April 18, 2007
#23 YORK DEFEATS GALLAUDET IN CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE BASEBALL
OPENING ROUND
YORK, PA-The York College baseball team opened the 2007
Capital Athletic Conference baseball tournament with a 16-3 victory
over Gallaudet University on Wednesday afternoon in York. The
Spartans, who are the tournament's top seed, improve to 23-6
overall while the Bison, the tournament's sixth seed, fall to
4-19 overall.
The Bison opened the scoring with a pair of
unearned runs in the top of the first inning.
The green and white wasted little time in getting on the board in
the bottom of the first as Jeff Young stroked a doubled to left to
lead off the inning. Young came around to score when Bison
shortstop Justin Wilson threw the ball away on the cut off,
allowing York to score their first run of the game. After Ryan Poff
reached on a fielder's choice, freshman Mike Connolly blasted
a two-run bomb deep over the scoreboard in right, giving the
Spartans the 3-2 lead.
The green and white blew the game open in the bottom of the second
as they scored nine runs. The Spartans scored those nine runs on
just three hits as the Bison committed three errors and Gallaudet
starter Ryan Lentz walked two and hit three others.
York pushed the lead to 12-2 with a single run on a David Moller
sacrifice fly in the fifth.
The Bison scored another unearned run top of
the eighth but York answered that run with three of their own,
providing for the final margin of victory.
The Spartans marched eight pitchers to the mound in predetermined
order, helping to preserve the pitching staff for the remainder of
the tournament. Freshman Jason Christenberry started the game and
earned the win for York. He allowed two unearned runs in the first
as he improves to 4-0. The Spartan pitching staff combined to
scatter five hits as they allowed three unearned runs. York struck
out seven, three by Christenberry, and walked just
one.
Lentz suffered the loss as he threw a staggering 150 pitches en
route to the complete game. He allowed all 16 runs, 10 of which
were earned, on 14 hits in his eight innings of work. He struck out
one, walked eight and hit three others.
Gallaudet continues the CAC tournament on Thursday as they
visit #5 St.Mary's College Seahawks. The Seahawks lost to Mary
Washington 16-2.
