GORHAM, Maine – The RIT baseball team dropped it's NCAA Regional opener to No. 5-ranked Rowan, 7-5, Saturday.
The loss puts the four-seeded Tigers in an elimination game tomorrow (May 16) at 11 a.m., facing the loser of the #2 Southern Maine/#3 Babson game.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Rowan, the top-seed in the four-team regional bracket, struck first with a run in the bottom of the first inning and extended its lead with a four-run third to go up 5–1.
- RIT got on the board in the third as junior Mikey Zacher doubled and later scored on a dropped fly ball.
- Senior Trent Rapp powered the Tigers back into the game in the fifth inning with a three-run home run to left-center, cutting the deficit to 6–4.
- The Profs added an insurance run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly to make it 7–4.
- RIT answered again in the eighth when Rapp delivered an RBI single, scoring Zacher to bring the Tigers within two.
GAME NOTES
- Rapp finished 2-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs. The home run is his seventh of the season.
- Zacher went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored, and a walk.
- Graduate student Max Matteucci collected two hits, while senior Roberto Reade and graduate student Sam Kulp added base hits.
- RIT totaled 10 hits in the game but left 10 runners on base.
- Sophomore Ryan Moran started on the mound for RIT, allowing six runs over five innings before graduate student Ryan Merkov provided 2.2 innings of scoreless relief to finish the game.
- RIT moved to 24–14 overall on the season.
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT will play in an elimination game on Sunday (May 17) at 11 a.m. at Ed Flaherty Field.
