ITHACA, N.Y. – The 20th-ranked Ithaca College baseball team split the final two games of their weekend series with the visiting St. John Fisher Cardinals on Sunday afternoon at Freeman Field.  The Bombers won three of the four games on the weekend improving their record to 25-6 and 9-1 in the Empire 8. The Bombers return to play on Tuesday in Oneonta for a non-conference game against the Red Dragons. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m.

Ithaca 3, St. John Fisher 2 | Box Score and Play-by-Play

After falling behind 1-0 in the top half of the first inning the Bombers answered with a run of their own in the bottom half of the inning. Sophomore Christian Brown singled down the left field line to start the inning and advanced to third on a throwing error by the left fielder. Two batters later, Tim Henry singled to left field, driving in Brown and tying the score.

The score remained tied until the home half of the fourth inning when junior Colby Gee and senior Corey Caswell both singled to start the inning. Kevin Primm then used a sacrifice bunt to advance both of the runners. Gee later scored on a sacrifice fly to center field off the bat of Matt Connolly.

The Cardinals tied the score in the top half of the sixth; however the Bombers would push a run across in the bottom of the seventh inning to secure the win in walk-off fashion. Matt Connolly singled to start the inning and advanced to second on a bunt by Luke Stark. Connolly then stole third. The next batter, Christian Brown, reached on a throwing error by the third baseman that also scored Connolly and secured the win for the Bombers.

John Prendergast pitched a complete game for Ithaca, out-dueling the opposing pitcher and moving to 7-0 on the season. He allowed just two runs on seven hits, and did not walk a batter.

St. John Fisher 2, Ithaca 1 (8 inn.) | Box Score and Play-by-Play

The second game saw another great pitching matchup with both starting pitchers allowing just one run apiece. The Bombers fell behind after allowing a first inning run, and did not tally their first hit until the fifth inning.

Trailing by one run going into the sixth, the Bombers evened the score after junior Tim Locastro reached on an error, advanced to second, and stole third putting him into position to score on a sacrifice fly by Tim Henry just one batter later. The score remained tied at one until the top of the eighth inning when the visiting Cardinals pushed a run across and went on to the 2-1 victory.

Jasper Adams started the game on the mound for Ithaca, pitching seven innings, allowing just one run and striking out four. Matt Colbert pitched the eighth for the Bombers allowing one run and talking the loss in relief.