Ithaca College clubbed two home runs in a five-run second inning and the Bombers went on to a 13-7 non-conference win against the Hamilton College Continentals at Ithaca's Freeman Field on Tuesday.
 
Hamilton (9-9 overall) scored two runs in the top of the fourth, one in the sixth and four in the ninth. The Continentals play a NESCAC West Division game at Amherst College on Friday, April 8 at 4 p.m.
 
The Bombers (15-5) received votes in this week's D3baseball.com Top 25 poll. Ithaca led 7-3 after six innings and put it away with four runs in the seventh and two in the eighth. Today's game was the first meeting between the programs since 1998.
 
Brady Slinger '22 doubled twice and drove in two runs for Hamilton. Phil Bernstein '23 extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a double. Henry Tyler '25 tossed a scoreless fifth inning and has a 1.13 earned run average. Tyler has allowed one run on two hits and fanned 10 in eight innings.
 
Buzz Shirley hit a solo home run and finished with three hits and four runs batted in for the Bombers. Connor Pedersen went 4-for-5 with a double and scored three runs. Louis Fabbo singled and hit a three-run homer. Garrett Bell improved to 4-0 as he allowed three runs on four hits and struck out eight in seven innings.
 
The Continentals pulled within three runs in the fourth. Ethan Harrast '23 drew a four-pitch walk with one out and scored on Slinger's double down the left field line. Jackson Sattinger '24 followed with a single down the line in left and plated Slinger.
 
Hamilton made it 6-3 in the sixth. Bernstein led off with a double to left center and Slinger cracked a one-out double to the gap in left center that scored Bernstein. The Continentals loaded the bases with one out in the eighth but couldn't cash in.
 
Hamilton scored four runs on three hits, two walks and two Ithaca errors in the top of the ninth. Harrast's RBI single to center field on an 0-2 count was the highlight of the inning.