WASHINGTON, DC – The York College baseball team suffered a heartbreaking loss at Catholic as the Cardinals scored seven runs in the last two innings to walk off the Spartans 10-9 in a non-conference contest Tuesday at Talbot Field in Washington, DC.
The Spartans fall to 17-16 as they have dropped eight straight. The Cardinals improve to 25-9 with the dramatic win.
 
Runs: York 9 – Catholic 10
Hits: York 12; Catholic 13
Errors: York 1; Catholic 4
LOB: York 9; Catholic 11
WP: Ryan O'Keefe (1-0); LP: Ethan Kennedy (2-2)
 
How It Happened
• The Spartans got off to a great start with a pair of runs in the top of the second. Connor Pickle walked to lead off the inning and was followed by a Jacob Deimling double to left center to put Spartans at second and third. Ryan Niedzialkowski grounded out to short, scoring Pickle with the game's first run. Deimling scored after Brett DeWees doubled to left center for the 2-0 lead.
• York tacked on a trio of runs in the third as Robby Elzinga walked, stole second, and scored on a Michael Tinneny triple to right center. After Chris Betler walked and stole second, Deimling singled up the middle to score Tinneny and Betler as the Spartan lead grew to 5-0.
• The Spartan lead grew to 7-0 in the fourth as Gabe Trevena singled with one out. He came around to score when Elzinga tripled to center. Tinneny scored Elzinga with a sacrifice fly.
• Catholic got two runs back in the bottom of the fourth on four hits as they left two runners stranded. The Cardinals got a single run in the bottom of the sixth to cut the Spartan lead to 7-3.
• The Spartans got a single run in the top of the eighth as Trevena scored on a Cardinal error, pushing the York lead to 8-3. The Cardinals cut the Spartan lead to two with a three-run bottom of the eighth. The Cardinals scored two of the three runs on sacrifice flies as the Spartan lead was trimmed to 8-6.
• The Spartans got another single run in the top of the ninth on a double steal with Betler and Pickle. The Cardinals started their comeback into the bottom of the frame. After a fly out to start the inning, Catholic got a single and a walk. Matt Perlin then singled to left for an RBI single. After fly out for the second out, Zach Burton drew a walk to load the bases. Mitchel Johnson was hit by a pitch to make the score 9-8. The game would last two more pitches as Jesse Lacefield singled down the right field line to score the tying and winning run.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Michael Tinneny: 3-for-4, run, 2 RBI, 3B, SF
Lucas Prendergast: 2-for-5, SB
Gabe Trevena: 2-for-5, 2 runs
Robby Elzinga: 2-for-4, 2 runs, RBI, BB, 3B, SB
Jacob Deimling: 2-for-5, run, 2 RBI, 2B
Brett DeWees: 1-for-5, RBI, 2B
 
Spartan Pitching
Owen Brockner: 4.0 IP, 5 hits, 2 runs, 2 ER, 2 K, 2 BB
Jason Cassidy: 1.2 IP, 2 hits, 1 run, 1 ER, 3 K, 2 BB, 1 HB
Dawson Rightenour: 1.1 IP, 1 hit, 2 runs, 2 ER, 2 K, 1 BB
Ethan Kennedy: 1.2 IP, 5 hits, 5 runs, 5 ER, 1 K, 2 BB, 1 HB (Loss, 2-2)
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans lead the all-time series with the Cardinals 41-26-1 but Catholic has won three straight in the series … all three of those loses have come at Talbot Field as the Cardinals have not played in York since April 30, 2017 when York posted a 12-3 win … the Spartans are now 2-12 in the month of April … prior to today's game, York had outscored their opponents in the eighth inning 16-9 and outscored their ninth inning opponents 28-8 … York is now 13-5 when they score first … York is 0-4 when their opponent scores ten or more runs … the Spartans are now 3-4 in one-run games … York suffered their first loss of the year when they were leading after six innings as they are now 12-1 … the loss is also the first when leading after seven innings and also after the eighth inning … York is 1-14 when being out hit by their opponent … Michael Tinneny recorded his 13^th multi-hit game and his sixth three-hit game … Lucas Prendergast notched his 14^th multi-hit game … Gabe Trevena (12), Robby Elzinga (12), and Jacob Deimling (1) also had multi-hit games for the Green and White … Tinneny recorded his team-leading 11^th multi-RBI game of the year while Deimling notched his second … Prendergast recorded his team-leading 23^rd straight game of reaching base safely while Chris Betler is one back with 22 straight games … Connor Pickle extended his reached base streak to 13 games while Elzinga is at 12 games.
 
Up Next
The Spartans start their final MAC Commonwealth series of the year on Friday as they host Alvernia in game one of the series. First pitch from Jaquet Field is set for a 3:30 pm.