERA of 6.04 as they have allowed 74 runs total but 19 of those runs are unearned, an average of almost two unearned runs per game over their last ten … York was 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position in the game … York did not manage a two-out hit in the game as they were 0-for-8 … York did have six of their nine lead-off hitters reach … York left another 11 men on base … the game marked the first time this year that York didn't get at least three runs in a game … York failed to score despite getting ten hits in the game … Michael Tinneny recorded his 12^th multi-hit game while Andrew Santarpia had his 11^th multi-hit contest … Connor Pickle extended his hit streak to nine games … Lucas Prendergast extended his reached base streak to 19 while Chris Betler's streak is 18 … Tinneny is at 16 straight games reaching base while Pickle is at nine … Evan Hughes deserved a better fate as he threw the ball well in the game … he was charged with five runs but just two were earned as he suffered just his second loss in six decisions this year.
 
Up Next
The two teams continue the series with a doubleheader on Saturday in York. Game one is set for a noon start at Jaquet Field. The Spartans will honor their seven seniors prior to game one with the ceremony set for an 11:45 start.