YORK, PA – The York College baseball regular season came to an end on Tuesday as the Susquehanna River Hawks outlasted the Spartans 11-10 in a wild regular season finale.
The Spartans took the lead with a five-run eighth only to have the River Hawks score twice in the ninth to win it.
The Spartans are now 20-18 heading into Friday's MAC Commonwealth tournament opener. The River Hawks end their regular season with a mark of 20-20.
 
Runs: York 10 – Susquehanna 11
Hits: York 16; Susquehanna 14
Errors: York 2; Susquehanna 1
LOB: York 10; Susquehanna 9
WP: Tony Rossi (1-0); LP: Ethan Kennedy (3-3)
 
How It Happened
• The River Hawks got on the board first in the top of the opening inning as Joe Healy scored Sean McCulloch with an RBI ground out for the 1-0 lead. York wasted little time in responding in the bottom of the first. Gabe Trevena drilled a triple to left center and then scored on a Robby Elzinga single to center, tying the game at one. Michael Tinneny singled to right to move Elzinga to third. Chris Betler singled to left, scoring Elzinga for the 2-1 lead. After a fly out, Andrew Santarpia singled to right to load the bases with two outs. Jacob Deimling came up big with a two-run double down the right field line to give York the 4-1 lead.
• Susquehanna got a single run in the top of the second and then two more in the third to tie the game at four. York pushed back into the lead with a Brett DeWees sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third.
• The River Hawks tied the game at five in the fifth on a Tony Rossi bomb to deep left field to lead off the frame. Susquehanna then took the lead in the sixth on a Michael Biuso sacrifice fly. The visitors then extended their lead with a three-run seventh inning to seize control of the game. The big blow was a two-run Jack Cahill pinch hit home run that pushed the lead to 9-6.
• Freshman reliever Adam Baeumel had a great top of the eighth as he struck out the side setting the stage for a dramatic bottom of the inning. The Spartans started the rally in the bottom of the eighth as Lucas Prendergast drew a one out walk. Trevena followed with a double down the right field line. After a pop up for out number two, Tinneny singled to left to score Prendergast. Betler then drew a walk to load the bases. Connor Pickle then unloaded the bases with a grand slam to deep right center, giving York a 10-9 lead.
• The persistent River Hawk offense answered with the tying and go-ahead runs in the ninth. Baeumel got a fly out to center for out number one. He then hit Tyler Hmielewski with a pitch, prompting a call to the pen. Hmielewski stole second to put the tying run in scoring position. After a walk to Chris Orrego put runners at first and second, the Spartans attempted a pick off at second and the throw sailed into centerfield allowing Hmielewski to tie the game and Orrego to go to third. After a ground out moved Orrego to third, McCulloch had a single to deep short to score the go ahead run.
• The Spartans got a two-out Predergast single but that was all they could muster as they ended their home campaign with the one run loss.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Connor Pickle: 3-for-5, 2 runs, 4 RBI, 2B, HR (3)
Michael Tinneny: 3-for-5, 2 runs, RBI
Gabe Trevena: 3-for-6, 2 runs, 2B, 3B
Lucas Prendergast: 2-for-5, run, BB
Robby Elzinga: 2-for-5, run, RBI
 
Spartan Pitching
Lane Berkey: 2.0 IP, 4 hits, 4 runs, 3 ER, 1 K, 3 BB
Dawson Rightenour: 3.0 IP, 6 hits, 1 run, 1 ER, 1 K, 1 HB
Eric Chaney: 1.2 IP, 3 hits, 4 runs, 4 ER, 1 K, 2 BB, 1 HB
Adam Bauemel: 1.2 IP, 0 hits, 1 run, 0 ER, 4 K, 1 HB
Ethan Kennedy: 0.2 IP, 1 hit, 1 run, 0 ER, 1 BB (Loss, 3-3)
 
Spartan Notes
York is now 34-18 all-time against the River Hawks … the Spartans won the last meeting between the two teams 26-7 in 2022 … the Spartans turned a season-high three double plays … the Spartans allowed a season-high six stolen bases … Susquehanna got their leadoff runners on in six of their nine innings and they scored in all six of those innings … the River Hawks had three two out RBI … York had seven two-out RBIs in the game … the Spartans were 9-of-23 with runners in scoring position … York was just 3-of-9 with lead-off hitters in the game … York was 1-for-1 with the bases loaded and that hit was Connor Pickle's grand slam … the Spartans are hitting .324 (24-for-74) with the bases loaded for the year … York now has 114 two-out RBI in their 38 games … Pickle registered his 13^th multi-hit game while Michael Tinneny (16 games), Gabe Trevena (15 games), Lucas Prendergast (17 games), and Robby Elzinga (15 games) also registered mutli-hit games for York … Jacob Deimling extended his hit streak to seven games, the longest current streak on the squad … Pickle set a career high with four RBI and seven total bases as the multi-RBI game was his eighth … Prendergast extended his reached base safely streak to 28 games while Pickle (18 games), Elzinga (17 games), and Trevena (13 games) also extended their reached base safely streaks.
 
Up Next
The Spartans open the MAC Commonwealth semifinals on Friday as they travel to Messiah University to face the top seeded Falcons in a best of three series. First pitch from Grantham on Friday is scheduled for 3:30 pm.