Vassar Stumbles in Series Opener Against Union

SCHENECTADY – The Vassar College Baseball team dropped the series opener against Union on Friday afternoon at Central Park as the Brewers fell 15-5 in seven innings to the Garnet Chargers.

Vassar’s record moves to 3-11 overall and 0-4 in Liberty League play while Union improves to 6-8 overall and 1-0 in conference action.

Vassar struck for three runs in the top of the first as senior Jensen Bergman was hit by a pitch and first year Ethan Fox-Fernandez reached on a walk with one out.

Sophomore Dash Edwards knocked in both runners with a two-out double to right center and then was pushed across on a RBI single from first year Aidan Annello to take a 3-0 lead.

Union scratched out a run in the bottom half of the first on a sacrifice fly from Andrew Keaveney to plate Will Kelly to cut the deficit to 3-1.

The Garnet Chargers hung six runs in the second following RBI walks from Caleb Miller and Kelly, a wild pitch scoring Jack McKillop, a two-RBI single from Dylan Swarts and a RBI single from Keaveney to earn a 7-3 lead.

Miller’s two-out RBI single plated Cooper Ames to add a run in the third to give Union an 8-3 advantage.

VC trimmed the lead to 8-5 in the fourth inning as junior Noah Stockman singled with one out followed by first year Kieran McGrath doubling to put runners at second and third.

Stockman scored on a wild pitch and first year Nick Kreatsoulas knocked in McGrath with a double to get the Brewers within three.

Union answered with two runs of its own in the fourth on an Ames’ RBI double and a RBI infield single from Benjamin Raphael to lead 10-5 after four complete.

The Garnet Chargers tacked on four runs in the fifth behind a three-run homer from Ryan Kolodziejczyk and a RBI single from Evan Lagemann to expand the lead to 14-5.

Union earned the seven-inning run rule victory on a wild pitch that scored Swarts in the bottom of the seventh.

For The Brewers
Edwards drove in two runs with a double while Kreatsoulas also knocked in a run with a double.

Stockman and McGrath both added a hit and a run scored while Bergman extended his on-base streak to 25 straight games with a walk.

Junior Grant Maryott suffered the loss as he went the first two innings, allowing four hits, seven runs (six earned), five walks and struck out one.

For The Garnet Chargers
Keaveney finished 4-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored while Swarts reached base five times, scored four runs and drove in two runs.

Ames went 4-for-5 with a double, three runs scored and a RBI along with Kolodziejczyk knocking in three runs with a homer.

Miller added two RBI while Lagemann and Raphael each added a hit and a run batted in.

Alex Oppenheimer earned the complete game victory on the mound as he allowed five hits, five runs, two walks and struck out six over seven innings.