| 5/8/2007 9:43:19 PM
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KEUKA PARK, NY - The RIT baseball team (23-10) scored 23 runs in two games to sweep Keuka College on Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers scored five runs in both the top of the sixth and seventh innings to turn a 10-4 deficit into a 14-11 win. In game two, the Tigers won 9-4. Junior Matt George (Walton, NY/Walton) (Walton, NY/Walton) broke a 27-year old team record by stealing his 19th and 20th bases on the season.
In game one, RIT trailed 10-4 heading into the top of the sixth inning before scoring five runs to cut the storm lead to 10-9. Ryan Tryt (Fulton, NY/G. Ray Bodley) (Fulton, NY/G. Ray Bodley) hit a two-run triple in the inning. The junior catcher was far from finished hitting however, as his three-run homer an inning later broke a 10-10 tie and put RIT in control.
Tryt finished game one 3 for 5 with a double, triple, home run, two runs scored and a career-high seven RBI.
RIT took advantage of 10 Keuka errors, scoring six unearned runs. George stole his two record-breaking bases, walked three times and scored three runs. Andrew Larsen (Seattle, WA/Roosevelt) (Seattle, WA/Roosevelt) was 2 for 4 with two runs scored.
Chad Hendy (Roseburg, OR/Glide) (Roseburg, OR/Glide) picked up the win in relief.
Keuka out-hit RIT 16-9 in game one, highlighted by catcher Matt Schaffer, who went 5 for 5 with four RBI.
In game two, freshman Jeff Bibbens (Weedsport, NY/Weedsport) (Weedsport, NY/Weedsport) picked up his first collegiate win, going 4 1/3 innings, striking out four batters. Fellow freshman Cory Langtry (Moravia, NY/Moravia) (Moravia, NY/Moravia) picked up his third save of the year, allowing just one hit in the final 2 2/3 innings.
The Tigers scored four runs in the top of the fourth to take a 6-4 lead and cruise from there.
Brian Lindenau (Tucson, AZ/Sabino) (Tucson, AZ/Sabino) was 3 for 4 with three RBI. Larsen had two hits in three at-bats with a run scored and RBI, while Anthony Culotta (Rochester, NY/Gates-Chili) (Rochester, NY/Gates-Chili) drove in two runs and stole his 15th base of the season. Freshman Josh Rodems (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) recorded his first multi-hit game as a Tiger with a pair of hits and runs scored.
The Tigers broke a 17-year old school record for steals in a season. They now have 58 steals in 2007, breaking the previous record of 52, set in 1990.
Freshman Geoff Dornes (Landsville, PA/Hempfield) (Landsville, PA/Hempfield) recorded two more hits on Tuesday, giving him 54 in 2007. He is now in sole possession of second place for hits in a single-season by a Tiger, just four behind the record set by current Tiger assistant coach Colin Bradley (Barre, VT/Spaulding), set in 2006.
RIT is right back in action on Wednesday with a 4:30 p.m. home game against Medaille. A Tiger win would tie the school record for victories in a season, set just last year.
