ANNVILLE, Pa. ­­– Shane Stossel's grand slam in the bottom of the third inning tied the Lebanon Valley College baseball team's career home runs record, hitting his 23^rd long ball as the club dropped a 19-5 game to York College of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, March 26 at McGill Field.

The Spartans began the scoring in the top of the first inning, taking a 3-0 lead on an RBI single and a two-run single. York followed this by scoring two runs in both the second and third frames, making it a 7-0 contest.

The Dutchmen got on the board in the bottom of the third inning, narrowing the score to 7-5 with a big five-run frame. Lincoln Hower led off the inning with a double into the right-center field gap before John Adams drew a walk. Duncan Weir then lined a one-out RBI single down the right field line, plating Hower. Later in the third, Stossel came up to the plate with the bases loaded and crushed a two-out grand slam over the left-center field wall. The blast tied the senior for first on the program's all-time homers list, driving in Luke Pollock, Weir, and Adams in the process. 

York responded in the top of the fourth inning, taking an 8-5 lead on an RBI single up the middle. Hayden Fravel came out of the bullpen for Lebanon Valley at the start of the top of the fifth and later faced runners on second and third base with nobody out. The southpaw proceeded to get out of the frame with three consecutive strikeouts, delivering a scoreless inning. The Spartans tacked on a run in the top of the sixth on an RBI single and added another in the seventh on an RBI fielder's choice, making it a 10-5 game. 

The Flying Dutchmen registered a shutout top of the eighth, as Ryan Pickle began the frame with two quick outs on a swinging strikeout and a foul out down the right field line. Jacob Detwiler then entered the game to pitch for LVC and got the final out of the inning, as second baseman Kenny Palmieri hustled to make an impressive catch on a pop-up to shallow right field. York then scored nine runs in the top of the ninth inning, prompting 19-5 to be the final score.

Inside the Box Score

• Stossel's grand slam marked his 23^rd career homer, tying Kevin Wagner on the program's all-time home runs list. The home run also extended the senior's hitting streak to eight games and provided him with 21 RBIs this year.
• Weir picked up an RBI with his single in the third inning before scoring his 10^th run of the season. 
• Hower doubled, walked, and crossed the plate once. 
• Pollock and Adams both recorded a walk with a run scored.
• Brewer hit a single to right field in the bottom of the eighth inning. 
• Catcher Eric Sees threw out a runner attempting to steal second in the first inning, marking the first time he has caught a runner stealing this season.
• Owen Berry struck out two batters in his start on the mound. 
• Fravel tallied three strikeouts in his two-inning relief outing. 
• Pickle fanned two batters in 1.2 scoreless frames out of the bullpen. 
• Tony Bennage logged a strikeout in relief.  

Up Next
Lebanon Valley will return to action at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 29, as the program will travel to open its series against Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus at Vincent J. & Lenda F. Naimoli Ballpark in Madison, New Jersey. 

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