YORK, PA – The York College baseball squad dropped a 7-4 decision to Elizabethtown College in ten innings in a non-conference battle at Jaquet Field on Tuesday.
The Spartans surrendered three runs in the top of the tenth but loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the frame. York was unable to plate any runs as they fell for the second time in three games at home. The Spartans left 19 runners on base in the loss.
York is now 16-8 overall while the Blue Jays improve to 18-7 with the win.
 
Runs: York 4 – Elizabethtown 7
Hits: York 12; Elizabethtown 15
Errors: York 1; Elizabethtown 0
LOB: York 19; Elizabethtown 10
WP: Zach Silfies (5-1); LP: Ethan Kennedy (2-1)
 
How It Happened
• The Blue Jays struck for a pair of runs in the top of the first. David Woolley led off the game with a single to center. Quinten Perilli then drove home Woolley with a two run shot to right for his tenth home run of the year, giving the Blue Jays the 2-0 lead.
• Elizabethtown added to the lead in the fourth as AJ Bednar homered to left with two outs in the inning. The Green and White got that run back in the bottom of the fourth as they got runners to first and second with two outs. Gabe Trevena singled to right, driving in the first Spartan run.
• York added another single run in the bottom of the fifth as Michael Tinneny led off the inning with a single to center. After a fly out, Andrew Santarpia doubled to left, scoring Tinneny with York's second run of the game. The Spartans loaded the bases with two outs but a ground out ended the inning.
• The Blue Jays manufactured a run in the sixth as Bryce Keller drew a lead-off walk. Elizabethtown sacrificed Keller to second and he came around to score on a Bednar single to right.
• York trimmed the Blue Jay lead by one in the eighth as Lucas Prendergast doubled to lead off the inning. Prendergast moved to third on a ground out and came around to score on a Tinneny sacrifice fly. The Blue Jays intentionally walked Chris Betler but got the final out of the inning on a ground out as they took a 4-3 lead to the ninth.
• After closer Ethan Kennedy navigated his way through the top of the ninth, the Spartans got a great start to the bottom of the ninth. Connor Pickle doubled down the right field line to put the tying run in scoring position with no outs. Chris Nesensohn sacrificed Pickle to third and, after a ground out to the pitcher, Pickle scored on a Prendergast infield single, tying the game at four.
• The Blue Jays responded immediately in the top of the tenth as RJ Agriss led off the inning with a single. Elizabethtown sacrificed him to second. Mason Woolwine blasted a homer to left, giving the visitors the 6-4 lead. The Blue Jays added another run on a JM Musser RBI single to left.
• York loaded the bases to start the bottom of the tenth. Robby Elzinga opened the frame with an infield single. Tinneny got hit by a pitch and Betler walked to load the bases. Blue Jays reliever Zac Silfies buckled down and got a strikeout, a line out and a strikeout to preserve the lead and close out the game.

Spartan Offensive Leaders
Michael Tinneny: 3-for-4, 1 run, RBI, SF, HBP
Lucas Prendergast: 2-for-5, 1 run, RBI, 2B
Andrew Santarpia: 2-for-6, RBI, 2B
Connor Pickle: 2-for-3, 1 run, 2 BB, 2B, HBP
Gabe Trevena: 1-for-6, RBI
 
Spartan Pitching
Owen Brockner: 4.0 IP, 6 hits, 3 runs, 3 ER, 1 K
Jason Cassidy: 3.0 IP, 3 hits, 1 run, 1 ER, 1 K, 1 BB
Ethan Kennedy: 3.0 IP, 6 hits, 3 runs, 3 ER, 5 K, 2 HB (Loss, 2-1)
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans had their four-game win streak snapped against the Blue Jays … York leads the all-time series 31-24-1 … the Blue Jays last win came on May 2, 2017 as they downed the Spartans 10-7 at Jaquet Field … York is now 8-3 at home as they have lost two of their last three at Jaquet Field … York has given up four first inning runs in two of their last three at home after outscoring opponents 23-2 in the first inning through their first 23 games … York falls to 1-1 in extra innings … York is 0-2 when an opponent hits two or more home runs in a game … York stranded a season-high 19 on base, marking the fifth time York has left double figures in runners left on base … York is now 3-2 when leaving double figures in runers but 0-2 the last two times that has happened … York had four more doubles while they also drew seven walks … York has drawn 25 walks in their last five games … York was hit by four more pitches as they have been drilled 42 times this year … Michael Tinneny notched his 11^th multi-hit game while Lucas Prendergast (12 games), Andrew Santarpia (9 games) and Conor Pickle (8 games) also had multiple hit games for the Spartans … Tinneny extended his hit streak to 11 games, the best streak of the year for the Spartans … Prendergast raised his hit streak to 10 games … Prendergast raised his reached base safely streak to a season-high 14 games while Chris Betler reached base three times to raise his streak to 13 games … Tinneny has the third current double figure streak with 11 games.
 
Up Next
The Spartans return to Jaquet Field to continue their five-game home stand on Thursday as they host Randolph-Macon in a non-conference tilt. Game time in York is scheduled for 3:30 pm.