PANTHERS ARE BACK
RPI hosts Middlebury for another midweek non-league game on Wednesday afternoon at Robison Field (4pm) ... The Panthers visited Troy on March 14, winning 12-2.
RPI SPLITS WITH BARD
The Engineers and Raptors split a four-game Liberty League series last weekend, with each team winning both of their home games ... RPI took a pair on Saturday by scores of 5-4 and 10-7, before Bard returned the favor on Sunday, taking two, 5-3 and 4-2.
MARCH 14, 2019
Middlebury rallied for 11 late runs to defeat RPI, 12-2, March 14 at Robison Field ... Trailing by a run in the top of the sixth, the Panthers scored three times to take a 4-2 lead ... Middlebury blew the game open in the seventh, scoring seven runs on six hits and three Engineers miscues. Back-to-back singles to left field by Andrew Gough and Hayden Smith made it 6-2, before squeeze bunt from Brooks Carroll pushed the lead to 7-2 ... A pair of RPI errors contributed to four more runs coming across.
SCOUTING MIDDLEBURY
The Panthers went 7-3 on their Spring Break trip last week, including taking a three-game NESCAC series over Hamilton in Orlando, two games to one ... Middlebury also swept a doubleheader with Lawrence and defeated Union, 9-3, last Wednesday.
PALMIERO MAKES HONOR ROLL
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Christopher Palmiero earned Liberty League Honor Roll recognition after going 1-0 with a 1.00 earned run average in his only start last week ... He struck out seven and walked two over 9.0 innings in defeating Bard, 10-7.