BOX SCORE

YORK, Pa.- The Immaculata baseball team erased a late deficit to tie the game at 5-5 in the top of the eighth, but York (14-13) responded with a run in their half of the eighth and held on for the 6-5 non-conference victory.  The Mighty Macs (10-12, 4-6 CSAC) got a solid six innings from freshman John Ryan, and senior first baseman Matt Hardy (1-for-4, 2 SB, 2 R) blasted a first inning two-run home run, but Immaculata was unable to take the late lead.
 
Trailing 5-4 heading into the top of the eighth, junior shortstop Joe DiGiaimo (2-for-4, R, 2 2B, SB) hit his second double of the day to put the tying run in scoring position with one out.  He moved to third on a wild pitch when senior left fielder T.J. Warner (0-for-2, SB, 2 BB) walked.  Junior right fielder Greg Binfield (0-for-3, RBI) then executed a perfect squeeze play to score DiGiaimo with the tying run.
 
Senior pitcher Joe Caria (0-2) came on in his second inning of relief in the bottom of the eighth, and after retiring the first four hitters he faced, he surrendered a one-out triple.  Caria then uncorked a wild pitch that allowed the eventual game-winning run to score.
 
In the top of the ninth, the Mighty Macs went down in order.
 
Immaculata got the scoring started in the top of the first after junior catcher Patrick Boulware (2-for-2, R) doubled to start the game.  That's when Hardy delivered his two run shot to right field to stake Immaculata to the early 2-0 edge.
 
The Mighty Macs added to their lead in the second when junior center fielder Alex Kobylinski (1-for-3, R) singled with two outs and came all the way around to score on an error after a bunt single off the bat of Boulware.
 
Ryan went back to work in the bottom of the second and allowed two unearned runs to the Spartans to cut the lead down to 3-2.  York would go on to tie the game in the third on an RBI groundout as the teams were square at 3-3 after three innings.
 
Immaculata took back the lead in the top of the fifth on an RBI single off the bat of freshman designated hitter Michael Lascomb (1-for-5, RBI) that scored Hardy.
 
Ryan would hold off York in the fifth, but they would re-take the lead in the bottom of the sixth when the Spartans got an RBI single and a sacrifice fly in back-to-back hitters to reclaim the 5-4 advantage heading into the late innings.
 
Ryan went six innings, his longest collegiate outing, surrendering five runs (three earned) on six hits, while striking out one and walking one.
 
Immaculata will look to snap their three game losing streak when they host Haverford tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. in a non-conference game.