SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The Skidmore College baseball team dropped both ends of a Liberty League East Division doubleheader to Union College on Saturday afternoon at Castle Diamond, falling 8-6 in the opener and 12-1 in game two.

• Skidmore has completed Liberty League play and will await its opponent for a Liberty League Crossover Series May 2-3. The Thoroughbreds have clinched home field for that series.

Union 8, Skidmore 6

• The game was delayed two hours and 28 minutes due to heavy rain that came in minutes before the 11 a.m. pushed up start.
• Skidmore dropped the opener of the doubleheader against Union, 8-6, after the Garnet Chargers scored eight unanswered runs in the final two innings.
• The Thoroughbreds held a 2-0 lead through seven innings behind a strong start from junior Quinn Hocom.
• Hocom pitched six shutout frames, allowing just two hits. He struck out four and walked three. It was his second start of five or more scoreless innings on the season.
• Union struck for four runs in the eighth and added four more in the ninth to take control.
• Skidmore mounted a rally in the bottom of the ninth, plating four runs, but the comeback fell short with the tying run stranded at the plate.
• Senior Andy Pelc hit a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth to pull Skidmore within two. He finished 2-for-3 with a double, and a stolen base.
• Senior Trey Bourque went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI.
• Sophomore Quinn McDonald reached base three times, finishing 1-for-3 with a double, two walks, and a run scored.
• Alex Oppenheimer picked up the win in relief for Union, recording the final out of the seventh inning.
• Alex Erickson earned his second save, despite allowing four runs on three hits over the final two innings.
• Caleb Miller led Union with a solo home run and two runs scored.
• Dylan Swarts added an RBI double and scored twice for the Garnet Chargers.

Union 12, Skidmore 1 (7 inn.)

• Skidmore dropped the second game of its Liberty League East doubleheader to Union, 12-1, as the Garnet Chargers scored in six of seven innings to complete the sweep.
• The Thoroughbreds (17-12-2, 9-3 LL East) were held to four hits in the seven-inning contest.
• Union (19-13, 6-3 LL East) scored multiple runs in five frames, including four runs in the seventh to cap the win.
• Swarts led Union on both sides of the ball, going 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and earning the win with four shutout innings on the mound.
• Jack Klein earned the save, tossing three innings and allowing one run on one hit with four strikeouts.
• Senior Zachary Leiderman had two of Skidmore's four hits, including a double.
• Sophomore Owen Roy drove in the Thoroughbreds' lone run with an RBI groundout in the sixth.

UP NEXT

• Skidmore will host MCLA in a non-league game on Tuesday, April 23 starting at 3:30 p.m.