ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT baseball team dropped a pair of games to visiting Rochester, Friday afternoon, falling, 4-2, in the opener and, 14-9, in game two.
GAME 1 – Rochester 4, RIT 2
Junior outfielder Christ Reilly finished 2-for-3 with a run scored while sophomore
Nate Kistler (Lusby, MD/Patuxent) was 1-for-3 with two RBI. Freshman center fielder
John Bagley (Rochester, NY/Churchville-Chili) was 2-for-3 as the Tigers compiled six hits.
Junior
Jack Leahey (Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley) took the loss for RIT, allowing four runs in five innings of work. Trevor Povlovk came in and pitched a scoreless seventh inning for the Tigers.
Rochester scored a run in the top of the first inning, but RIT responded with two in the bottom of the inning on a two-run infield hit by Kistler.
Rochester re-took the lead with two runs in the top of the second inning and tacked on another in the top of the fifth inning.
GAME 2 – RIT, Rochester
Junior third base
Patrick Blackall (Hershey, PA/Hershey) went 2-for-5 with a run scored, while Reilly went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored. Kistler was 2-for-3 with a RBI and a run scored.
Senior pitcher
Collin Reformat (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) allowed five runs on five hits in five innings. Junior
Jon Opalewski (Rockaway, NJ/Morris Knolls) took the loss, allowing nine runs, including seven earned on eight hits in 3 2/3 innings of relief.
RIT scored a run in the first inning on a RBI from Reilly, plating
Randy Dodig (Saugerties, NY/Saugerties).
Luke McNamara (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin) doubled in the second and Dodig singled to left field as RIT took a 3-0 lead in the second inning.
Rochester scored five runs in the third inning, including a three-run home run from Harper Sy. The Yellowjackets tacked on a run in the sixth and three in the seventh to take a 9-4 lead.
RIT got two runs back in the seventh, and tied the score, 9-9, with three runs in the bottom of the eighth, including an RBI double by Kistler.
Rochester scored five times in the top of the ninth to earn the win.
Up Next
RIT is scheduled to play two at Rochester on Saturday (April 10) beginning at 1 p.m.
