FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Skidmore College baseball team split a doubleheader with Rockford University Monday at Terry Park. The Thoroughbreds dropped a back-and-forth opener, 12-11, before responding with an 8-4 victory in the second game to hand Rockford its first loss of the year.
 
Game 1 – Rockford 12, Skidmore 11

• Skidmore (3-1) scored five runs in the first inning but Rockford rallied late to take the opener.
• The Thoroughbreds jumped ahead early with five runs in the bottom of the first to build a quick 5-0 lead. Three early Rockford errors led to the first run on an Eddie Galvao RBI ground out before a two-run Mac Cady single, an Adam Copeland run-scoring double before a double-steal of home with him and Holden Caney going to second.
• Rockford (5-1) responded with three runs in the third inning and two more in the fourth to tie it up.
• Skidmore added three runs in the fourth inning and another three in the fifth to regain the lead. A Luke Warzynski infield single with the bases loaded scored all three runners on an overthrow in the fourth.
• Skidmore then loaded the bases again in the fifth before Schwartzman walked to score one and then Galvao and Quinn McDonald both hit sacrifice flies.
• Rockford's offense surged late, highlighted by a four-run sixth inning before adding two more runs in the seventh to secure the comeback win. Trent Lawrence hit a grand slam in the sixth to pull the Regents to within a run.
• In the top of the seventh, Blaise Mace tied it with a one-out single to score a run. Three batters later, Marcus Taylor, who hit a solo homer earlier, brough in the eventual winning run on a single to left-center.
• Sam Dalsimer entered for Skidmore on the mound and left the bases loaded, but the Thoroughbreds stranded the tying run in scoring position in the bottom half of the seventh.
• Matthew O'Neill and Caney were both 2-for-3 with a double and a walk for Skidmore.

 
Game 2 – Skidmore 8, Rockford 4

• Skidmore responded in the nightcap with an 8-4 victory behind an 11-hit offensive effort.
• The Thoroughbreds scored four of their runs in the second. Cady singled and later scored on a Jack Collins knock through the middle. Nate Vandersea made it 2-0 on a single the other way that scored Collins before Tyler Holm pulled off a squeeze play to score another run. O'Neill brought in Skidmore's fourth run of the frame right after on a sacrifice fly.
• Skidmore added a run in the fourth inning and another in the sixth on another Vandersea RBI single before scoring twice in the seventh to extend the lead.
• Vandersea led the offense with a 3-for-3 performance, scoring once and driving in two runs.
• Galvao added two hits including a double, while Cady and Collins each finished with two hits and an RBI.
• Grayden Harris earned the win after allowing three runs (two earned) on three hits over 4.2 innings. He worked around six walks.
• Will Markwood closed the game with 2.1 innings of relief to record the save.

 
UP NEXT
Skidmore will have the day off on Tuesday before completing the rubber game of the three-game series with Rockland on Wednesday at 9 a.m.