Baseball | 5/7/2013 9:04:00 PM

Box Score

BROCKPORT, NY - The RIT baseball team (14-24) had its two game-winning streak snapped, falling to The College at Brockport (22-15) 8-2 at the Clark V. Whited Complex on a warm, sunny, Tuesday afternoon. Freshman shortstop Taylor Hogan (Rochester, NY/Brighton) broke the all-time single season record for assists with 119.

Both teams had 12 hits in the contest. Zach Zabel (Clarence, NY/Clarence), Walt Roman (Spencerport, NY/Spencerport), Taylor Hogan (Rochester, NY/Brighton), and Brett Kajganich (North Royalton, OH/Holy Name) had a pair of hits apiece for the Tigers. Hogan had a pair of doubles, while Brian Battaglia (Sliver Spring, MD/James Hubert Blake) was 1-for-4 with a run scored and batted in.

Hogan broke the single season record for assists, which was previously 116, set by Ed Hughes (Jamesville, NY/Jamesville-Dewitt).

The Golden Eagles struck first with two runs in the second as Colin Grande doubled to right center to put Brockport up 2-0. Mike Weakley singled in the fourth to give Brockport a three-run advantage. RIT responded with two runs in the fifth to cut into Brockport's lead. The Golden Eagles broke the game open over the next two innings, tacking on five runs.

Grande finished the game with two doubles while Dan Hurlimann scored twice while collecting two hits on the day. Shawn Peake  drove in one run while scoring another after going 2-for-4 at the plate.

Brockport pitcher James Bardenett picked up his fourth win of the year on the mound, allowing nine hits and two runs, while striking out two batters in seven innings. RIT tallied both runs off of Bardenett in the fifth, but the Brockport hurler settled down over the next two frames, allowing just one base runner.

Hogan led off the fifth with a double, then scored on a single from Battaglia. Battaglia came around to score on a two-out single by Roman.

Peake's RBI came in the fifth after singling to center to score Hurlimann, giving Brockport a 4-2 advantage. Weakley picked up his second RBI in the inning with a sacrifice fly, scoring Peake.

Brockport's biggest inning came in the sixth as Grande led off with a double. Two batters later, Pete Wilson singled to score the freshman for Brockport's sixth run. Wilson later scored on a fielder's choice from Hurlimann and Bunce finished off the Brockport scoring with a run on a wild pitch.

Rich Sammon (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield) started and took the loss for RIT, allowing eight hits and four earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. Conor Herlihy (Geneseo, NY/Geneseo) allowed one earned run in 2 2/3 innings of relief, while Seth Noreman (Old Bethpage, NY/Old Bethpage-JFK) pitched a scoreless eighth inning for the Tigers.

Today's meeting was the third between the two schools this season, with Brockport gaining the 2-1 edge. On March 12, RIT defeated the Golden Eagles, 3-2. On April 18, Brockport held on for a wild 11-10 win at Tiger Stadium. Brockport leads the all-time series between the two schools, 65-48.

RIT wraps up the 2013 season on Wednesday with a single home game against Houghton that gets underway at 3:30 p.m.