Skidmore Baseball Squad Starts Season 3-1

FORT MYERS, FLORIDA — The Skidmore College baseball team swept Baruch College in a doubleheader last Sunday before then splitting another doubleheader against Rockford University on Monday.

The busy two days concluded with the Thoroughbreds earning a 3-1 start to their season at the Gene Cusic Classic in Florida. 

Skidmore is currently scheduled to play its first home game at the new Ferrari Field in Saratoga Springs on Wednesday, March 18.

Against Baruch, five Skidmore pitchers combined to surrender just three earned runs in two games. The Thoroughbreds won game one, 6-2, on a 10-strikeout performance from Quinn Hocom, and then won game two, 2-1, thanks to a one-hit, five-inning start by Chase Siegel.

In game one, Matthew O’Neill had three hits in his collegiate debut. He led off the bottom of the first inning with an opposite-field double and then scored on an error. He led off both the third and fifth innings with a single and a stolen base. Eddie Galvao was 1-for-3 with two walks and a two-RBI homer in the third.

In game two, O’Neill earned two more hits, wrapping up his impressive opening day with five hits, three stolen bases, and four runs scored.

Against Rockford, the Thoroughbreds dropped a back-and-forth opener, 12-11, before responding with an 8-4 victory in the second game to hand Rockford its first loss of the year.

In game one, Skidmore scored five runs in the first inning, but Rockford rallied late to snatch away the W.

In game two, the Thoroughbreds tallied 11 hits total, led by a 3-for-3 performance by Nate Vandersea. Galvao added two hits, including a double.