YORK, PA – The York College baseball team continued their rough month of April as the Spartans were swept in a key MAC Commonwealth doubleheader on a sunny Saturday in York. The Blazers slipped by the Spartans 3-2 in the opener and then rolled past the Green and White 11-6 in the nightcap.
The Spartans are now 2-10 in the month of April as they have lost six straight.
York is now 17-14 overall and 9-9 in the league while the Blazers have won six of their last seven as they improve to 19-14 overall and 10-8 in the Commonwealth. Hood has passed the Spartans for third place in the league as there is one more weekend series left in the conference schedule.
 
Game One
Runs: York 2 – Hood 3
Hits: York 8; Hood 6
Errors: York 0; Hood 1
LOB: York 7; Hood 4
WP: Joe Alexander (6-1); LP: Brandon Purdy (3-5)
 
How It Happened
• The Blazers jumped out to a very early lead as Keegan Brennan opened the game with a lead off home run to left center on a 3-2 pitch for the 1-0 lead. Hood made it 2-0 in the third as Richard Kershow had a solo homer to right, his first home run of the year.
• The Spartans got on the board in the third as Brett DeWees was hit by a pitch with one out. He moved to second on a ground out and scored on a Gabe Trevena single to right to get on the board.
• Hood tacked on a third run in the fourth as Kershow had a sacrifice fly to put the Blazers up 3-1. The Spartans made it interesting in the seventh as Jacob Deimling ripped a pinch-hit single with one out in the frame. He moved to second on a ground out and scored on a Trevena double to right center, cutting the Hood lead to 3-2. However, the Spartans wouldn't be able to get Trevena across the plate as they suffered the one run loss.
• Junior Brandon Purdy took the loss despite tossing a complete game. Purdy allowed three runs on six hits with two strikeouts and a walk in his seven innings of work.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders – Game One
Gabe Trevena: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2B
Jacob Deimling: 1-for-1, run
Lucas Prendergast: 1-for-4
Chris Betler: 1-for-3
 
Spartan Pitching
Brandon Purdy: 7.0 IP, 6 hits, 3 runs, 3 ER, 2 K, 1 BB (Loss, 3-5)
 
Game Two
Runs: York 6 – Hood 11
Hits: York 8; Hood 17
Errors: York 1; Hood 4
LOB: York 11; Hood 9
WP: Frank Spaide (1-2); LP: Bryce Shaffer (3-3)
 
How it Happened
• The Spartans jumped out to an early lead as Lucas Prendergast launched a 1-0 pitch deep to right field to put York on top 1-0 two pitches into the bottom of the first.
• That lead was short lived as the Blazers fashioned a six-run second inning. The first run scored on a Matthew Stout RBI single to score Alex Jenkins. The Blazers loaded the bases before Stephen Sommer hit a line drive home run that just cleared the 16-foot wall in right as the Blazers took a 6-1 lead. The Blazers closed out the inning with an unearned run.
• Hood scored single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to push the lead to 9-1. Hood scored a single run in the top of the eighth before York scored a pair in the bottom of the frame. Michael Tinneny homered in the eighth while Ryan Niedzialkowski walked with the bases loaded to drive home a run.
• Hood finished their scoring with a single run in the top of the ninth to take an 11-3 lead. York scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth for the final 11-6 margin.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Chris Betler: 2-for-5, 2 runs, RBI
Connor Pickle: 2-for-4, RBI
Lucas Prendergast: 1-for-5, run, RBI, HR
Michael Tinneny: 1-for-5, 2 runs, RBI, HR
Ryan Niedzialkowski: 1-for-2, RBI, 3 BB
 
Spartan Pitching
Bryce Shaffer: 1.2 IP, 6 hits, 6 runs, 5 ER, 1 BB (Loss, 3-3)
Dillon Michaloski: 6.0 IP, 9 hits, 4 runs, 4 ER, 2 K, 2 BB
Teegan Starr: 1.0 IP, 1 hit, 1 run, 1 ER, 2 K
Sam Gardner: 0.1 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 BB
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans are now 10-5 all-time against the Blazers as Hood swept the season series … the Spartans' six game losing streak matches a six-game streak from last year that ran from March 4 to March 11 … the Spartans are hitting .275 during the month of April as they are averaging just 4.5 runs per game … York has been outscored 88-55 in the 12 games during the month … York has been out homered 14-6 in their last 12 games … Chris Betler picked up his team-leading 19^th multi-hit game of the year ... Gabe Trevena recorded his 11^th multi-hit game while Connor Pickle had his tenth … Pickle extended his hit streak to 11 games .. Trevena had his fifth multi-RBI game of the year … Lucas Prendergast extended his current reached base streak to 21 games while Chris Betler has a 20-game streak of his own … Michael Tinneny extended his reached base streak to 18 … the Spartans lost for the first time when out-hitting an opponent as they are now 16-1 … York is 3-3 in one-run games … the Spartans honored their seven seniors prior to the game as Brett DeWees, Sam Gardner, Ethan Kennedy, Garrett Kile, Connor Pickle, Andrew Santarpia, and Teegan Starr are closing out their Spartan careers in the next few weeks.
 
Up Next
The Spartans return to action on Sunday afternoon as they head to Carlisle, PA to face the Dickinson Red Devils in a non-conference contest. Game time is set for 2:00 pm.