Troy, NY - The Vassar College Baseball team used a fast start with 10 runs in the first innings and held off a late RPI surge behind the relief pitching efforts of junior Cade Terada-Herzer and senior Luke Barrientos to take a 11-9 victory in the opening game of the three-game series with the Engineers. Vassar's record improves to 11-14 overall and 3-6 in Liberty League play while the Engineers fall to 18-11 and 6-5 in conference action.

How It Happened

• Vassar struck for a big inning in the top of the first as senior Birch Herring-Jackson led off with an infield single and moved to second on a walk of junior Jensen Bergman.
• Junior Taison Jemison's RBI double knocked in Herring-Jackson followed by senior Marc Milano drawing a bases loaded walk to push Bergman across for the second run of the inning.
• First year Kyle Donlon knocked in two runs on a single followed by a two-RBI single from senior Bradley Markind to make it 6-0 after a half inning.
• RPI answered in the bottom half of the inning as Ayush Krishnappa drove in two runs on a single and Ian Oehlschlager scored on a VC throwing error to cut the deficit to 6-3.
• Bergman and senior Luke Barrientos each singled to begin the second inning and senior Marc Milano plated Bergman on an opposite field RBI single to make it 7-3 VC.
• The Engineers scratched out a run in the fourth after Jon Primerano stole home on a double steal attempt to cut the lead to 7-4.
• Following three straight two-out singles from senior Ricardo Reyna, senior Daniel Laderman and Markind to load the bases, Herring-Jackson drew a walk to push Reyna across and Bergman came through with a two-RBI single through the left side to put the Brewers on top 10-4 in the fifth.
• A RBI groundout from senior Daniel Laderman scored Milano in the sixth to put VC ahead 11-4.
• The Engineers struck for five runs in the bottom of the sixth on a RBI double from Oehlschlaeger, a RBI walk of Julian Scarpa, a two-RBI single from Walker Abdallah and a RBI single from Michael Lebenson cut the lead down to 11-9 after six.
• The duo of Terada-Herzer and Barrientos combined for 3.1 innings of scoreless relief to hold off RPI and collect Vassar's third conference victory of the season.

For The Brewers

• Bergman registered a 3-for-5 game with two RBI and two runs scored while Donlon and Markind each tallied two hits and two runs batted in.
• Milano reached base four times and knocked in two runs along with Jemison and Barrientos adding two hits.
• Sophomore Will Darrell earned the win on the mound as he threw 5.2 innings, allowing five hits, six runs (five earned), five walks and struck out eight.
• Terada-Herzer tossed 2.1 key innings of scoreless relief and struck out three while Barrientos earned his third save of the season and struck out two.

For The Engineers

• Oehschlaeger recorded a 3-for-4 day with a RBI and two runs scored while Lebenson registered two hits.
• Abdallah knocked in two runs along with Aidan Hicks and Primerano tallying a hit each and reaching base three times each.
• Andrew Gaughan took the loss as he went just one inning, giving up four hits, six runs, three walks and struck out one.

Up Next

• The two teams will meet up tomorrow afternoon for a doubleheader at Prentiss Field beginning at 12:00 p.m.