DAVENPORT, FLA. - The RIT baseball team fell 7-0 against Lakeland at Northeast Regional Park, Wednesday.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Lakeland took a 2-0 first-inning lead after scoring the first run on a sac fly and the second on a walk.
• The Muskies went up 6-0 after a four-run fourth inning. Lakeland got its third run on a walk and the next three from a three-run double.
• An RBI-single in the eighth completed the scoring for a 7-0 final.

GAME NOTES

• The Tigers' 8-2 start is the team's best since going 8-2 in 2007.
• It was RIT's first Florida loss after winning the previous five games.
• Lakeland finished with an 11-6 hits advantage.
• The Tigers stranded 11 runners.
• Sophomore second baseman Nate Kistler had a team-best two hits beginning with a single in the first and double in the fifth.
• Three of the Tigers' six hits came in the fifth with singles from senior left fielder Chris Reilly and junior catcher Kyle Poorman along with Kistler's double.
• Sophomore shortstop Randy Dodig singled in the fourth, while freshman second baseman Christopher Colella doubled in the sixth.
• Graduate student Collin Reformat took the loss from the mound after allowing six hits, six runs, five walks with five strikeouts in three and two-third innings.
• Junior pitcher Alex Slotter allowed five hits, one run, two walks with four strikeouts in four and one-third innings in relief.

WHAT'S NEXT
RIT hosts St. John Fisher on Wednesday, March 16 at 3 p.m. in its home opener at Tiger Stadium.