Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College baseball team took two hard-fought games from Stevens on Saturday at Freeman Field. Ithaca rode the arm of junior Benji Parkes to a 3-0 shutout in Game One, and walked-off in the bottom of the ninth in the night cap, 7-6. Ithaca is now 17-13 on the season.

Game One: Ithaca 3, Stevens 0

The Bombers snapped Stevens' 11-game winning streak in the opener. Parkes kept the Ducks' hitters off balance all game en route to a complete game shutout with three strikeouts on just 79 pitches. Parkes is now 3-4 on the season.

Ithaca took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning on a sacrifice fly from senior Christian Brown that scored freshman Brennan McCormack. McCormack reached on a lead-off single.

In the top of the fourth, Stevens strung together three straight hits to load the bases with no outs, but a line drive to sophomore Josh Savacool at second base was turned into a double play. Stevens' next batter grounded out to keep the Ducks scoreless.

Brown drove in another run in the fifth inning to give the Bombers a 2-0 lead on a double down the left field line to bring home McCormack. A double play with the bases loaded eliminated any other chance for Ithaca to score in the frame.

McCormack then put the Bombers up by three runs on a single up the middle to plate senior Matt Connolly in the sixth.

Offensively, McCormack went 3-for-3 in the opener. Savacool and Connolly also recorded one hit each, while Connolly stole a base. Freshman Domenic Boresta and senior Cooper Belyea collected the other Ithaca hits.

Game Two: Ithaca 7, Stevens 6

Ithaca trailed, 5-0, after seven-and-a-half innings, but fought back to score all seven runs in its final two at bats. At one point in the contest, Ithaca was held hitless through the first five innings.

Boresta completed the comeback in Game Two for the Bombers with a line drive single to right-center which brought home junior Stephen Yanhcus as the game-winning run.

In the four-run ninth, Ithaca strung together five hits with a walk in seven batters. Senior Ryan Henchey started things off with a walk and then Savacool singled. Henchey moved up on a fly out and scored on a Thompson base hit. Yanchus stepped in the box next and drove in Savacool to make the game 6-5, before junior Zale Cole knotted the game up at 6-6 on a single up the middle to bring in freshman pinch runner Ryan Dougherty.

The Ducks plated a run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly to take a 1-0 lead after a double moved two runners into scoring position. In the top of the sixth, Stevens tacked on three more runs to build a 4-0 advantage, highlighted by a base hit and error that led to two runs on the play. The third run came home on a wild pitch.

In the bottom of the eighth, junior Zach Pidgeon led off with a pinch hit single and Savacool followed with a double to put two runners in scoring position. A wild pitch allowed Pidgeon to score Ithaca's first run of the game and the sophomore Trevor Thompson drove in Savacool on a line drive single to left-center to cut the Bombers' deficit to 5-2. Ithaca pulled to within two at 5-3 on a base hit to right by Connolly with the bases loaded that pushed home Thompson. The Bombers would leave the bases loaded on a ground out to first base.

Senior Zach Dickstein started on the mound for the Bombers and went five innings in a no decision. Dickstein gave up two runs on six hits and three walks, and struck out two batters. Junior Brandon Diorio earned the win in four innings of relief with five strikeouts. Diorio allowed five hits and four runs (one earned) for his second victory of the season.

Savacool went 3-for-5, Cole was 2-for-4, while Thompson and Boresta both batted 2-for-5.

Ithaca wraps up its regular season tomorrow afternoon against Stevens. First pitch is at 1 p.m.

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