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Evie Linantud
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Rochester Inst. ROCHESTE 10-10
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Winner Ithaca ITHACA 15-4
Rochester Inst. ROCHESTE
10-10
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Final
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Ithaca ITHACA
15-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Rochester Inst. ROCHESTE 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 3
Ithaca ITHACA 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 0

W: S. Kelly (2-0) L: Rising, Luc (1-1)

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Winner Rochester Inst. ROCHESTE
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Ithaca ITHACA
Winner
Rochester Inst. ROCHESTE
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Final
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Ithaca ITHACA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rochester Inst. ROCHESTE 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 5 16 1
Ithaca ITHACA 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 2

W: Sipling, Eric () L: C. Burns (2-1) S: Sipling, Eric (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball splits with Ithaca; loses 3-2, wins 5-3

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT baseball team split a doubleheader against Ithaca; losing 3-2, and winning 5-3, Sunday.

GAME ONE – Ithaca 3, RIT 2 (10 inn.)
Graduate student pitcher Alex Slotter allowed three hits in his seven inning outing as the Tigers fall to Ithaca in extra innings, 3-2 in the first game of a Sunday doubleheader.
  • Sophomore first baseman Trent Rapp hit a sacrifice fly to center field that scored junior shortstop Randy Dodig and put the Tigers in front 1-0 in the first inning
  • In the third inning, senior designated hitter Kyle Poorman earned an RBI single to left field and scored junior right fielder Adam Marsh, giving RIT a 2-0 lead
  • The Bombers tied the game at two runs in the fourth inning after a sacrifice fly was hit to left field and a base runner scored on an error by the Tigers defense
  • Slotter only allowed one hit for the next three innings. Sophomore relief pitcher Luc Rising came to the mound for RIT in the eighth
  • The Tigers and Bombers each left two runners on base in the eighth inning and were both shut out in the ninth, with their first three batters recording three-straight outs
  • Being considered the away team, RIT batted first in the extra inning and was unable to get any men on base
  • The Bombers scored the winning run in the bottom of the tenth on an RBI double through the right side
GAME TWO – RIT 5, Ithaca 3
Sophomore first baseman Trent Rapp goes 2-for-5 and earns the game-winning RBI as the Tigers defeated Ithaca, 5-3 in game two of a Sunday doubleheader.
  • The Bombers got on the scoreboard first after hitting a RBI double down the left field line in the second inning
  • Sophomore second baseman Jarin Moses tied the game in the third after hitting an RBI single up the middle that scored junior shortstop Randy Dodig
  • In the fourth, Dodig hit an RBI single through the right side that scored sophomore third baseman Charlie Slaymaker, putting the Tigers in front 2-1
  • Senior catcher Kyle Poorman increased the lead to two runs after earning an RBI single in the fifth that scored Rapp
  • In the bottom of the fifth, the Bombers were able to tie the game 3-3 after hitting an RBI single and double
  • Three scoreless innings were thrown by the combined efforts of senior starting pitcher John Arnold and graduate student relief pitcher Eric Sipling
  • In the ninth, the Tigers first two batters, junior right fielder Adam Marsh and Moses, were able to get on base before Rapp would hit a single to right center that scored both and put RIT in front 5-3
  • Sipling walked one batter in the bottom of the ninth, but the Bombers were unable to score any additional runs
WHAT'S NEXT
The Tigers travel to Brockport on Tuesday (Apr. 9) for a single game scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m.