LINDSBORG, Kan. – The York University baseball team dropped a hard fought 13-12 contest at Bethany Tuesday afternoon.
The Panthers are now 5-9 on the season.
Head coach
Brian Walth's team jumped out to a 5-0 lead through the first two at bats. In the top of the first,
Jose Martinez drew a walk, went to second on a wild pitch and hustled to third on a groundout. Two batters later,
Sam Hodoly knocked a single to second base for a 1-0 advantage.
In the second,
Bryce Gorecki drew a walk and
Ryan Johnston entered as a pinch runner before
Nathan Eisenmenger singled.
Kodai Namba tripled both runners home for a 3-0 margin. Moments later, Namba scored on a failed pickoff attempt.
Gio Tarin's sacrifice fly pushed Martinez home for a five-run advantage.
Leading 5-3 in the third,
Landon Morgan tripled and scored on
Marek Stone's base hit. When Eisenmenger reached on an error, Stone scored. Johnston scored on Namba's sacrifice bunt.
Up 8-4 in the fourth, Morgan belted a two-out home run for a 9-4 lead. Leading 9-6 in the ensuing frame, Johnston and Namba reached before Martinez drew a walk. Tarin's double to left center field pushed the advantage to seven, 11-6.
Bethany battled back and took a 12-11 lead in the bottom of the seventh. However, York knotted the game in the ninth.
Thomas Bonde entered as a pinch hitter with one down and promptly blasted a solo homer, knotting the contest.
Bethany recorded the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth.
For the game, Eisenmenger and Morgan led the way with two hits apiece. Morgan and Bonde tallied a round-tripper apiece. Namba and Tarin drove in three RBI each. Johnston scored three times while Martinez, Morgan and Namba crossed home twice apiece.
On the mound,
Dakota Angielski started and had two strikeouts in two frames.
Austin Petersen had two strikeouts in two innings.
Cameron Castor worked a frame.
Austin Copeland threw an inning as did
Evan Tordiffe.
The Panthers return to action Thursday when they host Dakota Wesleyan at 4 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at Yorkpanthers.com.