YORK, PA – The York College baseball team earned their first win over a nationally ranked team as the Spartans beat #16 Rowan 9-3 on Tuesday afternoon in York.
The Spartans got great pitching efforts from Dillon Michaloski, Bryce Shaffer and Ethan Kennedy in the win.
The Spartans improve to 11-12 overall while the Profs fall to 14-6.
 
Runs: York 9 – Rowan 3
Hits: York 12 – Rowan 7
Errors: York 0 – Rowan 3
LOB: York 10 – Rowan 5
WP: Dillon Michaloski (2-2); LP: Thomas Sullivan (2-1)
 
How It Happened
• The Profs couldn't have gotten off to a much better start as Jason Morgan stroked a double to right center on the second pitch of the game. He came around to score when Phil Sedalis singled to center for the 1-0 Rowan lead. Dillon Michaloski got the next two hitters before Nick Struble singled through the right side for the 2-0 lead. Michaloski got out of the inning with a fielder's choice as the Spartans trailed 2-0.
• The Spartans tied the game two batters into the bottom of the first. Lucas Prendergast doubled to right and came around to score when Michael Tinneny ripped a two-run homer to right, tying the game at two.
• York took the lead for good in the second as Chris Nesensohn singled to left with one out. He moved to second on a ground out and scored on a Prendergast RBI single to center. York pushed the lead to 5-2 when Ryan Niedzialkowski reached on an error and came around to score on Alex Neeld's team-leading seventh home run of the year.
• Rowan cut the Spartan lead to 5-3 in the fifth as Joey Bogart doubled to lead off the frame. He moved to third on a ground out to second before scoring on a Morgan single to right. York got that run right back in the fifth as Jacob Deimling singled and moved to third on a Neeld double off the right field wall. Gabe Trevena plated Deimling with an RBI ground out for a 6-3 lead.
• York made it 7-3 as they loaded the bases with one out and scored a run on wild pitch for the 7-3 lead. The Profs threatened in the seventh as they had runners at first and second with no outs. Bryce Shaffer came out of the pen and got a fly out for out number one. He then got a fielder's choice where York cut a run down at the plate. Shaffer ended the threat with a strikeout to end the inning.
• York tacked on two runs in the bottom of the eighth to close out the scoring. Ethan Kennedy came on to pitch the ninth as he retired the Profs in order.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Lucas Prendergast: 3-for-4, 2 runs, RBI, 2B
Michael Tinneny: 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI, HR (3), BB
Alex Neeld: 2-for-5, 1 run, 3 RBI, HR (7), 2B
Jacob Deimling: 2-for-4, 1 run
Gabe Trevena: 1-for-4, RBI
 
Spartan Pitching
Dillon Michaloski: 6.0 IP, 7 hits, 3 ER, 4 K, 2 BB, WP
Bryce Shaffer: 2.0 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 2 K
Ethan Kennedy: 1.0 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 K
 
Spartan Notes
York is now 12-18 all-time against the Profs as the teams have split their last four games … York is now 6-6 at home … York is 7-1 when holding an opponent between three and five runs … York is 6-4 when scoring in the first inning … York is 7-0 when out-hitting their opponent … York is 5-0 when hitting two home runs or more in a game … York is 8-1 when leading after six innings … York is 8-5 in their last 13 games … the Spartans held the high flying Profs to just three runs, their second lowest total of the year (2 vs. St. Olaf) … the seven Rowan hits were also their second-lowest total of the campaign … York pitching has walked just 15 batters in their last eight games while they have recorded 55 strikeouts during that same stretch … the Spartans hit two home runs in the game and it's the fifth time they have hit multiple home runs in a game … York was hit by three more pitches as they have been hit 48 times this year … Dillon Michaloski had his longest outing of the year as he tied a career high with six innings of work … York has won four of the last five games in which Michaloski has pitched … Bryce Shaffer pitched two perfect innings out of the pen in his team-leading 12^th appearance … Michael Tinneny picked up his team-leading 12^th multi-hit game of the year while Jacob Deimling and Lucas Prendergast notched their eighth multi-hit game … Alex Neeld had his fourth multi-hit game and his fourth multi-RBI contest … Deimling owns the longest current hit streak on the team at seven … Deimling owns a team-leading 23 game on-base streak while Prendergast's streak is at 20 games … The Profs had 10 pitchers appear in the game including four in the eighth inning ..
 
Up Next
The Spartans return to action on Friday afternoon when they open a three game MAC Commonwealth series against Widener University. Game one in York is set for 3:30 pm on Friday.