YORK, PA – The York College baseball team completed a three-game series sweep of St. Mary's College on Sunday as the Spartans earned an 11-6 win at Jaquet Field.
The Spartans have now won three straight after starting the season 0-5.
York is now 3-5 overall while the Seahawks fall to 0-6 with the loss.
 
Runs: York 11 – SMC 6
Hits: York 10 – SMC 12
Errors: York 4 – SMC 1
LOB: York 8 – SMC 15
WP: Konner Reeser (1-0); LP: Jordan Bonhoff (0-2)
 
How It Happened
• The Seahawks got on the board in the top of the first courtesy of a Trevor Smith RBI to left. It could have been a bigger inning as St. Mary's left runners at second and third at the end of the inning. The Spartans answered with two run bottom of the frame. Gabe Trevena doubled, moved to second on a Michael Tinneny single and then scored on a wild pitch. Tinneny came around to score on a Jason Cassidy single to center.
• York tacked on two more runs in the second as they loaded the bases with one out. A failed pick-off attempt allowed one run to score and then Trevena had an RBI ground out to make it 4-1 Spartans.
• St. Mary's loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the fifth. They cashed in on an infield single and a subsequent error that allowed two runs to score as the Spartan lead was trimmed to 4-3. The Seahawks took the lead in the top of the sixth as they again loaded the bases with no one out. A hit batter tied the game and an Ian Walters single up the middle gave the visitors a 5-4 lead.
• The Spartans recaptured the lead in the bottom of the sixth as Chris Nesensohn ripped a two run double off the right field wall to give York 6-5 lead. Nesensohn came around to score on a Trevena sacrifice fly to right. The Seahawks scored a single run in the seventh on a Cole Tarleton single just inside the left field line. York answered in the bottom of the frame with a majestic solo bomb to right center, restoring the 8-6 lead.
• After a quiet top of the eighth, the Spartans got three huge insurance runs. York loaded the bases with one out and then got a sacrifice fly from Tinneny. Cassidy then capped the scoring with a two-out, two-run single for the final 11-6 margin of victory.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Jason Cassidy: 2-for-5, 3 RBI
Joe Urban: 2-for-3, 1 run, 2 2B
Gabe Trevena: 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI, BB, 2B
Chris Nesensohn: 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI, BB
Lucas Prendergast: 1-for-3, 1 run, 2 BB, 2B
 
Spartan Pitching
Owen Brockner: 4.0 IP, 5 hits, 3 ER, 6 K, 5 BB, WP
Konner Reeser: 2.0  IP, 3 hits, 2 runs, 1 ER, 5 K, 2 BB, HB
Jason Cassidy: 2.0 IP, 3 hits, 1 run, 0 ER, 1 K, 1 BB
Ethan Kennedy: 1.0 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 2 K
 
Spartan Notes
York is now 68-17 all-time against St. Mary's as the Spartans have won 12 straight in the series … after not reaching double figures in runs in their first five games, the Spartans scored 38 runs in the three-game series with the Seahawks … York tied a season-high with five doubles … Chris Betler's seventh inning home run was just York's third bombe of the year … York was hit by another three pitches in the game as they have now been plunked 18 times this year including 14 in the three game series against SMC … York had another two sacrifice flies as they had two in each of the three games against SMC … York drew 20 walks in the three games against SMC … the Spartan pitchers combined to strikeout 14 on Saturday … Michael Tinneny, Betler and Jacob Deimling have all reached base safely in all eight games … Jason Cassidy collected his third multi-hit game of the year while Joe Urban recorded his game with multiple hits on the year … Tinneny has a hit in every Spartan game this year while Gabe Trevena and Cassidy currently own five game hit streaks … the Seahawks got the lead off runner on in eight of their nine innings and stranded 15 in the game.
 
Up Next
The Spartans continue their four game home stand with a Tuesday afternoon contest against #19 Penn State Harrisburg. The Lions enter the game with a record of 9-1 as they have won four straight. First pitch from Jaquet Field is scheduled for 3:30 pm.