Tage Johnson
8
Winner RIT RIT 2-0
2
Houghton College HCBB15 6-6
Winner
RIT RIT
2-0
8
Final
2
Houghton College HCBB15
6-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
RIT RIT 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 8 8 0
Houghton College HCBB15 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0

W: Herlihy (1-0) L: Cavalieri, Victor (1-1)

7
Elmira College ELMIRA 0-2
20
Winner Houghton College HCBB15 7-6
Elmira College ELMIRA
0-2
7
Final
20
Houghton College HCBB15
7-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Elmira College ELMIRA 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7 13 2
Houghton College HCBB15 0 0 3 0 5 5 0 7 X 20 13 4

W: Monthie, Edward (1-1) L: Salzman (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Highlander Baseball Splits Two Saturday Games

The Highlanders baseball team lost 8-2 to the Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers in their first game of the day, but beat the Elmira Soaring Eagles 20-7 in the night game at home on Saturday..

In game one RIT jumped out to 3-0 lead in the top of first inning.

The Tigers continued to add to their lead and led 5-0 going into the bottom of the third.

The Highlanders got on the board in the bottom half of the third on Enrico Sukhdeo's (Georgetown, Guyana) RBI single that scored Patrick Parsons (Wellsboro, PA).

The Highlanders could not produce enough offense to keep up with the Tiger's, though.

Tigers pitcher Conor Herlihy earned the win while Victor Cavalieri (Rochester, NY) was handed the loss.

Offensively the Highlanders were led by Tage Johnson (Jamestown, NY) who went two for four with a double and RBI.

In the second game of the day the Soaring Eagles got on the board first scoring four runs in the top half of the first inning.

In the third inning the Highlanders got on the board on Michael Knapp (Brockport, NY) single that scored Sukhdeo. The Highlanders added on two more in the third to make it 4-3.

The Highlanders blew the game open scoring 10 runs in the fifth and sixth innings. The offensive surge was led by Johnson who hit two triples, driving in five runs. After Elmira scored twice in the top of the eighth, Houghton continued the offensive onslaught with seven more runs on five hits in the bottom half of the inning. Johnson, Jens Omdal (Olympia, WA, River Ridge) and McKay each singled in a run, while Joseph Gilligan (Ringwood, NJ, Lakeland Regional) had a two run single. Timothy Leathersich (Lima, NY, Lima Christian) also singled in the inning.

For the game Johnson went three for six and batted in six runs.McKay walked four times, scored four runs and stole three bases. Knapp was two for two with three runs scored. The Highlanders produced 11 stolen bases.

Parsons also went two for four with four RBI's in the game against Elmira. 

The win was given to Edward Monthie (Albany, NY) who pitched five innings, only allowed three earned runs, and struck out three Elmira batters. The loss was given to Davis Salzman.  

The Highlanders are home again for a doubleheader Wednesday against Medaille College. 
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