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Quinn Hocom
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Quinn Hocom broke the career strikeout record with his 183rd career punchout.
5
Bard BARD 4-6, 0-1 Liberty
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Winner Skidmore SKIDMORE 9-2, 1-0 Liberty
Bard BARD
4-6, 0-1 Liberty
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Final
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Skidmore SKIDMORE
9-2, 1-0 Liberty
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bard BARD 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 5 9 1
Skidmore SKIDMORE 6 0 0 5 1 0 4 16 10 3

W: Hocom, Quinn (3-0) L: Kane Morgan (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Hocom breaks strikeout record, three Thoroughbreds homer including Riva’s grand slam, as Skidmore opens Ferrari Field with big win over Bard

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Senior Quinn Hocom struck out 10, breaking the program's career record in the process, and Jack Riva drove in six runs as one of three players to hit home runs, as the Skidmore College baseball team won its home opener over Bard, 16-5, in seven innings at Ferrari Field on Friday afternoon.
  • Quinn McDonald and Mac Cady also homered for Skidmore (9-2, 1-0 Liberty League), as it defeated the visiting Raptors in seven innings by run rule.
  • Cady's two-run homer to left-center with two outs in the seventh ended it.
  • Hocom, with his eighth punch out of the game in the top of the fourth inning, got his 183rd of his career – passing Nick Laracuente '11 for the most in program history. He has 32 strikeouts through three starts.
  • Hocom allowed three runs, two earned, over five innings. He scattered six hits (all singles) and walked a pair.
  • Riva, after smacking a two-run double as part of Skidmore's six-run bottom of the first, hit a grand slam in the fourth on a full-count, two-out offering.
  • McDonald pulled a 1-0 pitch at the letters high and gone over the right field fence to lead off the bottom of the seventh to make it 13-5.
  • Later, after Nate Vandersea tripled and scored on a wild pitch, Cady drove one over the fence in left-center to enact the 10-run rule.
  • Cady went 3-for-5 with three RBI and three runs scored.
  • Five players scored twice: Jack Collins, Landon Schwartzman, Riva, McDonald, Vandersea.
  • Vandersea reached four times. He was 2-for-2 with a pair of walks.
  • The Thoroughbreds drew four free passes in the first inning to fuel the flame of a six-run rally.
  • The Raptors got two back on a two-RBI Jack Rivlin single in the third before Eddie Galvao singled in one in the fourth before Riva's line-drive grand slam made it 11-2.
  • Rivlin went 2-for-3 for the visitors with three RBI and the Raptors' only extra-base hit – a double in the seventh.
  • Nick Palovich pitched the final two innings for Skidmore to close it out. He allowed two runs and three hits with three strikeouts.
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The series picks up on Saturday at Bard for a doubleheader starting at noon.
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