Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (April 3, 2011) -- The Vassar College baseball team split its Sunday road doubleheader at Castle Diamond to take three of four games this weekend against reigning Liberty League Champion Skidmore College. The Brewers took game one 8-3 behind seven strong innings by junior John MacGregor and the Thoroughbreds avoided the series sweep with a 6-1 win on a one-hitter by Nick Laracuente.

The Brewers (8-7, 4-4) are tied for third place of the Liberty League and next play Mount St. Mary College on the road this Wednesday, April 6, at 4:00 p.m. The Thoroughbreds (10-5, 2-4) host Hamilton for a single nine-inning game on Thursday at 4 p.m.

In the first game, MacGregor earned his first win of the season, holding the Thoroughbreds to three runs (one earned) on six hits, three walks, and eight strikeouts. MacGregor tossed 122 pitches and didn't allow a runner past second base after the third inning.

Skidmore took a 1-0 lead in the first when Leejay Pollacchi singled, stole second and eventually scored on a Zack Rudman infield ground out.

The Brewers sent 10 batters to the plate in a five-run third. Vassar scratched out five runs on four hits, two walks and a hit batter. Skidmore came back with two unearned runs in the bottom of the third to cut it to 5-3, but that was as close as it would get. The Brewers scored three in the top of the seventh on six walks for the 8-3 final.

Senior Joe Bubar was 2-3 with an RBI for Vassar. Freshman Brett Zaziski went 1-for-2 with two RBI and a run.

Jordan Keysor (1-1) took the loss for the Thoroughbreds.

In game two, Laracuente was dominant, tossing his second complete game one-hitter this season to improve to 4-0 on the year. He struck out nine and walked just one, while allowing an unearned run in the first inning and a mere two baserunners in the final eight innings.

The Brewers struck first, taking a 1-0 lead on Zaziski's RBI single in the top of the first.

Skidmore was able to break through in the fifth as Rob Rubenstein drove in Matty Tatkow and Jeremy Selecky with a one-out double to take a 2-1 lead. The Thoroughbreds added four more runs in the seventh.

Laracuente silenced the Vassar bats, retiring the final 11 batters to secure a 6-1 victory.

Lawrence Flicker (1-1) took the loss for the Brewers, allowing six runs (four earned) in six-plus innings.