| 4/22/2003 6:57:20 PM
Click here for the boxscore of Game 1
Click here for the boxscore of Game 2
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The RIT Baseball team dropped two games to St. John Fisher and lost valuable
ground in the race for an Empire 8 title. In the first game, the the Tigers dropped a 5-0
lead to lose 8-7 due to costly errors and misplayed balls. The second game was within reach for
RIT until a costly 6 run 7th inning sealed the game for the Cardinals 8-1.
RIT exploded for 5 runs in the first inning on a 2 run single from Dan Feldman (Brewster, N.Y./Brewster) (Brewster, N.Y.)
and a 3 run base clearing double from Andrew Zach (Buffalo, N.Y./Kenmore East) (Buffalo, N.Y.). St. John Fisher would bounce
back with 4 runs in the third and 3 in the fourth.
Catcher Marty Maynard (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield) (Penfield, N.Y.) responded for the Tigers by hitting a 2 run homerun in
the bottom of the 4th to tie to score at 7. Unfortunately the Cardinals would score 1 run in
the 5th inning which RIT was unable to recover from.
In the second game, Matt Knodel (Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park) (Orchard Park, N.Y.) kept St. John Fisher under control only allowing
2 runs for the first 5 innings. Unfortunately the Tigers' offense was shut down by pitching from Cardinals' pitcher
Jason Miles. In the bottom of the 6th inning, Colin Bradley (Barre, VT/Spaulding High School) tripled and was subsequently
knocked home by Maynard to make the score 2-1 going into the 7th inning. A rough 7th inning
for Knodel where he allowed 6 runs including a 3 run homerun from Tim Nanry destroyed
any hope for the win.
RIT will host Cazenovia on at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 25th.
