Baseball rally comes up short at Oswego, 11-9
OSWEGO, N.Y. – The RIT baseball team lost 11-9 at Oswego in a non-conference game, Wednesday.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The visiting Tigers got on the board when junior Charlie Slaymaker hit a solo home run in the fifth inning. RIT made it 3-2 in the same inning when senior Randy Dodig singled to drive in sophomore Mikey Zacher.
- Oswego scored the next seven runs before Slaymaker crossed home plate off another single from Dodig in the seventh.
- Graduate student John Bagley hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth to bring sophomore Dewey Rautzhan home to put the score at 11-4.
- In the top of the ninth, junior Jarin Moses drove in first year Zachary Meehl and sophomore Dorian Stroud on a double, making it 11-6.
- Moses then scored on a passed ball to cut the Lakers' lead to four runs.
- First-year Remington Lee singled to allow Reade to score with only one out.
- The Tigers' rally stalled out when Zacher lined out before Slaymaker was tagged out to end the game.
GAME NOTES
- Dodig finished the game going 2-of-4 at the place, scoring two runs and recording a pair of RBIs.
- Slaymaker's home run is his fourth of the season and 12th of his career.
- Junior pitcher Jack Luensmann took the loss for the Tigers after allowing three runs on two hits while striking out three batters in three innings of work.
- The loss puts RIT's record at16-8 overall.
UP NEXT
RIT heads east this weekend for a pair of doubleheaders at Union (Apr. 12) and Bard (Apr. 13). Saturday and Sunday's games are schedule to start at noon.
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