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Quinn Hocom
Kyle Lancto
Quinn Hocom navigated his way through five innings for Skidmore.
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Skidmore SKIDMORE 21-16-2
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Winner Ithaca ITHACA 26-13
Skidmore SKIDMORE
21-16-2
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Final
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Ithaca ITHACA
26-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Skidmore SKIDMORE 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 7 0
Ithaca ITHACA 0 1 0 0 1 10 3 0 X 15 12 2

W: Colin Leyner (4-2) L: Tavano, Alex (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Thoroughbreds fall in winners’ bracket to Ithaca; to play RPI in elimination game Saturday morning

ITHACA, N.Y. – The Skidmore College baseball team dropped a winners' bracket game to host Ithaca College on Friday, 15-5, in the second day of the Liberty League Tournament on Friday. The day's third game was postponed to Saturday. Skidmore will now play Rensselaer in an elimination game on Saturday at 11 a.m.
  • The winner of the Skidmore vs. RPI game will challenge Ithaca and need to beat it twice to capture the title.
  • RPI beat Clarkson, 10-1, earlier in the day.
  • The game was tied at two in the sixth when Ithaca scored 10 runs to take the lead and break it open. The Bombers drew three walks and got hit by three pitches in the rally.
  • Zachary Leiderman and Eddie Galvao homered for Skidmore – both solo blasts. Leiderman also had a sacrifice fly and RBI groundout with homers in back-to-back days.
  • Galvao's long ball in the top of the fourth gave Skidmore a 2-1 lead.
  • The Thoroughbreds struck for the first run of the afternoon in the top of the first. An infield throwing error from the Bombers set up Leiderman with a runner on third base for a sacrifice fly.
  • Ithaca turned a leadoff single into the tying run in the second after two walks and a hit batter with the bases loaded.
  • Thoroughbred catcher Trey Bourque ended Ithaca's second and fourth innings with his arm. With Skidmore starter Quinn Hocom in a jam in the second, he back-picked the runner at first base for the third out. Then, in the fourth, a strike-him-out, throw-him-out double play at third base put another Bomber chance to bed.
  • Hocom also got a double-play ball, with the help of a runner's interference call, to get out of the third. He also stranded the bases loaded in the fifth.
  • Hocom rode the tightrope all afternoon, but limited Ithaca to two runs on four hits over five innings and 126 pitches. He walked seven and struck out seven.
  • Ethan McDonough finished 1-for-2 for the Bombers with three walks and two RBI.
  • Riley Brawdy finished 2-for-3 with a pair of walks and three runs scored.
  • Ithaca walked 11 times and got plunked six times.
  • Colin Leyner earned the win in relief for the Bombers. He pitched the final four innings. Ithaca starter Reed Bailey struck out eight over five innings in the no-decision.
UP NEXT
  • Skidmore and RPI will meet Saturday at 11 a.m. The winner plays Ithaca at ~2 p.m. The seventh game of the tournament, if necessary, will be Sunday at noon.
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