SALISBURY, MD – The York College baseball team saw their five-game win streak snapped as the #4 Salisbury University Sea Gulls downed the Spartans 8-4 on Thursday in Salisbury, Maryland.
The Spartans came into the game hot but were limited to scoring all their runs in one inning while the Gulls scored in four different frames. Junior third baseman Michael Tinneny also joined the 100-hit club with his first inning single.
The Sea Gulls improve to 20-5 while the Spartans are now 15-5.
 
Runs: York 4 - #4 Salisbury 8
Hits: York 6; Salisbury 12
Errors: York 1; Salisbury 2
LOB: York 7; Salisbury 11
WP: Cole Williams (7-1); LP: Owen Brockner (2-2)
 
How It Happened
• The Sea Gulls opened the scoring in the bottom of the second as lead-off hitter Andrew Kell ripped a double left center to score Trent Waire who singled earlier in the inning. 
• The Spartans tried to answer in the third as they had runners at the corners with two outs but the Gulls got out of the inning thanks to a fly out to center. The Gulls went quickly in the third and then both teams were quiet in the fourth.
• York put together their only scoring inning of the game in the top of the fifth. Brett DeWees started off the inning with a walk. Luke Moser sacrificed DeWees to second. Lucas Prendergast singled up the middle, putting Spartans at the corners with one out. After a strikeout, the Spartans were the beneficiary of some Salisbury defensive mistakes as Robby Elzinga plated a run as he drilled a ball to short that was ruled an error. That play allowed DeWees to score, tying the game at one. Elzinga then stole second and Prendergast scored from third as the ball was mishandled at second. Michael Tinneny followed with a bomb to right, giving York a short-lived 4-1 lead.
• The Sea Gulls responded quickly in the bottom of the fifth. A walk and a Kyle Brex double put runners at second and third with no outs. Tim Petrucelli grounded out to second to score the first run of the frame. Brex scored on a ground out to first for the second out of the inning and the Spartans still in front, 4-3. Zach Geesaman entered the game as a pinch hitter and restarted the rally with a double to right center. A Roman March single scored Geesaman, tying the game at four. March eventually came around to score on an Adam Tommer single up the middle, giving the Gulls a lead they would not relinquish.
• The Gulls got a sixth run in the sixth as Geesaman had an RBI single after Spartan reliever Jason Cassidy got two quick outs to start the inning. Salisbury padded the lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth to provide the final margin of victory.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Michael Tinneny: 3-for-4, 1 run, 2 RBI, HR (3)
Lucas Prendergast: 2-for-3, 1 run, 2 BB
Robby Elzinga: 1-for-3, 1 run, BB, SB
 
Spartan Pitching
Owen Brockner: 4.2 IP, 8 hits, 5 runs, 5 ER, 4 K, 2 BB, HB
Jason Cassidy: 1.1 IP, 3 hits, 1 run, 1 ER, 1 BB
Dillon Michaloski: 1.2 IP, 0 hits, 1 run, 1 ER, 2 K, 2 BB, HB
Ethan Kennedy: 0.1 IP, 1 hit, 1 run, 1 ER, 1 WP
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans are now 46-81-1 all-time against the Sea Gulls as Salisbury has won nine straight in the series … the Spartans are now 3-2 against nationally ranked squads … York was held to just six hits in the game, tying their season low set in back-to-back games against Eastern … the Spartans failed to reach double figures in hits for the first time in six games … for just the second time this year, York did not double in the game … York entered the game first in the country in doubles per game … York's lone extra base hit was Michael Tinneny's two-run homer in the fifth … that was York's 15^th homer of the year … Dillon Michaloski, Jason Cassidy and Ethan Kennedy all allowed their third runs of the year (each with two earned) in their outings on Thursday … the trio has been outstanding this year as Michaloski owns a 1.08 ERA in 16.2 innings, Cassidy has a 1.32 ERA in 13.2 innings while Kennedy checks in with a 1.23 ERA in 14.2 innings of action … York is now 1-5 when getting out-hit by their opponent … the Spartans are now 4-4 when their opponent scores first … the Spartans are 2-4 when their opponent scores between six and nine runs … York now has 78 two-out RBI for the year in their 20 games … the Spartans are hitting .360 (58-for-161) to lead off an inning … York pinch hitters are hitting .270 (10-for-37) … Tinneny had his ninth multi-hit game of the year while Lucas Prendergast also notched his ninth multi-hit game … Tinneny collected his 100^th hit with his first inning single … he added a home run and another single in his three-hit day … Prendergast raised his hit streak to six straight games … Tinneny recorded his team-leading tenth multi-RBI game of the year … Prendergast has now reached base safely in ten games while Chris Betler is at nine straight games.
 
Up Next
The Spartans kick off a three-game MAC Commonwealth series on Saturday against Widener. The nine inning single game is set for Saturday in Chester, PA with a 3:00 pm first pitch. The weekend doubleheader will be Sunday in York with a game one first pitch of 12:00 pm.