YORK, PA – The York College baseball team dropped a wild 11-8 decision to Randolph-Macon on a sun-splashed Thursday afternoon in York.
The teams combined for eight runs in the first two innings before the score pace settled until the middle of the game.
The Yellow Jackets improve to 12-7 overall while the Spartans fall to 9-10.
 
Runs: York 8 – Randolph-Macon 11
Hits: York 10 – Randolph-Macon 15
Errors: York 4 – Randolph-Macon 2
LOB: York 8 – Randolph-Macon 7
WP: Braxton Pope (1-0); LP: Konner Reeser (1-1); Save: Michael Shanahan (2)
 
How It Happened
• The Yellow Jackets got on the board first as Aaron Lautenschlager ripped a two-out double to left center to put the visitors up 1-0 in the top of the first. York answered with a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the frame to take a 2-1 lead.
• Randolph-Macon fashioned another two out rally in the top of the second. Back-to-back RBI singles from Jon Quici and Mason Bodnar put the Yellow Jackets up 3-2. The Spartans answered by loading the bases with no outs in the bottom of the frame. Lucas Prendergast singled home the first run of the inning to tie the game at three. Gabe Trevena drove home a second run with an RBI fielder's choice. York's third run of the inning came when Michael Tinneny made it 5-3 with an RBI ground out to second.
• The Yellow Jackets got a single run in the fourth. Once again, the Spartans got the first two outs of the inning only to have Bodnar score Quici who singled to start the uprising.
• The Spartans extended their lead with a three-run fifth inning to push their lead to 8-4. The Spartans loaded the bases with two outs. Ryan Niedzialkowski drew a walk to plate one run. Chris Nesensohn drew another walk for a second run. Prendergast scored the third run when he was hit by a pitch for the four-run Spartan lead.
• That lead proved to be short-lived as the Yellow Jackets erupted for a five-run top of the sixth inning to seize control of the game. The inning began with a solo home run to deep center by Logan Duff on the first pitch of the frame. After a walk, CJ Chatterton had an infield single followed by a Spartan error to put runners at the corners with no outs. A sacrifice fly from Quici cut the Spartan lead to 8-7. Lautenschlager tied the game with a single to left and he came around to score on a Chaz Harvey double to right as Randolph-Macon led 9-8.
• The Yellow Jackets tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the seventh as Quici and Bodnar each had RBI singles as their lead grew to 11-8.
• York went quietly in the final three innings of the game as never brought the tying run to the plate.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Lucas Prendergast: 3-for-4, 1 run, 2 RBI, 2 2B
Jacob Deimling: 2-for-3, 1 run, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Ryan Niedzialkowski: 2-for-3, 1 run, 1 RBI, BB
Michael Tinneny: 1-for-5, 1 run, 1 RBI
 
Spartan Pitching
Dillon Michaloski: 3.2 IP, 8 hits, 4 runs, 2 ER, 4 K, 1 BB, 2 WP
Konner Reeser: 2.0 IP, 4 hits, 5 ER, 1 K, 1 BB
Bryce Shaffer: 0.2 IP, 3 hits, 2 runs, 1 ER, BB
Jason Cassidy: 1.2 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 2 K, 1 BB, WP
Jesse Bitzer: 1.0 IP, 0 hits, 1 K
 
Spartan Notes
York falls to 4-14-2 all-time against Randolph-Macon as the Yellow Jackets have won four straight in the series … York falls to 4-6 at home this year … York is now 4-9 in non-conference games this year … the Spartans are now 5-4 when scoring in the first inning and 1-8 when their opponent scores first … York has committed four errors in each of their last two games as they now have 35 for the year … York drew four walks in the loss but struck out 11 times, their second highest total of the year (13 at Lynchburg) … the Spartans got hit by two more pitches as they have worn it 40 times this year … York had a season-high three wild pitches in the game … Randolph-Macon's 15 hits were the second most allowed by the Spartan pitching staff this year (18 vs. Misericordia) … Lucas Prendergast picked up his sixth multi-hit game of the year including his third three-hit game of the year … Jacob Deimling recorded his seventh multi-hit game of the year with his two knocks … Michael Tinneny extended his hit streak to 19 games with his fifth inning infield single … Prendergast extended his current hit streak to 13 games … Tinneny and Deimling have both reached base safely in all 19 games this year while Prendergast has a 16 game reached base safely streak.
 
Up Next
The Spartans return to action on Friday as they open a MAC Commonwealth series against Hood College at Jaquet Field. First pitch for game one of the three game series is set for 3:30 pm.