ROCHESTER, NY - The Skidmore College baseball team came up empty with a pair of Liberty League losses to the Unviersity of Rochester on Sunday at Towers Field.

Rochester won game one 4-3, rallying from 3-0 down and took game two by a 13-7 score.  Skidmore drops to 6-12 overall and 0-8 in the Liberty League. UR has won 13 straight games and now sits atop the Liberty League standings with an 18-7 record and 11-1 mark in the conference.  Skidmore will host Vassar on April 14 in a Liberty League pair that will start at 2.

In game one, the Thoroughbreds were able to get out to an early 3-0 lead after three innings.  In the 2nd, Kevin Cross provided an RBI single.  The 3rd inning saw Jeb Clarke drive in two with a one out single up the middle.

The Yellowjackets would battle back, scoring two runs in the 4th on a Brendan Garry solo home run and a Tyler Schmidt RBI groundout.

UR was able to scrape across two more runs in the 6th to take a 4-3 lead.

Skidmore's Andrew Bannon threw a complete game, allowing 9 hits, 4 runs (3 earned) and 5 walks with 3 strikeouts.

In game two, the Yellowjackets, batting as the away team jumped out to an early 3-0 lead after one inning when junior Nolan Schultz cracked a 3-run homer to left off the scoreboard.

Skidmore would quickly respond, scoring a run in the 2nd on a Josh Brown solo blast and three in the 3rd, capitalizing on three Rochester walks from starter John Ghyzel.  Matt Barra would draw a bases loaded walk and Brown would then add a 2-run single to give the Thoroughbreds a 4-3 lead.

UR answered with 10 runs over the next three innings to break the game open. 

Skidmore would plate three runs in the ninth to reach the final score of 13-7.  Brown had an RBI groundout and finished 2-5 with a run and 4 RBI in game two.

Rochester's Schultz finished 3-4 with a homer, 2 runs and 4 RBI.

Skidmore's Kenny Ajello was saddled with the loss after allowing seven runs over 3 1/3 innings.