Ithaca Baseball Sweeps Doubleheader From Houghton
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Ithaca College baseball team swept a doubleheader Friday afternoon against Houghton in a pair of neutral-site games at Cornell's Hoy Field. The Bombers won the first game 7-2 and the second game 11-4. Houghton was designated as the home team for these games as they were originally scheduled to be played at their home facility, but were moved to the artificial surface at Cornell due to winter weather. Intermittent flurries took place during both games, and temperatures were in the low 30s on Friday. The Bombers improved to 10-4 on the season and Houghton fell to 3-5. The teams will conclude the series Saturday at Cornell, with a single game beginning at 9 a.m.
Ithaca 7, Houghton 2 |
Box Score and Play-by-Play
The Bombers scored twice in the top of the second and added four more runs in the third in support of starting pitcher Pat Lemmo, who went the complete game and earned his third victory of the season. Lemmo allowed eight hits and two earned runs for the Bombers, with three strikeouts. He walked just one batter.
Ithaca's second-inning rally was highlighted by an RBI triple from catcher Corey Caswell and an RBI double from designated hitter Kevin Primm. In the fourth, Tim Locastro had an RBI triple and Tim Henry brought him in with a single. Andrew Turner also had an RBI hit in the inning. Ithaca added a run in the fourth on an error by Houghton.
Locastro and Primm were each 2-for-4 in the game with an RBI. Three of Ithaca's eight hits went for extra bases.
Ithaca 11, Houghton 4 |
Box Score and Play-by-Play
The Bombers scored at least one run in each of the first five innings and went on to the win. Four Ithaca players had multi-hit games as Locastro and Colby Gee had three hits each and Christian Brown and Caswell had two hits each. Locastro was 3-for-3 with an RBI and three runs scored. Brown scored twice and drove in a run. Tim Henry had three RBIs and was 1-for-4 in the game. Ithaca totaled 13 hits in the game.
Jimmy Wagner earned the complete game victory and improved to 3-0 on the year. He allowed three earned runs on five hits and had eight strikeouts.