GRANTHAM, PA – The York College baseball team dropped game three of their MAC Commonwealth series against Messiah, falling 5-3 in the decisive game of the series.
The Spartans fell behind 3-0 in the first inning and were not able to overcome the early deficit.
York falls to 15-14 overall and 10-5 in the Commonwealth while the Falcons improve to 19-12 overall and 13-2 in the league.
 
Runs: York 3 – Messiah 5
Hits: York 7 – Messiah 10
Errors: York 2 – Messiah 2
LOB: York 6 – Messiah 7
WP: Zachary Harris (4-2); LP: Owen Brockner (1-2); Saves: Noah Barrall (3)
 
How It Happened
• The Falcons jumped on the Spartans for three runs in the bottom of the first inning. Dylan Beard opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly to center to put the Falcons up 1-0. Jarrett Gordon made it 3-0 with a two-out, two-run single to right.
• York got on the board in the top of the third as Lucas Prendergast blasted a solo home run to right center, cutting the deficit to 3-1. The Falcons got the run back in the fourth an Evan Wagaman RBI single after the Spartans had an error to extend the inning.
• The Green and White trimmed their deficit in the fifth as Matthew Wade collected an infield single and moved to second on a throwing error. Prendergast singled to center to score Wade as York trailed 4-2. The Falcons responded in the bottom of the fifth as Dylan Beard hit a lead-off homer to left, pushing the Messiah lead back to 5-2.
• York got an RBI double from Chris Nesensohn in the seventh but the Falcons brought in closer Noah Barrall who limited the Spartans to a pair of walks as he picked up the seven out save.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Lucas Prendergast: 2-for-4, 1 run, 2 RBI, HR
Joe Urban: 2-for-4, 1 run
Chris Nesensohn: 1-for-3, RBI, BB, 2B
Matthew Wade: 1-for-2, run
 
Spartan Pitching
Owen Brockner: 5.2 IP, 10 hits, 5 runs, 4 ER, 4 K, 0 BB, 2 HB
Jason Cassidy: 2.1 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 K, 1 BB
 
Spartan Notes
York is now 55-17 all-time against Messiah but the Falcons have won six of the last nine games in the series … York falls to 7-7 on the road while Messiah improves to 10-2 at home … York is now 2-4 in games decided by two runs or less … York is 1-4 when scoring between three and five runs in a game … the loss is just the second for the Spartans when allowing between three and five runs in a game (8-2) … York is 4-7 when their opponent scores in the first inning … York is 2-5 when they allow a home run to an opponent … the Spartans are now 4-12 when being out-hit by their opponent … York was held to three runs for the second straight game … York tied a season-high as they struck out 13 times in the contest (13 vs. Lynchburg on March 1) … the 13 strikeouts are just the fourth time York has reached double figures in K's … York allowed double figures in hits for the second straight game and the 19^th time this year … Lucas Prendergast picked up his tenth multi-hit game of the year and his seventh multi-RBI … Prendergast also extended his current reached base safely streak to 26, tied for the team lead with Jacob Deimling.
 
Up Next
The Spartans return to action on Tuesday afternoon when they host Lebanon Valley College in a non-conference contest. First pitch from Jaquet Field is set for 3:30 pm.