ELIZABETHTOWN, PA – The York College baseball squad picked up a big non-conference win as they downed Elizabethtown College 4-2 on Monday in Elizabethtown, PA.
The Spartan win snaps a 12-game winning streak for the Blue Jays.
York improves to 18-16 overall while Elizabethtown falls to 22-11.
 
Runs: York 4 – Elizabethtown 2
Hits: York 5 – Elizabethtown 6
Errors: York 0 – Elizabethtown 1
LOB: York 9 – Elizabethtown 10
WP: Jake Ludwig (1-0); LP: Lucas Scheib (0-1); Save: Ethan Kennedy (6)
 
How It Happened
• The Spartans opened the scoring in the third inning as they loaded the bases with one out in the frame. York scored on a Chris Betler fielder's choice, scoring Chris Nesensohn who opened the inning by getting hit by a pitch. Alex Neeld then made it 2-0 with a sacrifice fly that scored Lucas Prendergast. Elizabethtown's Mason Woolwine sliced the Spartan lead in half with an RBI single in the bottom of the inning.
• Each team scored a run in the fifth. York got their run as Brett Michael walked and came around to score on a Prendergast RBI double to right for the 3-1 lead. The Blue Jays got the run right back in the bottom of the frame courtesy of a Quinten Perilli RBI single to left.
• York added a big insurance run in the sixth. Ryan Niedzialkowski and Richard Kline drew back-to-back walks to start the inning. Jackson Ford moved them up 90 feet each with a sacrifice bunt. Michael scored Niedzialkowski with a sacrifice fly and a 4-2 Spartan lead.
• Jason Cassidy and Ethan Kennedy made that lead stand. Cassidy threw scoreless frames in the eighth and ninth. Kennedy then picked up his career-high sixth save of the year with an eight pitch ninth inning in which he retired each of the three Blue Jays he faced.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Lucas Prendergast: 2-for-5, 1 run, RBI, 2B
Ryan Niedzialkowski: 1-for-3, 1 run, BB
Chris Nesensohn: 1-for-1, 1 run, 2B, HBP
Richard Kline: 1-for-3, BB
Brett Michael: 0-for-2, run, RBI, BB, SF
 
Spartan Pitching
Jesse Bitzer: 4.2 IP, 5 hits, 2 ER, 0 K, 3 BB
Jake Ludwig: 1.1 IP, 0 hits, 0 ER, HB
Jason Cassidy: 2.0 IP, 1 hit, 0 ER, 2 K, 2 BB
Ethan Kennedy: 1.0 IP, 0 hits, 0 ER
 
Spartan Notes
York improves to 32-24-1 all-time against the Blue Jays … York has won five of the last six meetings between the two programs … York is now 14-5 when scoring first in a game … the Spartans are now 4-0 when holding an opponent to two runs or less … York is 2-0 when scoring exactly four runs in a game … the Green and White is now 5-1 when playing errorless baseball … York is 14-1 when leading after six innings of play … the Spartans are now 9-7 on the road … York has won three of their last four games … in two of those wins, York scored just four runs but still won … York has played error free baseball in each of their last two games … senior Jesse Bitzer made his first career start for the Spartans as he allowed two earned runs on five hits in 4.2 innings of work as he was just one out short of qualifying for a win … Jake Ludwig earned his first collegiate win as he tossed 1.1 innings out of the pen as he allowed one Blue Jay to reach on a hit batter … Jason Cassidy threw two scoreless innings as he allowed one hit, walked two and struck out two … Ethan Kennedy picked up his career high sixth save of the season in his most efficient outings, retiring three Blue Jays on eight pitches … Kennedy's sixth save eclipses his previous career high of five set in 2023 … he has now finished a school-record 50 games during his career … Lucas Prendergast, who was named the MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week earlier on Monday, recorded his 12^th multi-hit game of the year … Prendergast also extended his current hit streak to 12 games and his reached base safely streak to 31 games.
 
Up Next
The Spartans return to Jaquet Field on Tuesday afternoon as they host #6 Salisbury University in their final non-conference home game of the year. The game is set for a 3:30 pm first pitch in York.