Baseball | 3/31/2012 8:02:00 PM

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SCHENECTADY, NY -- The RIT baseball team (6-9, 2-4 Liberty League) split a pair of contests on Saturday afternoon against Union (8-5, 4-2 Liberty League), dropping game one, 8-0, and winning game two, 6-5.

The Tigers got off to a slow start in game one, allowing five runs in the first two innings.  RIT managed two hits in the top of the third, with Ron Canestro (East Amherst, NY/Nichols) and Walt Roman (Spencerport, NY/Spencerport) both singling, but couldn't cross the plate.

Ethan Humbert (Rose, NY/North Rose-Wolcott) struck out six in five innings of work, while giving up 10 hits and allowing six runs.

Game two saw the Tigers fall behind again, trailing 2-0 after three innings. 

RIT did it's damage in the top of the fourth inning.  Jon Meyer (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland) homered to start off the inning, followed by a pair of singles by Tyler Ramotar (Burnt Hills, NY/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) and Greg Schworm (Rochester, NY/Churchville Chili) and a #C.J. Bolorin# walk.  Canestro reached on an error, scoring both Ramotar and Schworm.  Kreag Bradley (Victor, NY/Victor) drove in Bolorin on a sacrifice fly, followed by a single by Roman that scored Canestro.

The Tigers came back in the top of the fifth to score one more run, as Meyer scored from third on a sacrifice hit by Jaren Bell (Rochester, NY/Brighton).

Union brought the game to within one after scoring three in the eighth, but Tyler Leichtenberger (Warren, PA/Warren Area) was up for the challenge in the ninth, striking out the side for his fourth save of the year, setting a RIT single-season mark.

Michael Burns (Rochester, NY/Rush-Henrietta) picked up his third win of the season, allowing just nine hits in 7 2/3 innings of work, while striking out four.

The Tigers are back in action on Sunday, when they meet up with Union for another double header, starting at 12 p.m.