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CORIN WIGGINS '26
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Hobart HOBART 15-13
5
Winner Rochester Inst. RIT 13-15
Hobart HOBART
15-13
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Final
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Rochester Inst. RIT
13-15
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hobart HOBART 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 8 1
Rochester Inst. RIT 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 5 5 2

W: M. Chase (3-2) L: Franceschi, Nicholas (4-2)

Game Recap: Hobart Baseball | | Ken DeBolt

Tigers rally past Statesmen in the 9th

GENEVA, N.Y.—Rochester Institute of Technology rallied to score three runs in the bottom of the ninth to defeat Hobart 5-4 in a Liberty League West baseball game played at McDonough Park this afternoon. Jarin Moses delivered the game-winning single to drive home Caelan Kim from third.
 
Hobart leadoff hitter Nate Johnson led the Statesmen with three hits in four at bats. He also walked once, drove in a run and scored twice. Senior Ty Gallagher also had a multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs. He extended his hitting streak to eight games. Sophomore Christian Petry went 1-for-2 and walked, extending his streak of reaching base safely to 31 straight games.
 
RIT didn't get its first hit of the game until the fifth inning. Randy Dodig had two of the Tigers' five hits in the game and drove in two runs.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Hobart grabbed the lead in the top of the first when Gallagher singled to right to score Johnson who led off the game with a four-pitch walk.
  • The Statesmen tacked on two more runs in the third. With the bases loaded, Gallagher grounded out to second, allowing first-year Jack Byrnes to score. The next batter, sophomore Will Jones, grounded out to short, allowing Johnson to come home.
  • Meanwhile, Hobart starter sophomore Aaron Forgues faced just 14 batters through four innings yielding only a pair of walks while striking out two.
  • With one out in the fifth, RIT got back-to-back singles from Charlie Slaymaker and John Bagley.
  • With two outs, the pair moved up 90 feet on a balk and then both scored on a single by Dodig.
  • Forgues finished the frame, allowing three hits and two runs in five innings.
  • The Statesmen scored another run in the sixth, but ran themselves out of a more productive inning.
  • With one out, first-year Connor Schmiedlin doubled down the left field line and Byrnes was hit by a pitch. Johnson singled to right to score Schmiedlin and send Byrnes to third. Right fielder Adam Marsh threw the ball to third and Johnson attempted to take second, but was cut down. When the throw went to third, Byrnes took off for home. He was called out on a very close play.
  • In the ninth, RIT's first two batters drew walks. Kim put down a bunt to move the runners up, but Hobart pitcher Nicholas Franceschi's throw to first was wild, allowing a run to score. Franceschi hit the next batter loading the bases with no one out.
  • The Statesmen called on first-year reliever Charlie Forrest to try to work out of the jam.
  • He got the first batter to pop up to shallow center for the first out.
  • Marsh followed with a sacrifice fly to right that tied the game, setting the table for Moses' game winner.
 
SO CLOSE
  • Since Hobart restored baseball to varsity status last season, the Statesmen have played RIT six times. Four of those games have been decided by just a single run.
 
FOR THE RECORD
  • Hobart slipped to 15-13 overall, 8-6 in conference play.
  • RIT improved to 13-15 overall, 7-5 in conference.
 
UP NEXT
  • The Statesmen will be back at McDonough Park tomorrow for a doubleheader against Elmira starting at 4 p.m.
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