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TROY, N.Y. - Freshman Jared Jensen allowed just one run on six hits over 7.0 innings to lead the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) baseball team to a, 6-1, game one victory before Union College battled back for a, 9-8, come-from-behind win in game two. With the split, the Engineers are now 16-15 overall and 13-7 in the Liberty League. Union moves to 15-15 and 9-11 in the league.

After allowing a run in the top of the first, Jensen (Kingston, NY/Kingston) received all the run support he would need in the bottom half of the frame, as junior Tanner Boucher (Keene, NH/Keene) lined a two-run triple to center. Classmate Chuck Erickson (Mansfield, MA/Mansfield) tacked on an RBI-single to make it 3-1 after one.

Sophomore Andrew Kalish (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) delivered a run-scoring groundout in the bottom of the second. Senior Kyle LaVigne (Ashland, MA/Ashland) then hit an opposite field double, which plated Jonny Rio (Maplewood, NJ/Columbia).

LaVigne added an RBI-single in the sixth to give the hosts a 6-1 lead. Rio tried to score from second on the play, but he was thrown out at the plate.

Jensen (3-0) struck out five, while walking just two to earn the complete game victory. Union sophomore Andrew Beaule (Windsor, CT/Northeast Catholic) took the loss, surrendering all six runs (four earned) over 6.0 innings.

In game two, the Engineers jumped out to an early 6-0 lead after two. Their four-run first was highlighted by Erickson's Liberty League leading seventh home run of the season. LaVigne drove in RPI's sixth run with a single in the second.

A three-run top of the third brought the Dutchmen to within 6-3, as run scoring base-hits from freshman Anders Goetz (Cohasset, MA/Cohasset) and sophomore David Peretti (Easton, MA/Oliver Ames).

RBI-singles from junior third baseman Kevin Prosicki (Whippany, NJ/Whippany Park) kept Union at arms-length through the middle innings as the Engineers carried an 8-5 lead in the top of the eighth.

Union then broke out with a four-run inning to score the eventual game-winning run in the frame. Following a run-scoring groundout by freshman Ryan Atkins (Yarmouthport, MA/American School in Japan), Goetz brought the Dutchmen to within 8-7 with a single through the box. Junior Tyler Heck (Clinton, NY/Clinton) then delivered the big blow, driving home two with a base-hit up the middle.

The Engineers return to the diamond on Wednesday, when they host Williams College at Robison Field (4pm). Union faces the Ephs on Tuesday (3:30pm).