Baseball sweeps Bard in doubleheader, 13-1, 15-7

Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.   – The RIT baseball team swept Bard in a doubleheader, Sunday, by scores of 13-1 and 15-7.

GAME ONE – RIT 13, Bard 1

• Leading 3-0 through four innings, the Tigers added two more runs in the fifth. Junior Charlie Slaymaker scored on a sacrifice fly from senior Adam Marsh, who then scored RIT’s second run of the inning on a single by sophomore Isaac Braegelmann.
• Bard got on the board in the bottom of the sixth inning when Gavin Gonzalez drove in Sam Dumper with a single to left field.
• The Tigers added eight runs in the ninth inning, which included a three-run double from Roberto Reade.
• Junior starting pitcher Luc Risingimproved to 3-0 after recording five scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks to go along with three strikeouts.

GAME TWO – RIT 15, Bard 7

• RIT scored five runs in the second inning to extend its lead to 8-0. Senior Sam Kulp opened the scoring in the second by stealing home.
• Bard scored five runs over the next two innings, which trimmed the Tigers’ lead down to four runs.
• Senior Randy Dodig brought in graduate student John Bagley with a sacrifice fly out to left field in the fourth inning to make it 9-5.
• The Tigers tacked on three runs in the seventh inning before adding a run in the eighth and ninth to extend the lead to nine.
• Sophomore Mikey Zacher finished the game a perfect 6-of-6 at the place, scoring one run and recording a career-best 4 RBIs.

UP NEXT
RIT heads north to face Clarkson next weekend with one game on Friday (Apr. 18) at 3 p.m. and two games on Saturday (Apr. 19) at noon and 3 p.m.