Clarkson University chipped away to post a 5-2 victory in the opener of a four-game Liberty League baseball series on Saturday afternoon.

Game two was suspended in the fourth inning with Rochester ahead, 3-0. Officials are planning on resuming tomorrow before the start of the scheduled doubleheader.

Completion of the suspended game and getting in Sunday's DH is vital to both teams. This is Rochester's final weekend of the Liberty League season. The Yellowjackets are 17-4 in the league (26-9 overall). Clarkson is 11-6, half a game behind Skidmore (12-6), which split a doubleheader against Union on Sunday.

Next weekend, Rochester is idle. RPI (which was 11-8 heading into Saturday's game two at St. Lawrence) plays a four-game set with Skidmore. Clarkson tangles with St. Lawrence. SLU stood at 10-9 after dropping two of three to RPI. The top four Liberty League teams will compete in the league championship tournament from May 14-16. The league's highest seed will host the playoffs.

Rochester took a 1-0 lead in the third. Casey Storme singled and was bunted to second by Blayne Fuke. Andy Cannon's single to right was mishandled and Storme scored the game's first run. Cannon reached second. Alex Caghan walked, but both runners were stranded when Clarkson pitcher David Goerold slipped called third strikes past Nate Stein and Jon Menke.

The Yellowjackets missed a chance to stretch the lead in the fourth. Steve Just and Ryan Barnard hit one out singles, but Storme popped up and Fuke grounded out. Clarkson got even at 1-1 in the fourth on a single,l a groundout, a balk, and a sacrifice fly. A walk, a hit batsman, a sacrifice, and another walk put runners at second and third. Dan Ludwig departed, replaced by Nick Cacciola. He yielded a sacrifice fly which got the tiebreaking run home. CU tacked on three more in the sixth, the last two on a two-run home run off Corey Kingt, the third Rochester pitcher.

In the Rochester seventh, Fukle reached on an error. Cannon singled. Caghan's groundout advanced both men. Stein's groundout scored Fuke, but Goerold ended the game getting Dominic Caruso on another infield bouncer.

Ludwig pitched 4.1 innings, giving up three hits, two runs (both earned), with four walks and four strikeouts. Cacciola pitched 1.1 innings, giving up one hit, two runs (both earned), with no walks and one strikeout. King pitched one third of an inning. He struck out omne, gave up two hits, and one run.