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Winner Clarkson CLARKSON 12-12, 6-6 Liberty
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RIT RIT 6-18, 2-11 Liberty
Winner
Clarkson CLARKSON
12-12, 6-6 Liberty
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Final
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RIT RIT
6-18, 2-11 Liberty
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Clarkson CLARKSON 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 10 11 0
RIT RIT 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 5 7 2

W: Kyle Locklear (4-1) L: Arnold, John (0-4)

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Clarkson CLARKSON 12-13, 7-6 Liberty
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Winner RIT RIT 7-18, 3-11 Liberty
Clarkson CLARKSON
12-13, 7-6 Liberty
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Final
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RIT RIT
7-18, 3-11 Liberty
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Clarkson CLARKSON 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 2
RIT RIT 7 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 X 16 20 2

W: Barry, Liam (2-2) L: Griffin Tubbs (3-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball splits with visiting Clarkson, falls 10-5, wins 16-6 slugfest

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT baseball team split a Liberty League doubleheader with visiting Clarkson, Saturday, following up a 10-5 setback in the opener with a 16-6 game-two victory.
 
GAME 2: RIT 16, Clarkson 6
  • Kyle Watson (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) finished 3-for-5 with a homerun, three runs scored and four RBI while Will Porter (Rochester, NY/Irondequoit) went 2-for-5 with a homerun, two runs scored and three RBI to lead a 20-hit attack by the Tigers.
  • RIT jumped out to a 7-0 first-inning lead, started by a two-run double by Ian Libby (Melrose, MA/Malden Catholic) and an RBI single by Nic Stagnitta (East Greenbush, NY/Columbia). Watson followed with a three-run homerun over the left field fence before Porter went back-to-back with a shot over the right field fence to cap the early rally.
  • Clarkson answered with three runs in the top of the second, including a solo homerun by Robert Whalen and a two-run double by Colby Brouillette.
  • RIT plated a run in the bottom of the second on a Stagnitta RBI single, before Clarkson scored twice in the third to make it an 8-5 game.
  • The Tigers scored twice in the fourth on a two-run throwing error by the Golden Knights, before breaking the game open with six runs on seven hits in the fifth to build a 16-5 lead. Porter knocked a two-run hit, while Patrick Blackall (Hershey, PA/Hershey) registered two hits in the inning, including an RBI double to cap the outburst.
  • Liam Barry (Syracuse, NY/West Genesee) earned the relief victory on the mound, throwing a hitless four innings while striking out five and only walking one batter. 
GAME 1: Clarkson 10, RIT 5
  • Blackall finished 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored and two RBI while Libby went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI.
  • Clarkson plated a run in the second for the early lead, but RIT plated four runs in the third on three consecutive RBI hits by Blackall, Libby and Chris Reilly (Beachwood, OH/Beachwood) and an RBI double by Kistler to take a 4-1 lead.   
  • The Golden Knights scored five in the sixth and four more in the seventh to take a 10-4 lead.
  • Blackall notched an RBI double in the bottom of the seventh for the game's final run. 
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT heads to Clarkson on Sunday (May 2) for a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader.