Davenport, FL - The Vassar College Baseball team continued action at the RussMatt Invitational on Monday as the Brewers fell late to Saint Joseph (CT), 9-5, in non-league action. Vassar's record drops to 2-1 overall while the Blue Jays improve to 5-2 on the season.

How It Happened

• Vassar opened up the scoring in the first inning as seniors Birch Herring-Jackson and Marc Milano each drew a walk followed by senior Ricardo Reyna being hit by a pitch to load the bases with two outs.
• Senior Daniel Laderman singled to center to plate the first run of the inning and Reyna came across to score on a passed ball to make it 2-0.
• The Brewers doubled the lead in the second as senior Luke Barrientos and Herring-Jackson drew walks and Barrientos scored on a passed ball. Milano's RBI single with two outs scored Herring-Jackson to put VC on top 4-0 after two.
• The Blue Jays cut the deficit in half in the top of the third on Chase Belisle's RBI triple, who later came across to score on a double play to make it 4-2.
• Saint Joseph loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth but Vassar sophomore Sage Roy-Burman limited the damage to just one run on a Joseph Fritz sacrifice fly to keep the Brewers ahead 4-3.
• VC tacked on a run in the bottom half of the fourth following a two-out single from junior Jensen Bergman, who scored from first on a double to the left center gap by Milano.
• JJ Fox drew a bases loaded walk and then Jack Kane singled through the middle to score two runs to give the Blue Jays a 6-5 lead in the sixth.
• Saint Joseph expanded the advantage to 9-5 in the eighth following a leadoff double from Belisle, a walk from Tyler Carlstrom and a two-RBI triple from Fox. Fox was later scored on a sacrifice fly from Kane.

For The Brewers

• Milano went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs batted in while Laderman totaled two hits and a RBI.
• Herring-Jackson, Barrientos, and Bergman all added a hit and a run scored.
• Roy-Burman took a no-decision as the starter as he tossed 5.1 innings, allowing nine hits, five runs, three walks and struck out four.
• Junior Danny Wellner took the loss in relief as he went 2.2 innings, allowing three hits, four runs, two walks and struck out two.
• Senior Collin Donnelly tossed a scoreless inning of relief and struck out one.

For The Blue Jays

• Kane finished the day going 4-for-4 with three runs batted in along with Belisle adding two hits, two runs and a RBI.
• Ryan Quinn and Dom Saclia each recorded two hits while Quinn scored two runs.
• Kaden Murphy started for St. Joseph and went just 1.2 innings, giving up two hits, four runs (two earned), walked four and struck out three.
• Cam Zampolin earned the victory in relief as he threw 5.1 innings, allowing just three hits, one run and struck out eight.
• Tyler Slack closed the game with two innings of relief and gave up just two hits and struck out two.

Up Next

• Vassar will face Husson tomorrow afternoon in a doubleheader beginning at 3:30 p.m. at Northeast Regional Park.
• Saint Joseph will square off with Sage tomorrow at 9:30 a.m.