Rochester, N.Y. -- The baseball team improved to 17-8 when they defeated Rochester (17-10)Wednesday, 6-4. The game, which was originally scheduled as a doubleheader, was changed to a nine-inning single game due to inclement weather. 

The Bombers collected six doubles in the game by five different players. Junior catcher # Rob Raux# (Ilion/Frankfort), who went 2-for-4, hit doubles in the fourth and eighth innings and scored junior third baseman Eric Ferguson (Columbia/East Greenbush) both times. Ferguson also went 2-for-4 with a double in the fourth. Junior second baseman Todd Czerno (Columbia/Brainard) hit the Bombers third double of the fourth inning, which advanced senior first baseman Jason Friedman (Whitney Young/Chicago, Ill.) to third before scoring on a throwing error. Friedman went 2-for-3 on the day.

Ferguson added the Bombers fourth run when he scored on a single by Friedman. Ferguson crossed home plate a team-high three times. Raux scored Ithaca's final run in the eighth on another Friedman single.