WINTER HAVEN, Fla.-- The Rensselaer baseball team tagged Skidmore pitchers for 36 runs on the way to a 17-3, 19-16 Liberty League sweep.
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The Thoroughbreds head north with a 4-6 overall and 0-4 league record. The Engineers are 5-3 and 4-0.
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In the first game, RPI pounded out 17 runs on 15 hits and two Skidmore errors.Â
Matt Barra led the Thoroughbreds, going 2-4 with a three-run double.
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Both teams struggled on the mound in the second game. Skidmore came from six runs down in the bottom of ninth to tie the game 16-16, but the Engineers scored three more in the 10th for the 19-16 win.
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Shankar Mani was 3-4 with a double and three RBI.
Eric Damphousse was 1-3 with a two-run triple.
Steven Gilbert went 3-4 with a double and RBI. Mike Lavita,
Shawn Klier, and
Josh Brown had two hits each.
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Skidmore will host Vassar College in a Liberty League doubleheader on Saturday at 12 p.m.
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