Game 1

Game 2

Rochester, N.Y.—The Skidmore College baseball team moved into second place with a 17-7, 16-9 Liberty League sweep at the Rochester Institute of Technology on Saturday.

The teams will play again Sunday starting at 12 p.m.

The Thoroughbreds are 9-5 in league play and 17-7 overall. The Tigers are 4-10 and 9-16.

In the first game, Skidmore scored seven runs in the first inning and never looked back, scoring 17 runs on 21 hits. Alex Barber went 4-6 with three RBI. Freshman Nick Barra went 3-5 with two runs and two RBI.  Geoff Green also pounded out three hits, going 3-4 with four runs and three RBI.
 
The second game was more of the same, with the Thoroughbreds scoring 16 runs on 17 hits.  Barra continued his hot play, going 3-4 with four RBI to finish the day 6-11.  Leejay Pollacchi went 3-4 with two runs and two SB and Zack Rudman was 3-4 with four runs and a double. 
  
Game 1 Line Score/Highlights
Skidmore College 17, RIT 7 (Apr 14, 2012 at Rochester, NY) (Game 1)
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Skidmore College.... 712 015 1 - 17 21  1      (16-7, 8-5 LL)
RIT................. 001 402 0 -  7 11  5      (9-14, 4-9 LL)
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Pitchers: Skidmore College - Zack Rudman; Matt Barra(6); Justin Willig(7) and . RIT - Humbert;
Herlihy(5); Bell(6); Sammon(7) and .
Win-Zack Rudman(4-2)  Loss-Humbert  T-2:50  A-75
Skidmore College 16, RIT 9 (Apr 14, 2012 at Rochester, NY) (Game 2)
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Skidmore College.... 014 514 100  - 16 17  1      (17-7, 9-5 LL)
RIT................. 201 300 012  -  9 17  3      (9-15, 4-10 LL)
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Pitchers: Skidmore College - Isaac Forman; Jeremy Selecky(8); Jeff Spindel(9) and . RIT -
Burns; Seybold(5); Wright(5); Schuster(7); Herlihy(8); Sammon(9) and .
Win-Isaac Forman(5-1)  Loss-Burns(3-1)  T-3:00  A-74