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Jackson Hornung tags out Rochester's Joseph Rende at the plate.
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Skidmore SKIDMORE 24-16
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Winner Rochester ROC 28-13
Skidmore SKIDMORE
24-16
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Final
9
Rochester ROC
28-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Skidmore SKIDMORE 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 13 0
Rochester ROC 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 9 14 0

W: Trevor Van Allen (7-1) L: Hocom, Quinn (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Thoroughbreds go out swinging in Liberty League Tournament

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Skidmore College baseball team concluded its season on Friday morning with a 9-5 loss to top-seeded Rochester in the Liberty League Tournament.
 
  • Skidmore finishes at 24-15 and wraps the year with the most wins for the program since 2012.
  • Rochester scored six times in the bottom of the first inning. The first five hitters had hits. Colton Avera and Jacob Matzat had two-run doubles.
  • Skidmore got one back in the second inning when Sam Kornet singled in Brendan O'Neill, who doubled, on a hot shot past the first baseman. O'Neill was 3-for-4 with two doubles.
  • Rochester tacked on a pair in the fourth on a two-run Avera homer. He was 3-for-5 with four RBI and two runs scored.
  • Skidmore had at least one hit in each inning and finished with 12 runners left on base.
  • Jackson Hornung went out with a typical 3-for-4 performance including a walk and a run scored. Hornung concludes his Skidmore career with a .424 senior season with 12 home runs, 41 RBI, an .803 slugging percentage and a .560 on-base percentage. He hit .430 for his career with 22 homers and a .735 slugging percentage. All are program career records.
  • Fellow senior Justin Posnik turned a strong performance in relief for the Thoroughbreds. He went five innings and allowed one run on four hits with a walk and two strikeouts. He steadied the ship in the bottom of the fourth with Rochester holding an 8-1 lead.
  • Skidmore, despite a flurry of baserunners and productive at bats, was unable to come through with the clutch hit at the opportune time.
  • Skidmore did outscore Rochester 5-3 after the first inning. In the seventh, the Thoroughbreds loaded the bases with one out down by five. They scored twice on a Max Mello sacrifice fly and a Zachary Leiderman RBI single.
  • Two walks giving way to an Anthony Petersen run-scoring single, and an O'Neill sacrifice fly accounted for Skidmore's two runs in the ninth.
  • Later in the day, Rochester was eliminated by RIT, 12-3.
  • RIT will battle unbeaten Ithaca on Saturday for the title at Skidmore's Castle Diamond. The Tigers must beat the Bombers twice. Ithaca needs just one win.
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