ITHACA, N.Y. – Blayne Fuke had a career-high five hits and Corey King threw two-plus innings of clutch relief as the University of Rochester defeated Ithaca College, 5-2, in 11 innings at Freeman Field.

The Yellowjackets improved to 25-4 overall. The Bombers are 11-12. Rochester is ranked number 18 in the current ABCA Division III poll and number 21 in the d3baseball.com poll.

Matt Francis, Casey Storme, and Fuke all had RBIs in a three-run 11th that broke the deadlock. King picked up the win, his second in less than 48 hours, by giving up two walks, no hits, and no runs with three strikeouts in two and a third innings.

King relieved Ned Chanatry in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and Ithaca runners at the corners. He struck out Jon Krakower to get out of the inning. In the 10th, he hit Trevor Wolf with one out and walked David Ahonen. He retired T.J. Abone on a popup and got Sean Weber on a flyout to center.

Matt Keller drew a leadoff walk for Ithaca in the 11th, but King induced Jarrod Surine to rap into a 6-4-3 double play. He struck out pinch-hitter Ian Gaule to end the game.

Rochester's winning rally started with one down in the 11th. Steve Just reached on a fielding error and was replaced by Moish Lewis as a pinchrunner. Two wild pitches moved Lewis to third and he scored on a double to left by Francis. Dominic Caruso pinch-hit for Jon Menke and walked. Storme singled home Francis, and two batters later, Fuke's single to short scored Caruso for a 5-2 lead.

The Yellowjackets scored single runs in the first and fourth for a 2-0 lead. Just singled home Nate Stein in the first ining. In the fourth, Menke singled, got all the way to third when Storme's bunt was thrown away, and scored on a groundout by Brian Bezek.

Ithaca got one back in the fourth off starter Nick Cacciola. With two down, Keller was wild pitched to second and scored on Surine's single. Chanatry took over to start the fifth. Over three innings, he gave up one hit and faced the minimum of nine batters (Surine hit into a DP with Keller on board). In the Ithaca eighth, a walk to Krakower, a groundout, and Ahonen's single to center plated the tying run. That set the stage an inning later for King's entry.

In four innings, Cacciola allowed three hits, one earned run, walked two, and struck out three. Chanatry worked four and two-thirds. He allowed three hits, one earned run, walked two, and whiffed one.

Tucker Healy, the fourth of five Ithaca pitchers, got the loss. In two and a third, he allowed five hits, three runs (one earned), walked one, and struck out four.