FREDERICK, MD – The Spartan baseball team suffered a pair of one-run losses in a key MAC Commonwealth sweep at the hands of Hood College on Saturday in Frederick, Maryland. The Blazers won game one 9-8 and earned the 6-5 win in the nightcap in come-from-behind fashion.
The Spartans are now 10-12 overall and 6-3 in the Commonwealth. Hood is now 8-16 overall and 4-5 in the league.
 
Game One
Runs: York 8 – Hood 9
Hits: York 5 – Hood 12
Errors: York 2 – Hood 1
LOB: York 5 – Hood 7
WP: Finn Scott-Daniels (2-4); LP: Brandon Purdy (1-2)
 
How It Happened
• The game was cruising along, scoreless into the bottom of the third inning. The Blazers plated a pair in the third. Keegan Brennan led off the inning with a single to left. Rhett Robbins scored Brennan with a double to right for the 1-0 lead. Ty Broughton then scored Robbins with a single to center for the 2-0 advantage.
• The Blazers made it 3-0 in the fifth courtesy of a Jack Petterson RBI double to right. Hood poured it in sixth as they scored six runs to turn a close game into a rout. The Blazers got six runs on just three hits with a pair of Spartan errors as they led 9-0 heading to the final inning.
• Much to the Spartans credit, they made it incredibly interesting in the top of the seventh. York loaded the bases to start the inning before Lucas Prendergast singled to center to score two runs. Gabe Trevena walked to re-load the bases with no outs. Michael Tinneny drew a bases loaded walk to make it 9-3. Alex Neeld had an RBI ground out for York's fourth and fifth runs. Jacob Deimling ripped a two-run homer to right to make the score 9-8. The Blazers escaped by getting the next two Spartans out to hang on for the dramatic win.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Joe Urban: 2-for-3, 1 run, BB
Lucas Prendergast: 1-for-4, 1 run, 2 RBI
Jacob Deimling: 1-for-4, 1 run, 2 RBI, HR
Ryan Niedzialkowski: 1-for-3, 1 run
 
Spartan Pitching
Brandon Purdy: 11 hits, 7 runs, 3 ER, 4 K, 0 BB
Konner Reeser: 1.0 IP, 1 hit, 2 runs, 0 ER, 1 HB
 
Game Two
Runs: York 5 – Hood 6
Hits: York 10 – Hood 11
Errors: York 3 – Hood 1
LOB: York 11 – Hood 8
WP: Mason Potter (1-1); LP: Jason Cassidy (2-2); Save: AJ Haines (1)
 
How It Happened
• The Spartans got off to a great start with a three-run second inning. Ryan Niedzialkowski opened the scoring with an RBI single to left. Chris Nesensohn then plated two more runs with a single to right for the 3-0 lead. York left some runs on the table as they had the bases loaded with one out but the Blazers got the next two Spartan hitters to keep the Spartan lead at three.
• Niedzialkowski added to the lead with an RBI single in the fourth while Gabe Trevena made it 5-0 on an RBI single to center in the sixth.
• Hood hit the Spartans with a sixth run bottom of the eighth, and again, the Spartan defense didn't help their cause. Ty Broughton started the uprising with a three-run homer to left, slicing the Spartan lead to 5-3. After a ground out, the Blazers got back-to-back singles. York got a fielder's choice out for the second out of the inning. A Spartan error allowed the fourth run to score and extended the inning as the Blazers got two more RBI singles to take the 6-5 lead.
• York went in order in the ninth as the Green and White dropped the two one-run games.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Ryan Niedzialkowski: 3-for-4, 2 RBI
Matthew Wade: 2-for-5, 1 run
Chris Nesensohn: 2-for-4, 2 RBI
Gabe Trevena: 1-for-4, RBI
Jacob Deimling: 1-for-4, 1 run, 2B, BB
 
Spartan Pitching
Owen Brockner: 6.2 IP, 5 hits, 0 runs, 2 K, 3 BB
Jason Cassidy: 1.1 IP, 6 hits, 6 runs, 3 ER, 1 K, 1 BB
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans are now 11-7 all-time against Hood but the Blazers have won five of the last six games between the two teams … Hood has won the last two season series … York is now 5-6 away from Jaquet Field … York has lost three of their last four and five of their last eight … the Spartans have been outscored 18-9 in eighth innings this year … York is now 8-3 when they score first and 2-9 when their opponent scores the first run of the game … York lost their first game when leading after the sixth inning as they are now 7-1 … York made five errors in the two games as they have now made 14 miscues in their last five games … junior Owen Brockner had his best outing of the year as he shut out the Blazers over 6.2 innings, scattering five hits, striking out two and walking three in game two … Michael Tinneny had his career-high 20 game hit streak snapped with his 0-for-3 in the opening game … Lucas Prendergast had his 15 game hit streak halted in game one … Jacob Deimling has now reached base safely in all 22 games this year … Prendergast is on a 19 game reached base safely streak … Chris Nesensohn now has seven multi-RBI games and is second on the team with 22 RBI for the year.
 
Up Next
The Spartans welcome nationally ranked Rowan to Jaquet Field on Tuesday, April 1 for a non-conference contest. First pitch is set for 3:30 pm in York.