YORK, PA – The York College baseball team extended their win streak to four as they downed Shenandoah 6-3 in non-conference action at Jaquet Field on Tuesday afternoon.
The Spartans scored three runs in the seventh and one more in the eighth to pull away for the come-from-behind win over the Hornets.
York improves to 7-7 overall while the Hornets have their three-game win streak snapped as they fall to 12-6 overall.
 
Runs: York 6 – Shenandoah 3
Hits: York 10 – Shenandoah 8
Errors: York 2 – Shenandoah 1
LOB: York 9 – Shenandoah 8
WP: Jason Cassidy (2-1); LP: Jake Holbert (1-1); Save: Ethan Kennedy (3)
 
How It Happened
• The two starting pitchers were outstanding early as Dillon Michaloski and Nick Bell were on-point through the first three innings. Michaloski retired nine of the first ten that he faced with the lone runner coming in the top of the third as Luke Keister singled with two outs in the third. The Spartans got a pair of singles in the top of the first but Bell retired the next seven he faced for Shenandoah.
• York got on the board in the bottom of the fourth. Michael Tinneny singled to center to start the uprising. After a ground out moved him to second, Jacob Deimling walked to put runners at first and second. Joe Urban hit a ground ball that looked destined to be a double play but an error on the Hornets allowed Tinneny to score and Deimling to move to third. Deimling then scored on a Matthew Wade fielder's choice to put the Spartans up 2-0.
• The Hornets answered right back in the top of the fifth inning. Haden Madagan singled up the middle to kick off the frame. After a fly out, Matthew Atchley doubled off the wall in right to score Madagan, slicing the Spartan lead in half. Keister laid down a sacrifice bunt but a Spartan error allowed Atchley score score on the miscue while Keister ended up at second. After stealing third, Keister scored on a Jamie Padilla sacrifice fly to take the 3-2 lead.
• The Hornets loaded the bases in the top of the sixth but Bryce Shaffer worked out of the jam. The Hornets got a lead-off single from Padilla to start the seventh but Jason Cassidy got the next three batters out to keep the Shenandoah lead at one.
• The Spartans rallied in the bottom of the seventh as Dawson Shelley led off the inning with a single through the right side. After a Lucas Prendergast sac bunt moved Shelley to second, the Hornets got the second out with a strikeout. Tinneny came up huge again for York as he drove a double off the right field wall, tying the game at three. After Alex Neeld was intentionally walked, Deimling ripped a shot to right. The Hornet right fielder lost the ball in the sun and it bounced five feet in front of him and skipped past him, allowing Neeld to score all the way from first for the 5-3 lead.
• Cassidy got the Hornets in order in the eighth setting the stage for the Spartans to tack on a run in the bottom of the frame. Gabe Trevena tripled with one out and came around to score on a two-out single from Prendergast. Closer Ethan Kennedy allowed a lead off single but he got a foul out and two fly outs to close out the Spartan win.  
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Michael Tinneny: 3-for-5, 2 runs, 1 RBI, 2B
Lucas Prendergast: 1-for-3, RBI
Alex Neeld: 1-for-3, 1 run, BB
Jacob Deimling: 1-for-2, 1 run, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2B
 
Spartan Pitching
Dillon Michaloski: 4.2 IP, 4 hits, 3 runs, 2 ER, 5 K, 0 BB
Bryce Shaffer: 1.1 IP, 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 BB
Jason Cassidy: 2.0 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 2 K
Ethan Kennedy: 1.0 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs
 
Spartan Notes
York improves to 3-8 all-time as the Spartans have won three straight in the series … the Spartans tied a season-low with three runs allowed in the win … York has surrendered just 10 runs in their last three games … York reached double figures with 10 hits and that's the tenth game in 14 that they have reached double figures in hits … York was hit with one pitch as they have now been plunked 30 times this year … after being error-less in game two against Albright, York had two miscues which cost them an unearned run … York allowed just eight hits, their second-lowest total of the year … York pitching has walked just two batters in their last two games while they have a combined 15 strikeouts … sophomore Dillon Michaloski had his best outing of the year as he threw 4.2 innings and allowed three runs, two earned, on just four hits … more importantly, he did not walk a batter and struck out five during his outing … Michael Tinneny extended his hit streak to 14 games while Gabe Trevena pushed his hit streak to nine … Tinneny had his third three-hit game of the year as he now has a team-leading seven multi-hit games … Tinneny and Jacob Deimling have both reached base safely in all 14 games this year while Lucas Prendergast has reached base safely in 11 games.
 
Up Next
The Spartans return to action on Wednesday afternoon as they host Catholic University in a make-up game from an early season rainout. First pitch at Jaquet Field is set for 3:30 pm in York.