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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - The Bard College baseball team wrapped up the 2014 season with a pair of Liberty League losses at Vassar College on Sunday afternoon.

But the Raptors didn't go quietly, throwing a major scare into the Brewers, who needed a sweep to clinch a Liberty League playoff spot. After losing the first three games of the weekend 7-1, 17-3 and 12-2, the Raptors rallied with two outs to tie the final game of the series in the top of the eighth inning, 6-6.

Vassar got a two-out, two-run double from junior Jason Garfinkle (Encino, CA) in the bottom of the eighth and went on to win the game, 11-6.

Bard finishes the season at 3-26-1 overall, 0-20-1 in the Liberty League. Vassar is 18-12, 13-7 and will play in the Liberty League playoffs later this week.

Vassar won the first game, 12-2, behind a complete game from senior Joe Lovizio (Lindenhurst, NY). The Brewers jumped on Bard starter Dylan Long for 10 hits and 12 runs in just 3.2 innings and were never challenged. Senior Brett Zazisky (Randolph, NJ) doubled and homered, and freshman Brad Kendall (Redlands, CA) drove in three runs.

For Bard, Zach Ward had four hits including a double and Tom Danz doubled and drove in both runs.

The second game was much more competitive. Bard starter Aaron DePetris gave up just two hits over five innings, but he walked nine and hit two batters, and the Raptors made three errors behind him.

Bard went up 1-0 in the top of the first. JP Fisher singled and later scored on a Ward single and a Vassar error. The Brewers responded with two runs in the bottom of the first on one hit, a walk, a hit batsman and an error.

The Raptors tied it 2-2 in the top of the third. Jack Hawke singled, then was thrown out at third after a single by Alec Montecalvo, who ended up on third after another Vassar error. A groundout by Ward pushed Montecalvo across.

Vassar went up 4-2 in the bottom of the third on a walk, a couple of stolen bases and two errors.

In the fifth, things started to get a little sweaty for Vassar when Bard trimmed the lead to 4-3. Fisher doubled and went to third on an error, then scored on a groundout by Hawke. But Vassar got a one-out, two-run single from Brooks English (Milton, MA) to create some breathing room with a 6-3 lead in the bottom of the sixth.

Bard tied it by scoring three times after two were out in the top of the eighth. With two outs and Adam Carafotes on first, Quinn McInerney singled and Tom Danz reached on an error to load the bases. Mark Leonhard walked to make it 6-4, and Fisher looped a two-strike, two-run single to center to tie it.

The Brewers scored five after two were out in the bottom of the eighth, helped by two Bard errors.

Fisher went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI for Bard; Hawke, Montecalvo and Ward had two hits apiece.