PURCHASE, NY - The Vassar College Baseball team earned its first victory of the season on Monday evening as the Brewers outslugged Purchase 12-11 in a 11 inning affair. Vassar, who served as the home team in this contest, walked it off in the bottom of the 11th inning on a RBI fielder's choice and moved to 1-1 overall while the Panthers fall to 2-1 on the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Vassar pushed across the first run of the game in the bottom of the first as sophomore Jensen Bergman singled up the middle and later scored on a throwing error on a ball in play from senior Reid Lapekas.
• Purchase answered with a big five run inning in the second as Frank Rega and Bryant Pena led off with back-to-back singles. Following a hit by pitch of Brandon Gonzalez, Myles Scarry's infield single plated a run and Pena scored on a fielder's choice. Matthew Deall plated two runs on a single to right field and Liam Daly's RBI single gave the Panthers a 5-1 lead after the top of the second.
• The Brewers answered with three runs in the bottom half ot the inning as senior Nick Greenhawt singled through the middle followed by a double from junior Marc Milano to the right center gap. Junior Birch Herring-Jackson was hit by a pitch which led to a bases-clearing opposite field double from Bergman to cut the lead to one.
• Purchase added a run in the third as Jemel Betances' infield single with two outs plated Rega, who led off the inning with a walk, to make it 6-4.
• Senior Jaden Millstein doubled off the right field fence to lead off the bottom of the third and later scored on a wild pitch with two outs to bring Vassar with a run once again.
• In the fourth, Rega singled home Daly, who reached on a leadoff single, followed by Scarry's RBI groundout scoring Rega to extend the Purchase lead to 8-5.
• Vassar was the next to strike for a big inning as the Brewers put together a five run inning of their own as Milano and junior Ricardo Reyna drew back-to-back walks to start the sixth before Herring-Jackson's bunt was thrown away to plate the first run of the inning. Bergman followed it up with a two RBI double to tie the game at eight before scoring on a fielder's choice. Senior Ty Murray capped the inning with a RBI double to right center to score senior Jack Silvera to give the Brewers a 10-8 lead.
• Vassar pushed another run across in the seventh as Greenhawt led off with an opposite field double and later scored on a wild pitch. Purchase cut the lead to 11-9 in the eighth as Daly blasted a solo homer to left center to lead off the inning.
• The Panthers evened the score at 11 all in the top of the ninth as Patrick Reyes's two-RBI single to right field scored pinch-hitter Tyler Della Mura and Scarry with two outs and sent the game into extra innings.
• Junior Luke Barrientos entered in the 10th out of the bullpen and struck out the side in the top half of the inning before Herring-Jackson led off the inning with a single followed by a one-out walk from Lapekas. Alex Doskoez entered in relief and stranded the two runners to extend the game to the 11th.
• After Purchase was retired in order in the top of the 11th, Greenhawt reached on a throwing error and raced around to third to put the winning run 90 feet away. Following back-to-back intentional walks of Milano and Reyna, Herring-Jackson beat out a double play ball to score pinch-runner Will Darrell to walk it off in the 11th.

FOR THE BREWERS

• Bergman finished an impressive day going 4-for-6, including two doubles, with five RBI and two runs scored.
• Milano reached base five times with two doubles and three walks along with Greenhawt collecting two hits.
• Sophomore Addison Lee started on the mound for Vassar and went three innings, allowing six runs and striking out six.
• Barrientos earned the win in relief as he tossed two scoreless innings and struck out five.

FOR THE PANTHERS

• Daly went 4-for-4 with a homer along with two RBI, two runs scored and two walks. He also earned the start on the mound, lasting two-plus innings and gave up five hits and five runs (three earned).
• Pena completed a 4-for-5 day with a run scored along with Rega adding two hits and three runs scored.
• Gonzalez threw 3.1 strong innings in relief, allowing one run on four hits, while Justin Lorenzo took the loss in relief.

UP NEXT

• Vassar will head out to the Pacific Northwest as they will begin the trip with a three-game series with George Fox beginning on Friday evening.
• Purchase will host St. Lawrence in a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon.