Poughkeepsie, NY - The Vassar College Baseball team split a Liberty League doubleheader against Bard on Saturday afternoon as the Brewers fell in a 4-2 pitchers duel in game one before bouncing back with a 20-3 run-rule victory in game two. Senior
Cade Terada-Herzer broke the pitching appearances record in the second game of the doubleheader with his 52nd career appearance.
Vassar's record moves to 7-13 overall and 3-6 in conference play while the Raptors' record moves to 9-9 on the season and 3-3 in Liberty League action.
Game 1 - Bard 4 Vassar 2
How It Happened
- Bard scratched out a run in the third inning on a RBI infield single from Lachlan Rudd to take an early 1-0 lead.
- Vassar tied the game at one in the seventh on a RBI base hit from junior Noah Stockman and took a 2-1 lead in the eighth inning on a bases loaded walk of first year Jack Biskupiak.
- The Raptors struck for three runs in the top of the ninth as Rudd scored on an error, Sergio Hormazabal knocked in a run with a single and Xavier Webb's sacrifice fly put Bard on top 4-2 for good.
For The Brewers
- First year Noah Townsend reached base three times, including a hit, and scored a run while sophomore Dash Edwards adding a double.
- Senior Jensen Bergma drew three walks along with Stockman posting a hit and a RBI.
- Biskupiak drove in a run and first year Nick Kreatsoulas tallied a hit.
- Senior Addison Lee took the tough luck loss after tossing a complete game, allowing six hits, four runs (two earned), three walks and struck out nine.
For The Raptors
- Rudd finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and a RBI while Hormazabal and Webb both knocked in a run with a hit.
- Andrew Penn and Jack Leandri also added a hit.
- Kane Morgan earned the win after going eight innings, giving up four hits, two runs (one earned), six walks and struck out nine.
- Aidan Kiefer picked up the save with a scoreless ninth inning.
Game 2 - Vassar 20 Bard 3 (Seven Innings)
How It Happened
- Vassar broke out with six runs in the first inning of the nightcap behind a RBI single from first year Ethan Fox-Fernandez, a sacrifice fly from first year Garrison Sobo, a two-RBI single from first year Aidan Annello and a two-RBI double from Kreatsoulas to take a 6-0 lead.
- Bard cut the deficit to 6-3 over the next two innings following a RBI double from Jamie Fryer and a RBI single from Plenn in the second and Jeremy Hall scoring an error in the third.
- The Brewers countered with four runs in the bottom half of the third as Kreatsoulas knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly, Edwards drew a bases loaded walk, Bergman was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Townsend scored on a wild pitch.
- VC tacked on a run in the fourth on an Annello RBI single to expand the lead to 11-3.
- In the fifth, Bergman knocked in Edwards with a single and a RBI single from first year Eric Wallick pushed the Vassar lead to 13-3.
- Vassar tacked on seven runs in the bottom of the sixth after a bases loaded HBP of Edwards, a two-RBI single from Bergman, RBI single from Wallick, a sac fly from Stockman and a two-RBI double from Annello to take the final 20-3 lead.
For The Brewers
- Annello recorded a 4-for-4 day with five RBI and three runs scored while Bergman posted a 3-for-3 game with four RBI and three runs scored.
- Wallick tallied three hits, four runs scored and two RBI along with Edwards posting two hits, three runs scored and two runs batted in.
- Kreatsoulas knocked in three runs and added a double while Townsend chipped in a hit and two runs scored.
- Junior Will Darrell scored his third win of the season following six innings, allowing five hits, three runs (two earned), three walks and struck out five.
- Terada-Herzer's scoreless seventh inning marked the new Vassar record in appearances with his 52nd of his career.
For The Raptors
- Fryer and Plenn each drove in a run and posted a hit.
- Hormazabal, Lunt-Woodward and Webb each recorded a hit.
- Graham Benway took the loss as he went one inning, giving up five hits, six runs (two earned) and one walk.
Up Next
- Vassar will play host to NYU on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
- Bard travels to Manhattanville on Tuesday.