Game One Box

Game Two Box

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – The Skidmore College baseball team swept Rochester in Friday's Liberty League doubleheader at Castle Diamond.  The Thoroughbreds took game one 6-2 and shut out the Yellowjackets in game two, 2-0.
 
Skidmore improves to 8-2 overall after the sweep to open league play, while the Yellowjackets fall to 3-7.
 
Zack Rudman tossed six strong innings in the opener, allowing just one earned run on four hits to improve to 3-1.  Brian Lowry finished 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of doubles, two RBI and two runs scored.
 
The Thoroughbreds broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth as Matty Takow had an RBI single before Erik Watkins scored on an error and Alex Barber capped the inning with an RBI groundout to give Skidmore a 3-0 lead.
 
They added three more in the fifth behind a two RBI double from Lowry and an RBI double from Watkins to make it a 6-0 lead.  Rochester broke through in the sixth as Tim LeSuer singled home Alex Caghan to make it 6-1 and added another run in the 7^th on Ethan Sandler's run-scoring fielder's choice, but freshman pitcher Andrew Bannon closed the door and preserved the 6-2 win.
 
Jon Menke suffered the loss for the Yellowjackets, falling to 1-2 on the season, while Caghan finished 2-for-3 with a run scored.
 
In game two, Isaac Forman continued his dominance on the mound, allowing just two hits while striking out nine in 7.1 innings of work to improve to 3-0.  Bannon closed out the game with 1.2 innings of perfect baseball to earn the save.
 
The Thoroughbreds got all the offense they needed in the fourth inning behind back-to-back RBI doubles from Lowry and Watkins. The Skidmore pitching staff allowed just three runners to advance past first and only one to advance past second. 
 
Rochester's pitching duo of Corey King and Rob Mabee was impressive as well, allowing five hits and two earned runs in eight innings of work.  King suffered the loss to fall to 0-2 on the season.
 
The teams return to action tomorrow for another doubleheader at 11 a.m.
 
 
Skidmore College 6, U. of Rochester 2 (Mar 23, 2012 at Saratoga Springs, NY) (Game 1)
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U. of Rochester..... 000 001 1 -  2  6  1      (3-6, 0-1 Liberty)
Skidmore College..... 000 330 X -  6  7  0      (7-2, 1-0 Liberty)
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Pitchers: U. of Rochester - Jon Menke; Stephen Cool(5) and Steve Pollakov. Skidmore Colleg -
Zack Rudman; Andrew Bannon(7) and Geoff Green.
Win-Zack Rudman(3-1)  Loss-Jon Menke(1-2)  T-2:10  A-150
Weather: 70 & Sunny
 
Skidmore College 2, U. of Rochester 0 (Mar 23, 2012 at Saratoga Springs, NY) (Game 2)
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U. of Rochester..... 000 000 000  -  0  2  0      (3-7, 0-2 Liberty)
Skidmore College..... 000 200 00X  -  2  5  0      (8-2, 2-0 Liberty)
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Pitchers: U. of Rochester - Corey King; Rob Mabee(6) and Tyler DeClerck. Skidmore Colleg -
Isaac Forman; Andrew Bannon(8) and Mike Pannozzi.
Win-Isaac Forman(3-0)  Save-Andrew Bannon(1)  Loss-Corey King(0-2)  T-1:55  A-150
Weather: 70's & Sunny