OSWEGO, NY – Despite a home run, triple, and career-high five runs batted in from cleanup hitter Will Gorman (Nassau, NY/Columbia), the RIT baseball team (14-20) dropped a non-conference contest at No. 7 SUNY Oswego (30-7), 12-6 from Laker Baseball Field on Tuesday afternoon.
 
RIT jumped out to a 4-0 lead four batters into the contest. Zach Zabel (Clarence, NY/Clarence) reached on an error to lead off the game and moved to third on a single to right center field by Patrick Mylott (Aurora, OH/Western Reserve Academy). Jason Schulz (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) walked, loading the bases for Gorman. On an 0-2 count, Gorman crushed a pitch to right field for the grand slam home run, his fourth of the season and 13th of his career.
 
Gorman also added a run-scoring triple in the fifth inning and leadoff single in the eighth. He went 3-for-5 on the afternoon, was a double shy of the cycle, and finished with a career-high five RBIs, giving him 33 on the season.
 
Despite the early deficit, Oswego's offense got right on track, pounding 14 hits to RIT's eight, scoring a run in the first inning, four in the third, two in the fourth, three in the sixth, and two more in the seventh.
 
The 3-4-5 hitters for the Lakers combined to go 8-for-13. Myles Kutscher led the Lakers by going 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs scored, and four RBIs. Jordan Giller was 3-for-5 with a double, two runs scored, and a RBI, while Eric Hamilton was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a walk.
 
Seven Lakers pitchers combined on the win. Miles Kelly started and allowed four runs, three earned in two innings. Nathan Boughton would pick up the win, firing two scoreless innings of relief.
 
Zabel scored a pair of runs for the Tigers, while Schulz singled, walked, scored a run, and drove in RIT's final run in the ninth inning, a base hit that plated Daniel Zeglen (Scotia, NY/Scotia-Glenville).
 
Tom Dillon (Oswego, NY/Oswego) started and took the loss for the Tigers, allowing five hits and five runs in three innings. Ben Clough (Tolland, CT/Tolland), Brett DeLola (Baldwinsville, NY/C.W. Baker), and Jake Bianchi (Syracuse, NY/Bishop Ludden) also pitched in relief. Bianchi pitched a hitless, scoreless eighth inning, needing just seven pitches.
 
Oswego leads the all-time series between the two schools, 38-24.

RIT is right back in action on Wednesday afternoon, as St. John Fisher comes to Tiger Stadium for the first of two games in five days. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.