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ROCHESTER, NY - The RIT Baseball team improved its record to 14-10 on the season with a doubleheader sweep of Medaille College (11-23-1) on Tuesday afternoon, 3-0 and 7-3.

 

In game one, Mike Fox (Victor, NY/Victor) (Victor, NY/Victor) won his fifth game of the season, allowing just three hits and walking two batters en route to his third complete game of 2005.

 

Adam Gerentine (Poughkeepsie, NY/Marlboro) (Poughkeepsie, NY/Marlboro), Scott Schneider (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena) (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena) and Colin Bradley (Barre, VT/Spaulding) (Barre, VT/Spaulding) ripped two hits apiece.  Gerentine opened the scoring in the bottom of the third inning, scoring on a RBI double by John Byrne (East Amherst, NY/Williamsville East) (East Amherst, NY/Williamsville East).  Mark Sapienza (Avon, NY/Avon) (Avon, NY/Avon) made it 2-0, with a groundout to second, scoring Schneider, who also singled and advanced to third on Byrne’s double.

 

In the bottom of the fourth, Dan Scorse (Rochester, NY/Gates-Chili) singled to lead off and was driven in by Matt Singer (Honeoye Falls, NY/Honeoye Falls-Lima) (Honeoye Falls, NY/Honeoye Falls-Lima), who hit a sacrifice fly to center to close out the scoring.

 

Schneider ripped his first homerun of the season on his way to a 4-for-4 day with two runs scored and two RBI as RIT took the nightcap, 7-3. 

 

The senior leftfielder gave RIT a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning with a line-drive homer to left center field.  He then followed with three straight singles to improve his season average to .491 (28-for-57) in 2005.

 

Brian Lindenau (Tucson, AZ/Sabino) (Tucson, AZ/Sabino) ripped three hits in an as many at-bats, including his team-leading third triple of the season.  He also scored two runs.

 

First-year infielder Matt George (Walton, Ny/Walton) (Walton, NY/Walton) finished 2-for-2 with a RBI single.

 

Pat Walters (Rochester, NY/Webster) (Webster, NY/Webster) earned his second win of the season, allowing eight hits and an earned run, striking out three. Paul Schoeneck (Syracuse, NY/West Genesee) (Syracuse, NY/West Genesee) pitched a scoreless seventh inning for the Tigers.

 

RIT is back in action on Wednesday, as they host Brockport in a single, nine-inning game at 4 p.m.