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Fabbo LL Crossover 2023
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Winner Ithaca ITHACA 25-14, 12-6 Liberty
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Rensselaer RPIB 25-15-1, 11-6 Liberty
Winner
Ithaca ITHACA
25-14, 12-6 Liberty
13
Final
5
Rensselaer RPIB
25-15-1, 11-6 Liberty
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Ithaca ITHACA 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 6 0 13 11 0
Rensselaer RPIB 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 9 1

W: Chase, Matt (3-2) L: Austin Walsh (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Late-Inning Surge Gives Baseball 13-5 Win at RPI and Trip to Liberty League Tournament

TROY, N.Y. – The Ithaca College baseball team will play for a Liberty League title next week after the Bombers won the winner-take-all game in the Crossover Series at RPI on Sunday by a 13-5 score. Ithaca is now 25-14 on the season and will look to defend its Liberty League crown, which will be held at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs on May 11-13.

For the third straight game against the Engineers, Ithaca jumped out to an early lead by plating two runs in the top of the second inning as Riley Brawdy scored on an error and then Louis Fabbo brought in Gil Merod with a sacrifice fly.

The Engineers then took a 5-2 lead after scoring two runs in the fourth inning and three more in the fifth. A sac fly followed by a double steal tied the game at 2-2 and then three straight hits, accompanied by a passed ball in the fifth extended RPI's lead to three runs.

After that, it was all Bombers as IC plated three runs in the sixth, two in the seventh and six more in the eighth to account for the 13-5 final.

In the sixth, Ethan Rothstein drove home Colin Shashaty with a double and Fabbo brought in Matt Fabian and Rothstein with a base hit through the left side of the infield. Heading to the seventh, IC scored its first run on a balk with Fabian on third base and then Rothstein gave the Bombers a 7-5 lead with a single up the middle to push home Brawdy.

The Bombers broke the game opening in the eighth with a bases loaded single from Shashaty that plated Fabbo, and then two walks and a hit by pitch brought in three more runs. Merod and Feeney were walked, while Rothstein was hit by a pitch. Fabbo put the exclamation point on the win with a two-run single after the Feeney walk.

Fabbo drove in five runs as he went 3-for-5, while Rothstein was 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored.

Garrett Bell started on the mound for IC and went 4.0 innings, allowing two runs on four hits. Jack Colyer then allowed three runs in one-third before Matt Chase entered to shut down the Engineers in 3.2 scoreless innings with three strikeouts to earn the win. Landon White finished off the ninth inning with a strikeout.

Ithaca will be the No. 4 seed in the Liberty League Tournament and will play No. 1 Rochester at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 11. No. 2 Skidmore and No. 3 RIT will play in the other contest next Thursday as part of the double elimination championship.