LYNCHBURG, VA – The York College baseball team dropped the third game of their weekend series at #9 Lynchburg as the Hornets scored four runs over their final three at-bats to earn a 5-1 victory on Sunday.
The Spartans trailed early but tied the game in the sixth but the Hornets were able to score late to pick up the weekend sweep.
The ninth ranked Hornets improve to 9-1 while the Spartans head home looking for win number one as they are now 0-3.
 
Runs: York 1 – Lynchburg 5
Hits: York 5 – Lynchburg 7
Errors: York 2 – Lynchburg 2
LOB: York 8 – Lynchburg 6
WP: Tyce Fischl (1-1); LP: Owen Brockner (0-1)
 
How It Happened
• The Hornets got on the board in the bottom of the first. A single and two hit batters loaded the bases to start the inning as it looked like Lynchburg would blow the game open early. Spartan starter Owen Brockner got clean-up hitter Sean Pokorak to ground into a 6-4-3 double play scoring one to put Lynchburg on top 1-0. Brocker then got the final out of the inning to escape any further damage.
• The Spartans got a one-out double from Jacob Deimling in the top of the second but he wouldn't be able to advance the rest of the inning. York got two runners on in the third but, again, wouldn't be able to come up with the big knock in the inning.
• The Spartans finally got something cooking in the top of the sixth. Michael Tinneny opened the frame with a single to right. Chris Betler drew a walk, and after a fly out to center, Deimling walked to load the bases with one out. Alex Neeld then drew a walk to tie the game at one. The Hornets then went to the pen and reliever Tyce Fischl. He got a strikeout and a fly out to leave the bases loaded.
• The Hornets answered in the bottom of the sixth as Brockner easily got the first two outs of the inning. However, a Spartan error followed by a Benton Jones double gave the Hornets a 2-1 lead.
• Lynchburg got some insurance in the bottom of the seventh with a two-out rally. An infield single and a walk followed by an RBI single gave the Hornets a 3-1 lead. A Spartan wild pitch made it 4-1 before York could get out of the inning.
• The Hornets closed out the scoring in the bottom of the eighth with another two-out rally. This time a double steal with runners at the corners was the method of scoring for the home team. York went quietly in the ninth.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Michael Tinneny: 3-for-4, 1 run
Jacob Deimling: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
Chris Nesensohn: 1-for-4
Alex Neeld: 0-for-3, RBI, BB
 
Spartan Pitching
Owen Brockner: 6.0 IP, 3 hits, 2 runs, 1 ER, 2 K, 0 BB, 3 HB
Brian McDermott: 0.2 IP, 3 hits, 2 ER, 2 BB
Bryce Shaffer: 0.1 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs
Ethan Kennedy: 1.0 IP, 1 hit, 1 ER, 1 BB
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans are now 5-13 all-time against Lynchburg … York hit .192 (20-of-104) for the weekend … the Spartans struck out 27 times while they walked just nine times in the season-opening series … the York pitching staff walked 17 with just 10 strikeouts in their 24 innings of work … junior Owen Brockner deserved a better fate as he threw six strong innings, allowing just one earned run on three hits with two strikeouts and no walks … Michael Tinneny completed the trip hitting .500 (5-for-10) with three runs scored and three walks … Lucas Prendergast hit .308 (4-for-14) and Jason Cassidy hit .375 (3-for-8) for the weekend but no other Spartan hit above .200 … Spartan pitchers hit eight batters on the weekend … York will not see another ranked team until they host Misericordia on March 12, the span of six games.
 
Up Next
The Spartans return to action on Tuesday afternoon as they head to Lancaster, PA to face off against Franklin & Marshall in a non-conference contest. First pitch from Penn Medicine Park is set for 3:00 pm.