Rochester ran it's way to the 20th win of the season by posting a 10-3 victory over D'Youville College at Towers Field on Thursday evening.
The Yellowjackets broke the team record for stolen bases in a game as well as steal attempts. UR was 13 of 13 swiping bags on Thursday. The record for successful steals was 11, set on April 13, 2010 at RIT. In that game, Rochester set the mark of 12 steal attempts.
Ethan Sander had three stolen bases.
Josh Ludwig,
Lance Hamilton,
Sam Slutsky, and
Brandon Heinrich had two stolen bases each.
Freshman pitcher
David Strandberg got his third win of the season. Through seven innings, Strandberg gave up 4 hits, 2 walks, 2 unearned runs and had 7 strikeouts. The only time he saw trouble was in the 3rd inning. Jordan Ianarelli reached on catcher's interference. With another runner already on base, Matt Wendling singled to tie the score at one and Ianarelli came home on a balk to put the Spartans ahead 2-1.
The Jackets went ahead for good in the bottom of the third when they scored four runs, three of which were unearned. D'Youville pitcher Brian Mattina-Chimiel walked the bases loaded. A throwing error on Heinrich's ground ball brought home two runs. Two batters later, Sander tripled to right center to help build a 5-2 Rochester lead.
Brendan Garry singled a run home in the 4th to bump the lead to 6-2. Rochester scored three more runs in the 7th to stretch its advantage with the help of five stolen bases.
Hamilton, who drove in five runs in Tuesday's dramatic win over Brockport, drove in three more Thursday night. Sander and
Brandon Heinrich each two RBI's against D'Youville.
The Yellowjackets wrap up the regular season Liberty League schedule when they play at Skidmore College on Saturday and Sunday.
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