Claremont, Calif. -- The Ithaca College baseball team (7-2) rallied from a 3-0 seventh-inning deficit to beat Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (12-11) 4-3 in 10 innings Friday. The win was the Bombers' fifth of their spring trip, matching the program's second-highest total ever.
Ithaca scored twice in the seventh and once in the eighth to tie the score, then pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the 10th. Senior second baseman
Matt Keller and senior right fielder
Teagen Barresi doubled and singled to put runners on second and third. Following an intentional walk to senior first baseman
Mike Preite, freshman
Max Addy drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the winning run.
The Stags held a 3-0 lead with two outs in the seventh before Ithaca closed to within a run on the first career home run by sophomore third baseman
Colby Gee.
Gee's two-out blast also brought home
Barresi, who was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning.
In the eighth catcher
Kevin Primm reached on a lead-off single and went to third following a one-out singe by senior center fielder
Mike Rosenbaum and a walk to Keller.
Barresi's sacrifice fly to center field tied the score.
Senior
Tucker Healy earned the win -- his first of the year -- with two innings of one-hit relief.
Healy struck out two and didn't issue a walk. Freshman
John Prendergast allowed six hits three runs in taking the no-decision. He matched a career high with five strikeouts.
Gee and Barresi each had two of Ithaca's 10 hits.
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