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Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-- The Skidmore College baseball team erased a seven-run deficit to beat Vassar College 8-7 in eight innings to salvage a Liberty League split Sunday afternoon at Castle Diamond.
 
The Brewers won the first game 8-4 in nine innings.
 
Skidmore (12-4, 6-2 Liberty) and Vassar (5-10, 3-5) split the weekend series 2-2, with three of the four games going extra innings.
 
In the first game, Vassar batted around in the fourth to take a 4-1 lead. A.J. Kim keyed the inning with a 3-run, two-out, first-pitch homer.
 
The Thoroughbreds battled back to tie it 4-4 with three runs in the bottom of the fifth.  Leejay Pollacchi had a two-run double and scored on an Erik Watkins single. 
 
Scheduled for seven innings, the Brewers scored four runs behind a three-run homer by Brett Zaziski in the top of the ninth for the 8-4 final.  
 
Nick Barra (0-1) took the loss in relief, while Zander Mrlik (3-0) won with two innings of scoreless relief.
 
In the second game, Skidmore's Geoff Green punched a full-count two-out single to center to score pinch runner Jeff Spindel from second to win it in the eighth for the Thoroughbreds.
 
Vassar opened a 7-0 lead with two runs in the second, four in the third and one in the fourth before Skidmore responded by sending 11 batters to the plate in a five-run fourth to cut the lead to 7-5.
 
Pollachi and Mike Pannozzi had RBI doubles, while Matty Tattkow and Mo Kreitenberg had RBI singles in the inning.
 
Skidmore waited until the seventh to tie it 7-7 with two runs.  Casey Quinn and Green opened the inning by getting hit.  The pair advanced on a wild pitch. Quinn scored on a deep Pannozzi sacrifice fly that moved Green to third. Green tied it on a sac fly to left by Tattko to force the extra inning.
 
The Thoroughbreds avoided trouble in the top of the eighth on a pair of stellar defensive plays. Berra chased down a foul fly at the fence from third base for the second out of the inning and Tatkow ran down a deep right field fly, making the catch at the fence to end the inning with two runners on.
 
Pannozzi finished 2-3 with a pair of RBI. Green was 2-2 with an RBI, and Zack Rudman was 2-4.  Max Martins (1-0) got the win in relief, allowing no runs on two hits over four innings.
 
For Vassar, Liam Lee was 2-4 with three RBI. Kim, Dave Robbins, and Dan McCormack each had two hits.  Dennis Tario (1-1) took the loss in relief. 
 
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Vassar College 8, Skidmore College 4 (Apil 1, 2012 at Saratoga Springs, NY) (Game 1)
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Vassar College...... 000 400 004  -  8 10  0      (5-9, 3-4 LIB)
Skidmore College.... 010 030 000  -  4  7  1      (11-4, 5-2 LIB)
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Pitchers: Vassar College - MacGregor; Z. Mrlik(8) and Kim. Skidmore College - Jordan Keysor;
Max Martins(6); Nick Barra(8); Andrew Bannon(9) and Geoff Green.
Win-Z. Mrlik(3-0)  Loss-Nick Barra(0-1)  T-2:25  A-130
HR VASSAR - Zaziski (3); Kim (1).
Weather: Cool, Overcast, 38 at start
Game: SCBB41A
 
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Skidmore College 8, Vassar College 7 (Apr 01, 2012 at Saratoga Springs, NY) (Game 2)
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Vassar College...... 024 100 00 -  7 12  0      (5-10, 3-5 LIB)
Skidmore College.... 000 500 21 -  8 12  2      (12-4, 6-2 LIB)
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Pitchers: Vassar College - Lovizio; Bottini(5); Tario(7) and Kim. Skidmore College -
Nick Petrella; Max Martins(5) and Mike Pannozzi.
Win-Max Martins(1-0)  Loss-Tario(1-1)  T-2:35  A-130
Weather: Cool, drizzle, 46 at start
Bottini faced 2 batters in the 7th.
Game: SC401B