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Winner Union (N.Y.) UNION (N 10-13
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RIT RIT 15-14
Winner
Union (N.Y.) UNION (N
10-13
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Final
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RIT RIT
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Union (N.Y.) UNION (N 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 6 1
RIT RIT 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 2

W: A. McGee (2-0) L: Reformat, Collin (2-3) S: J. Goldblum (4)

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Union (N.Y.) UNION (N 10-14
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Winner RIT RIT 16-14
Union (N.Y.) UNION (N
10-14
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Final
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RIT RIT
16-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Union (N.Y.) UNION (N 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 8 2
RIT RIT 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 8 0

W: Bossinas, Peter (3-1) L: J. Goldblum (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball splits against Union; falls 4-2, wins 4-3

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The RIT baseball team split a doubleheader with visiting Union, with a 4-2 loss in the first game, followed by a 4-3 walk-off win, in Liberty League play, Saturday.

In game one, Union took a 2-0 lead in the first and then added runs in the fourth and sixth innings to build a 4-0 lead. The Tigers scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth for the 4-2 final.

Game two's 4-3 win came in the bottom of the seventh with a walk-off single for two runs. Union took a 1-0 lead in the second inning before RIT tied the game in the bottom of the same inning. Union added single runs in the fourth and fifth innings for a 3-2 lead prior to the Tigers' last at-bat.

GAME 2 – RIT 4, Union 3
  • RIT and Union traded runs in the second inning. Union took a 1-0 lead on a double steal before Tigers' sophomore third baseman Nate Kistler scored after sophomore catcher John Bagley reached first on a muffed throw.
  • RIT took a 2-1 lead after Kistler's double scored freshman designated hitter Adam Marsh.
  • Union added single runs in the fourth and fifth for a 3-2 lead after Thomas Parisi doubled to score one run and Jono Santos' sacrifice fly scored the other.
  • Freshman second baseman Christopher Colella's two-run, walk-off single to right field scored senior left fielder Chris Reilly and Marsh in the bottom of the seventh.
GAME 1 – UNION 4, RIT 2
  • Union took a 2-0 first inning lead. Santos singled to score Ryan Cowls and pushed Kobe Mentzer to third, who would score Union's second run.
  • Union went ahead 4-0 after single runs in the fourth and fifth innings.
  • In the bottom of the sixth, RIT scored the game's final two runs. Senior first baseman Ian Libby got RIT on the board after a Reilly groundout brought him home, before sophomore shortstop Randy Dodig doubled to score Marsh.
GAME NOTES
  • In the first game, graduate student starting pitcher Collin Reformat took the loss after allowing two hits, three runs, six walks with three strikeouts in four innings of work.
  • Freshman pitcher Christian Marchbanks threw three innings in relief and allowed two hits, one run, four walks with six strikeouts.
  • Junior pitcher Alex Slotter finished the game for RIT and allowed two hits with two strikeouts in the final two innings.
  • Dodig had a team-best two hits in the first game.
  • In the second game, junior pitcher Peter Bossinas recorded his third win of the season in relief after allowing no hits with one strikeout in one inning of work.
  • Senior starting pitcher Jon Opalewski allowed eight hits, three runs, one walk with four strikeouts in six innings.
  • Marsh and Reilly led RIT with two hits each, while Kistler finished with one run, one RBI and the team's only extra-base hit in the second game.
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT wraps up its series with Union on Sunday, April 24 at 12 p.m. in Liberty League play at Tiger Stadium.