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Engineers
Mike Paleogopolous
Perry Laskaris '07
Mike Paleogopolous
9
Winner Rensselaer RPIBASE 3-6
6
Trinity (CT) TCBS2017 2-2
Winner
Rensselaer RPIBASE
3-6
9
Final
6
Trinity (CT) TCBS2017
2-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rensselaer RPIBASE 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 9 12 2
Trinity (CT) TCBS2017 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 6 10 1

W: Paleologopoulos, Mike (1-0) L: Colby Fortin (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Perry Laskaris, Athletic Communications Specialist

Baseball Tops Trinity (CT), 9-6

Four-run seventh sends Engineers to third straight win

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Seniors Sam Lawrence and Sean Welling each hit home runs and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) baseball team recorded 12 hits in defeating Trinity College (Conn.), 9-6, on Monday at Lake Myrtle Sports Complex. With the win, the Engineers improve to 3-6, while the Bantams drop to 2-2.

RPI jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the second inning, beginning with an RBI-single to right by Welling (Baltimore, MD/Lock Raven). Junior shortstop Ethann Meister (Santa Teresa, NM/Santa Teresa) followed with a two-run triple to the gap in right center.

With one out in the third, Lawrence (Chicago, IL/University of Chicago High School) drove a towering homer to straight away center for a 4-0 lead. Welling then doubled down the line in left to score classmate Jason Ramos (Brooklyn, NY/Xaverian) and give the Engineers a 5-0 lead.

Trinity got one run back in the bottom of the fourth on a sacrifice fly by junior Carter Snyde (Lemont, IL/Lake Forest Academy). A Ryan Vultaggio (Vero Beach, FL/Noble and Greenough) run-scoring single in the sixth brought the Bantams within 5-3.

A four-run bottom of the seventh gave Trinity a 6-5 lead. Junior Tyler Forgione (North Branford, CT/Hamden Hall Country Day) delivered the go-ahead sac fly.

The Bantams' lead did not last long, however, as the Engineers answered with a four-run inning of their own. Welling tied the game with a home run to left, before senior captain Thomas Desmond (Alamo, CA/De LaSalle) gave RPI the lead for good with a slicing line drive single to left, scoring Meister.

A two-run single by Lawrence gave Rensselaer some breathing room for the final three innings.

Senior Mike Paleologopoulos (South Hadley, MA/South Hadley) earned the win on the hill, allowing one unearned run on two hits over the final 3.0 innings. He struck out one and did not walk a batter.

Freshman starter Christopher Palmiero (Patterson, NY/Carmel) went 5.0 innings, giving up one unearned run on five hits. He had six strikeouts and three walks.

Trinity starter Erik Mohl (Milton, MA/Milton Academy) lasted just 2.1 innings and was tagged for five runs (2 earned) on four hits.

The Engineers are back in action tomorrow morning, when they take on Becker College (9:15am). Trinity faces Western New England on Wednesday (9:30am).
 
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