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Meg Oliphant
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RIT RIT 9-6
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Winner St. John Fisher Coll FISHERBB 13-6
RIT RIT
9-6
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Final
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St. John Fisher Coll FISHERBB
13-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
RIT RIT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 4
St. John Fisher Coll FISHERBB 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 4 7 2

W: Stephen Lewis (3-0) L: Little, Rory (1-2) S: Loukas Brigham (3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Nate Smith - Assistant Sports Information Director

Baseball has seven game win streak snapped with 4-2 loss at St. John Fisher

PITTSFORD, NY – The RIT baseball team (9-6) had its seven-game win streak snapped, falling to Rochester-area rival St. John Fisher (13-6) 4-2 on a windy Friday afternoon at Dugan Yard.

Despite RIT's eight hits, the Tigers had a tough time generating runs after a hot start, as the equally-hot Cardinals won their fifth game in a row. Will Gorman (Nassau, NY/Columbia) and Phil Sammon (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield) each tallied two hits to lead the RIT offense. Sammon and Brian Battaglia (Sliver Spring, MD/James Hubert Blake) each drove in a run. Rory Little (Burnt Hills, NY/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) pitched 7 1/3 innings, giving up three earned runs on six hits, striking out three Cardinal batters in the decision. Brett Bouchard (Fairport, NY/Fairport) fired two-thirds of an inning in relief, allowing one hit.

Malcolm Kelsey went 3-for-4 for the Cardinals, driving in a run. St. John Fisher tallied seven hits, relying on timely baserunning to score three of the four runs. On the mound, Stephen Lewis kept the Tigers at bay in his six innings of work, allowing two runs on five hits, striking out seven batters without a walk. Kevin Berge pitched two innings of relief, allowing three hits. Loukas Brigham pitched a scoreless ninth for the save.

The Tigers picked up where they left off during the previous seven-game stretch, striking first with two early runs in the top of the first. After a leadoff double by Zach Zabel (Clarence, NY/Clarence) and a single by Dom Scialabba (North Brunswick, NJ/North Brunswick), Sammon brought Zabel home two batters later, with an RBI single through the right side. A throwing error by the Cardinals moved Scialabba to third on the same play, and Battaglia brought him home with a fielders choice.

Fisher struck back with an unearned run in the bottom of the frame on a fielding error at first base, then tacked on two more on an RBI single by Kelsey. He scored from third on a wild pitch to give the Cardinals the 3-2 lead.

The pitchers traded scoreless frames for the next five innings, although the Tigers had a few shots to tie the game. After a triple by Gorman to begin the third inning, he was tagged out at home on a great play by the shortstop, wisely getting the ball to the plate on the hit by Battaglia. In the seventh inning, after Patrick Mylott (Aurora, OH/Western Reserve Academy) stole second base, Scialabba laced a shot that was caught by the third baseman, ending the threat.

After St. John Fisher added an insurance run in the eighth, the Tigers tried to stage a final rally. Jason Schulz (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) led off the ninth with a walk, then stole second to get into scoring position. After Mylott was hit by a pitch, Zabel stepped up to the plate as the go-ahead run. Brigham then forced Zabel to ground into a 4-6-3 double play to end the contest.

The Tigers will continue their series with St. John Fisher on home turf, playing a doubleheader at Tiger Stadium. Game one will begin at noon, with the second game slated to begin at 2:30 p.m.