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Karl Rabe
Bard won Game 1 in its last at-bat, then came back from six runs down to win Game 2.
5
Winner Bard College BARD 3-6
4
Vassar College VASSAR 3-8
Winner
Bard College BARD
3-6
5
Final
4
Vassar College VASSAR
3-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Bard College BARD 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 8 0
Vassar College VASSAR 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 X 4 9 3

W: Matthews, Evan (1-0) L: Cole Eggleston (0-1)

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Winner Bard College BARD 4-6
11
Vassar College VASSAR 3-9
Winner
Bard College BARD
4-6
15
Final
11
Vassar College VASSAR
3-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Bard College BARD 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 9 0 15 15 1
Vassar College VASSAR 4 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 X 11 12 4

W: Checkoway, Spencer (1-0) L: Logan Willans (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Late heroics, record-breaking rally lead Raptors to sweep at Vassar

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - The Bard Raptors swept a doubleheader at Vassar on Saturday, edging the Brewers, 5-4, in Game 1, and rallying from six runs down to win Game 2, 15-11. The deficit overcome to win Game 2 was a Bard baseball record.

Bard was up early, 4-0, in Game 1, but Vassar battled back, scoring once in the third, once in the fifth, and twice in the bottom of the sixth to tie it, 4-4, in a game scheduled for seven innings. In the top of the seventh, Spencer Checkoway reached on an error, moved to second on a wild pitch, then scored on an RBI single by first year Michael Kurlan. The Brewers got two on with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but Evan Matthews closed it out, earning the win in relief of Aidan Risse.

"Our offense is what carried us today," Bard coach Andy Salvatore said. "We were just able to stay in it offensively, put some pressure on them, take advantage of opportunities they gave us, and get some timely hits."

Vassar scored four in the first of Game 2, and it took the Raptors five innings to catch up, tying it, 5-5, with a three-run fifth. The Brewers put up six in the bottom of the inning though, and Bard was down, 11-6, going into the top of the eighth inning of a game scheduled for nine.

Bard sent 14 batters to the plate in a nine-run eighth, a rally capped off by a two-run triple from Jordan Myers. The eighth-inning comeback served a dual purpose, because it not only gave Bard the lead, but it took forever. After Spencer Checkoway set Vassar down with a 1-2-3 bottom of the inning, the umpires called the game due to darkness at 7:39 p.m. 

Checkoway, Myers, Alex Luscher and Jared Toby drove in three runs apiece for Bard, and Justin Fiume had three hits and scored twice. Joe Barcia hit a pair of doubles on the day and is hitting .483.

Bard is 3-3 in the Liberty League and 4-6 overall. The Raptors play six Liberty League games in the next week: Two at at home against Ithaca on Wednesday, and four against Skidmore over the weekend.

"We will enjoy these today, then rest up," Salvatore said. "We will learn from the mistakes we made this weekend and try to correct them before Ithaca arrives on Wednesday."
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