ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) baseball team used pair of seven run innings as a
Jack Moncur grand slam led the offensive attack in a 14-7 victory on the road at Bard College Friday afternoon. With the win, RPI improves to 20-11-1 overall and 7-4 in Liberty League play, while Bard falls to 7-15 overall and 5-9 in league action.
Bard jumped on the board first in the bottom of the third inning, as a Jake Stacey double down the left field line scored two runs as they took an early 2-0 lead.
However, the lead didn't last long as RPI then came back with a seven-run top of the fourth inning that was punctuated by a
Jack Moncur grand slam as the Engineers made it 7-2.
Bard battled with an answer in the bottom of the fourth, scoring a trio of runs to bring the score to 7-5, with an RBI single from Mike Lynch starting off the rally of runs.
Thre score remained as such until the top of the eighth inning when they Engineers added seven more runs, extending their lead to 13-5. A double down the line from
Robbie Reddington started the scoring in the inning, scoring
Ayush Krishnappa.
Reddington collected RPI's final RBI in the top of the ninth inning as well, scoring Krishnappa again as the Engineers lead moved to 14-7.
Ryan Brown came in to pitch the bottom of the ninth, pitching around a hit to seal the deal for the Engineers.
Reddington and
Julian Scarpa each led the offense with three hits and two runs scored apiece, while Scarpa added three RBI to Reddington's two. Moncur's four RBI's led the team, as he, Krishnappa, and
Martin Marintchev each had two hits apiece.
Thomas Neuman and Cameron Hauer each tossed four innings apiece, with Heuer coming out with his second win of the season.
Michael Kurlan led Bard with a three-hit afternoon, while Jared Toby, Sam Dumper, and Nick Hubbe each added two hits apiece. Stacey and Hubbe had one double apiece, while one of Kurlan's three hits went for a triple.
The Engineers return to action tomorrow, Saturday, April 22 starting at 12 p.m. when they play host to Bard in a doubleheader at Robison Field.