Still catching up!

Next up was the weekend @ Clarkson. The team started off well with a 7-1 victory in the first game behind a very well pitched game by Michael Park. Possibly his best performance at Rochester to date! The first 3 innings were scoreless and UR scored a run in the top of the 4th on a Dan Brien RBI single. In the top of the 5th, UR scored 6 runs to put the game away. The big blows were a 2 run homer by Kahovec and an RBI double by Sullivan, to go along with 4 singles in the inning. Michael Park has 11 strikeouts in the game!

In game 2, Pete McEneaney earned his 5th win with a lot of help from the offense that scored 14 runs on 20 hits. He cruised through 7 innings and left with a score of 14-1. Clarkson scored 2 runs in each of the final 2 innings to close to the final score of 14-5. Blayne Fuke had 4 hits, Dan Brien and Jay Jay Vanderstyne had 3 hits, Andy Cannon, Ed Kahovec, Matt Francis and Jim Bard had 2 hits each, and Nate Stein and Devin Shane added hits to complete the hit parade!

It was a good day for the Yellowjackets, and the parents held a postgame hot dog roast for all in attendance. It was a great way to end the day, and was enjoyed by all! Thanks to all who helped to make the cookout the success that it was by bringing whatever you did! We had hot dogs, salads, deserts, drinks, etc.

On Sunday, the tables were turned as Clarkson scored runs in each of the 1st 5 innings to build a 12-3 lead. In the bottom of the 7th, UR scored 6 runs, but it was too little too late. Clarkson was aided by 4 errors, but we were hopeful that the 6 runs in the bottom of the 7th would get the boys going in the 2nd game. This was not the case, as Clarkson started out with runs in the first 3 innings to mount a 6-0 lead, and then tacked on 3 more in the top of the 7th and an insurance run in the 9th to lead 10-0. UR scored 2 in the 9th to avoid the shutout, Dan Brien homered to center for one of the runs, but managed only 4 hits in the game, compared to Clarkson's 17 hits.

This was dissapointing to say the least and has large implications for both teams in the standings. It was a long ride home from Potsdam, NY.

The team travelled to Ithaca on Tuesday to face the Bombers in a game that had NCAA regional implications. UR scored 2 runs in the second inning on a Matt Francis 2-RBI single, and Ithaca answered with 2 runs of their own in the bottom of the 2nd. UR went ahead by scoring 3 runs in the top of the 4th inning on doubles by Ryan Sullivan and Dave Kloc, an error, a balk, and a wild pitch. Ithaca added a run in the bottom of the 6th and UR answered with 2 in the 7th, on 3 singles, a SAC bunt, and a wild pitch. Ithaca came back with a solo homerun in the bottom of the 7th to close to within 3 at 7-4. We held that lead until the bottom of the 9th, when Ithaca came back to score 3 runs on 2 hits, 2 walks, and 2 wild pitches, and force extra innings. In the bottom of the 10th, they scored the winning run to snatch the victory away from UR.

Three losses in a row, left us limping into the weekend with 4 very important games against RPI @ RPI coming up.