ITHACA, N.Y. – Ithaca batters had 13 hits and drew 10 walks as the Bombers held on for a 12-11 non-conference win against the Hamilton College Continentals at Ithaca's Freeman Field on Tuesday, April 9.
Season Update
• Hamilton (7-11 overall) lost its sixth straight game.
• The Bombers (17-5) won for the ninth time in their last 10 games. Ithaca is receiving votes in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 poll.
How It Happened
• Hamilton scored two runs in the top of the first.
Taylor Kaufman '26 led off with a single to right field and later scored on a single by
Jackson Sattinger '24. Sattinger scored on a sacrifice fly by
Jack Griffin '24.
• Ithaca scored one run in the bottom of the inning, went ahead with four in the second and added three more in the third for an 8-2 lead.
• The Continentals responded with three runs in the top of the sixth and cut their deficit in half. After
Alfonso Rada '27 and
Chester Boynton '27 were hit by a pitch and Kaufman reached on a fielder's choice,
Gianni DiCerbo '27 drove in Rada on another fielder's choice. Sattinger scored Boynton with a sacrifice fly to center field, and
Greg Kopp '25 plated Kaufman with a single to center.
• The Bombers extended their lead to 12-5 in the bottom of the inning with four runs.
• The Continentals again answered with six runs in the top of the eighth and cut Ithaca's lead to one.
Quinn Perkins '25 singled and Sattinger scored Perkins with a single to left. Kopp hit another RBI single, Griffin walked and
Ryan Gawley '27, who pinch ran for Sattinger, scored when
Jackson Johns '24 was hit by a pitch.
Charlie O'Brien '24, who had reached on a fielder's choice, scored on a wild pitch. Griffin scored on an RBI groundout, and Johns made it 12-11 when he scored on a passed ball.
• Although Hamilton loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the ninth, they were unable to score and their comeback effort came up short.
Notes
• Perkins recorded his second and third hits of the season.
• Kaufman scored two runs and leads the team in runs scored with 19.
• DiCerbo picked up his second collegiate RBI.
• Sattinger went 2-for-3 and recorded three RBI. He leads the team with 22.
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Aden Soroca '27 pitched two scoreless innings and struck out four batters.
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Luke Beyer '27 pitched the seventh and allowed one hit, a walk and no runs.
Kenny Rix '25, who pitched the eighth, only allowed a walk in his outing.
• Winning pitcher Dan Kellachan struck out two and hit two batters in one inning of scoreless relief.
• Louis Fabbo went 2-for-3 with three RBI, including a two-run home run.
• Conor Burns worked out of a jam in the ninth and picked up the save.
Next Game
The Continentals host Wesleyan University (15-4, 4-2) for a NESCAC West Division game on Friday, April 12 at 4 p.m.
