SALISBURY, Md. – The RIT baseball team opened the 2025 season by defeating Alfred State, 5-1, before falling to No. 7 Salisbury, 10-0.

GAME ONE – RIT 5, Alfred St. 1

• After three scoreless innings, senior Adam Marsh put the Tigers on the board with a double into centerfield, driving in three runs.
• Graduate student starting pitcher John Arnold pitched five innings, striking out nine batters, walking three, and not allowing a hit to pick up the win.
• With two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, Alfred State’s Connor Keifer drove in Gavin Lasko with a double to right field.
• Relief pitcher Dylan Joseph closed the game with a strikeout to earn the save.

GAME TWO – Salisbury 10, RIT 0

• The nationally ranked Seagulls opened the scoring in the bottom of the second when Trent Waire used a sacrifice bunt to drive in Dylan Winebrenner.
• Salisbury’s Noah Burroughs extended the lead to four runs with a home run in the sixth inning.
• Later in the sixth, the Seagulls’ Alex Craig hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Waire, making the score 5-0.
• With the 10-run rule in effect, Winebrenner ended the game with a single up the middle to allow Griffin Shirk to score the 10th run in the bottom of the eighth inning.
• Senior pitcher Joseph Wozny took the loss for RIT after pitching three innings, allowing one run and no hits.

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RIT travels to Lancaster, Pa. next weekend to play Franklin and Marshall in a three-game series with two games on Saturday (Mar. 1) and one game on Sunday (Mar. 2).

Baseball splits doubleheader with Franklin & Marshall

LANCASTER, Pa.  – After being shut-out 10-0 in the first game, the RIT baseball team rallied to earn a 12-10 win against Franklin & Marshall in the second game, Saturday.

GAME ONE – Franklin & Marshall 10, RIT 0

• The homestanding Diplomats got off to a quick start, scoring three runs in the bottom of the first inning when Tanner Wolpert homered to right field with runners on third and second base.
• Matt Hollender added to Franklin & Marshall’s lead in the second inning with a solo shot over the right field fence.
• Later in the second, Wolpert doubled to left field, sending three runs home to extend the lead to seven runs.
• The Diplomats added three more runs in the seventh inning to wrap-up the win.

GAME TWO – RIT 12, Franklin & Marshall 10

• The Tigers entered the sixth inning down 9-0 to Franklin & Marshall when junior Charlie Slaymaker put the visitors on the board by sending junior Jackson Rusiecki home on a single to second base.
• In the top of the seventh inning with two outs, RIT reeled off eight runs to tie the game at 9-9. To cap off the scoring run, senior Randy Dodig doubled to left field to bring junior Caelan Kim and sophomore Dewey Rautzhan home.
• The Diplomats regained the lead in the bottom of the seventh when Bobby Falese tripled to left field to allow Gideon Schwartz home.
• Rautzhan tied the game in the top of the eighth with a single to drive in Slaymaker from second base.
• RIT broke the stalemate in the ninth inning when Adam Marsh singled, driving in Dodig to make it 11-10. Isaac Breagelmann added an RBI with a single to left field as Rusiecki reached home from third base.

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RIT plays the Diplomats in one game on Sunday (Mar. 2) with first pitch scheduled for noon. There will be no live stats or live video available for the game.