OWINGS MILLS, MD – The York College baseball team completed a weekend sweep of Stevenson University with a pair of MAC Commonwealth wins in Owings Mills, Maryland on Saturday.
The Spartans won game one 11-4 and completed the sweep with a 5-1 victory in the nightcap. The conference sweep is the second on the year for the Spartans as they won three against Albright earlier this year.
The Spartans improve to 16-4 overall while they are now 7-2 in the Commonwealth as they are a half a game back of Messiah as the Falcons lead the league at 7-1. The Mustangs fall to 8-13 overall and 3-6 in the conference.
 
Game One
Runs: York 11-Stevenson 4
Hits: York 12; Stevenson 3
Errors: York 1; Stevenson 2
LOB: York 9; Stevenson 5
WP: Evan Hughes (3-0); LP: Jake Treasure (2-3)
 
How It Happened
• The Spartans once again got off to a great start in the top of the first. Lucas Prendergast and Gabe Trevena started the uprising with back-to-back singles to start the game. They came jogging home as Robby Elzinga ripped a triple to put York up 2-0.
• The Spartans extended the lead in the second with a five-run frame. Connor Pickle started the festivities with a lead-off double. Brett DeWees singled home Pickle for run number three. Luke Moser followed with a single. Prendergast then plated DeWees with a single and Moser came around to score on a Trevena single to left. After a flyout, Michael Tinneny singled to right to score Prendergast. Chris Betler was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Andrew Santarpia scored the fifth run of the inning with sacrifice fly to center.
• The offense kept trucking along in the fourth. Pickle started the rally with an RBI triple with two outs. DeWees drew a walk and scored, along with Pickle, on Moser's RBI double. Trevena plated Moser with an RBI single two hitters later.
• While the Spartan offense was clicking, freshman righty Evan Hughes was cruising. Hughes did not allow a base hit until pinch hitter Cory Hatcher doubled with no outs in the bottom of the sixth. The Mustangs broke up the shutout with a Jack Gitterman RBI ground out in the sixth. Hughes finished the game with a career-high 12 strikeouts in 6.1 innings of work.
• York got a little sloppy in the seventh as Stevenson got three runs on two hits, an error, a walk and a hit batter to provide for the Spartans' final 11-4 margin of victory.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Gabe Trevena: 3-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI, BB
Connor Pickle: 2-for-3, 2 runs, 1 RBI, 2B, 3B
Lucas Prendergast: 2-for-3, 2 runs, 1 RBI, BB
Luke Moser: 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI
Robby Elzinga: 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 3B
 
Spartan Pitching
Evan Hughes: 6.1 IP, 2 hits, 4 runs, 1 ER, 12 K, 1 BB, 4 HB (Win, 3-0)
Lane Berkey: 0.2 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs
 
Game Two
Runs: York 5 – Stevenson 1
Hits: York 12; Stevenson 7
Errors: York 3; Stevenson 3
LOB: York 6; Stevenson 10
WP: Bryce Shaffer (2-1); LP: Jason Labrador (1-3); Save: Ethan Kennedy (3)
 
How It Happened
• The Spartans got off to another quick start with two runs in the top of the first. Lucas Prendergast singled to open the game. Gabe Trevena was hit by a pitch to put runners at first and second. Michael Tinneny drove them both home with a double to center to stake York to a 2-0 lead.
• York tacked on two more runs in the fourth. Connor Pickle singled up the middle and moved to third on a failed pick-off attempt. He scored on a Matthew Wade RBI single to center. Trevena made it 4-0 later in the inning with an RBI double.
• The Spartans got another strong outing from their starter Bryce Shaffer. Shaffer threw three shutout innings as he scattered three hits, struck out three and walked one to earn his second win of the campaign.
• The Mustangs got an unearned run in the seventh off Spartan closer Ethan Kennedy in the seventh but the senior was able to close out the game as he picked up his third save of the year.
• York got their final run of the game in the eighth as Wade had an RBI fielder's choice to provide for the final 5-1 margin of victory for the Green and White.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Lucas Prendergast: 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2B
Gabe Trevena: 2-for-4, 1 run, 1 RBI, 2B
Chris Betler: 2-for-4, 1 run
Matthew Wade: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2B
Michael TInneny: 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 2B
 
Spartan Pitching
Bryce Shaffer: 6 IP, 3 hits, 0 runs, 3 K, 1 BB, 1 HB (Win, 2-1)
Ethan Kennedy: 3.0 IP, 4 hits, 1 run, 0 ER, 2 K, 1 BB (Save, 3)
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans have now won 11 in a row against Stevenson and lead the all-time series 36-11 … York has now won five in a row and are 8-3 on the road … York outscored Stevenson by a combined 7-0 in the first innings of the three games … York has outscored their opponents 23-4 in the first inning of their 19 games this year … York has outscored their opponents by a combined 189-81 this year … York is 7-1 when scoring in the first inning and 11-1 when scoring first … the Spartans are 10-0 when leading after six innings … the Green and White are 14-0 when out-hitting their opponent … York failed to reach double figures in game two, snapping their streak of four straight games of double digit scoring … York is 9-0 when scoring 10 runs or more … the five runs in game two were their lowest offensive output in their last six games … York has had double digits in hits in the last five straight games and 14 times overall this year … York had two triples for the first time in a game since the season opener at Lynchburg on March 2 … York had another six doubles in the two games as the Spartans have 61 for the season … the Spartans are ranked second in the country in doubles per game (3.24) while they are sixth in batting average (.356) and tied for 12^th in runs per game (10.2) … the Spartans did commit four errors in the two games on Saturday after being perfect in the field in their last two games … the Spartan pitching staff allowed just three earned runs and seven runs overall in the three game series … the pitching staff struck out 17 and walked just three on Saturday … York outscored Stevenson 29-7 over the three game series … freshman catcher Matthew Wade had his second career multi-RBI game while Michael Tinneny had his team-leading ninth multi-RBI game in the nightcap … Gabe Trevena, Robby Elzinga and Luke Moser all had multiple RBI in game one as that's the fourth time for Trevena, the sixth time for Elzinga and the third time for Moser … Tinneny owns the Spartans longest current hitting streak as he is at six games … Tinneny is also now one hit away from joining the 100 hit club … Connor Pickle, Lucas Prendergast, Moser, and Trevena are all riding a five game hitting streak … freshman Evan Hughes threw a career-high 6.1 innings as he struck out a career-high 12 as he allowed just two hits … Hughes has now struck out 23 and walked just seven in his 24.2 innings of work this year … junior Bryce Shaffer improved to 2-1 this year and is now 11-4 in his Spartan career after his game two victory … Shaffer's six innings tied a season-high as he recorded his second scoreless outing of the year (0 runs vs. St. Mary's – March 10).
 
Up Next
The Spartans head back on the road on Wednesday afternoon as they head to Salisbury, Maryland to take on the fifth-ranked Sea Gulls in a battle of former Capital Athletic Conference foes. The Sea Gulls head into the contest with a record of 19-5 with a game against TCNJ on Tuesday prior to the Spartan visit on Wednesday. The Gulls are 12-2 at home at Donnie Williams Stadium. First pitch is set for 3:30 pm.