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HOBOKEN, NJ - The RIT baseball team (14-16, 3-7 Empire 8) suffered its second straight doubleheader sweep after dropping a pair of games at Stevens (16-18, 5-7 Empire 8) on Sunday afternoon. RIT lost game one 6-3, and game two, 7-6 in nine innings.
In game one, RIT lead 3-0 before Stevens scored three times in the third inning, and twice in the fourth to take a lead they would not relinquish.
Senior outfielder
Geoff Dornes (Landsville, PA/Hempfield), who set the RIT career record for runs batted in yesterday, was 2-for-3 with a RBI.
Justin Smith (Livonia, NY/Livonia) scored twice.
Charles Yarrington (Rochester, NY/Pittsford Sutherland) threw 2 2/3 innings of strong relief for the Tigers.
In game two, RIT trailed 6-2 after four innings before scoring three times in the fifth and once in the sixth to tie the game and go to extra innings. Russ Grimes singled in the winning run with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning for Stevens.
Ed Hughes (Jamesville, NY/Jamesville-Dewitt), who hit two home runs yesterday, was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI.
Jeffrey Creagh (Binghamton, NY/Chenango Forks) also drove in two runs.
Sophomore hurler
Brad Wright (Baldswinville, NY/C.W. Baker) took the loss, despite throwing four innings of scoreless relief which allowed RIT to get back into the game. He allowed just three hits and one run in 4 1/3 innings.
The Tigers return to action on Thursday, as they resume a doubleheader against Utica at RIT Field, which gets underway at 2 p.m. Game one will resume in the top of the third inning with Utica leading 1-0.