YORK, PA  - The York College opened up their home slate and their MAC Commonwealth schedule with a doubleheader sweep of Albright on Saturday at Spartan Stadium.
York won game one 4-2 and then completed the sweep with a 10-2 five inning win over the Lions.
The Spartans improve to 4-8 overall and 2-0 in the league while the Lions are now 0-4 overall and 0-2 in conference play.
 
Game One
Runs: York 4 – Albright 2
Hits: York 5 – Albright 5
Errors: York 0 – Albright 0
LOB: York 5 – Albright 10
WP: Natalie Rietema (2-5); LP: Gabriella Weiss (0-2)
 
How It Happened
• The Lions got on the board first as they scored on a passed ball into the top of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead. Albright added on in the third as Monica Hernandez scored on a Katie Behler RBI ground out for the 2-0 lead. It could have been worse but Natalie Rietema got a pair of strikeouts with Lions and second and third and just one out.
• The Spartans finally got on the board in the fourth inning. Gretchen Barstad drew a lead-off walk in the inning. She got to stroll the rest of the way around the bases as Emma Wade blasted a 3-2 pitch over the left-center field wall, tying the game at two.
• Albright pitcher Gabriella Weiss got the first two outs of the fifth inning on three pitches but Barstad doubled to start the rally. Wade then hit another 3-2 pitch over the right field wall to give York a 4-2 lead.
• The Lions got the lead-off hitter on in the sixth and moved her to third with a pair of sacrifice bunts but Rietema got a ground out to short to end the threat. The Lions loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the seventh but Rietema got a routine fly out to left to end the game.
 
Game One Spartan Offensive Leaders
Emma Wade: 2-for-4, 2 runs, 4 RBI, 2 HR
Gretchen Barstad: 2-for-2, 2 runs, BB
Morgan Sauers: 1-for-2, BB
 
Game One Spartan Pitching
Natalie Rietema: 7.0 IP, 5 hits, 2 runs, 1 ER, 7 K, 6 BB, 1 HB
 
Game Two
Runs: York 10 – Albright 2 (5 inn)
Hits: York 9 – Albright 2
Errors: York 1 – Albright 0
LOB: York 6 – Albright 3
WP: Gretchen Barstad (2-0); LP: Jadelyn Van Winkle (0-2)
 
How It Happened
• York opened the scoring by batting around in the first. The first run came home on an Emma Wade sacrifice fly to score Jordyn Woodling who opened the game with a double down the right field line. Alexis McDonaugh drove home a pair with a double to left center for the 3-0 lead. Emma Keller later scored McDonaugh with an RBI single to right.
• Gretchen Barstad made it 6-0 in the second as she ripped a two-run homer to center for her third home run of the year. Keller drove home two more in the second with a two-run single up the middle to score Wade and McDonaugh for the 8-0 lead.
• McDonaugh made it 9-0 with an RBI double to right in the third as the Spartans were on cruise control. The Lions finally reached Barstad for a pair of unearned runs as the Spartans committed a two-run error with two outs in the frame, allowing the Lions to break up the shutout.
• The Spartans loaded the bases in the fifth and reached the eight-run margin of victory with a McDonaugh sacrifice fly to right as the Spartans picked up their third straight win with the five-inning victory.
 
Game Two Spartan Offensive Leaders
Alexis McDonaugh: 3-for-3, 2 runs, 4 RBI, 2B, SF
Emma Keller: 2-for-2, 3 RBI
Jordyn Woodling: 2-for-3, 3 runs, BB, 2B
Gretchen Barstad: 1-for-2, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HR
 
Game Two Spartan Pitching
Gretchen Barstad: 5.0 IP, 2 hits, 2 runs, 0 ER, 6 K, 2 BB, 1 WP
 
Spartan Notes
York improves to 15-13 all-time with Albright as the Spartans have now won eight straight in the series … the ten runs in game two is the Spartans' second-highest run total of the season (14 vs. LeTourneau in game two) … York drew a season-high nine walks in game two … York struck out just one time in the two games … York was clean defensively as they made just one error in the two games … York now has multiple home runs in three games this year … York had a season-high two sacrifice flies in game two … Gretchen Barstad walked a season-low two in the game two win … York struck out 13 Lions in 12 innings of work on Saturday … Barstad's two runs allowed (both unearned) were a season low for a Spartan pitcher this year … York allowed just seven hits in 12 innings of action … Barstad and Emma Wade both have four game hit streaks for York … Wade and Jordyn Woodling each have four multi-RBI games … Alexis McDonaugh has a current six game streak of reaching base safely.
 
Up Next
The Spartans return to Spartan Stadium on Thursday when they host Penn State Harrisburg in a non-conference doubleheader in York. Game one is slated for a 3:00 pm start.