AMSTERDAM, NY – After a dominant performance to start off the day, the Union College baseball team was forced to settle for a split in a doubleheader against Skidmore, winning 6-3 and losing 10-7, on Friday evening at Shuttleworth Park.
 
The Dutchmen (15-5, 7-3 LL) controlled the first game as they held a 5-0 lead through four innings. Colin Nye pitched 6.1 innings and held Skidmore (11-12, 6-8 LL) to just three runs on five hits and one error. Nick Williams came in to close, pitching the final two outs for the save without conceding a hit.
 
First year Jack Koch was perfect in game one, going 3-for-3, which included a double and a triple. He finished the game with two RBI's and one run scored. Sean Cullen and Wiley Knight both went 2-for-3 in the first game, as both also scored a run each and Cullen finished with one RBI to his credit.
 
After a quick outing to start the day, the nightcap wore on and saw two lead changes in the final two innings.
 
The Thoroughbreds got on the board with a lone run in the first inning and three more in the top of the fourth. Skidmore ended up holding a 6-0 lead through the first six and a half innings before Union could get on the board.
 
Once the Dutchmen's bats heated up, they got white hot.
 
Two hits and a walk loaded the bases before Anthony Amoroso earned a base on balls to score the first of five runs in the bottom of the seventh. Sam Kirschenbaum followed up with a sac fly to right to score Knight. Leading batsman Colin Kelly then hit a single to score Koch, and Cullen hit a double to left center to clear the bases and cut Union's deficit to just one.
 
In the bottom of the eight, Union took a 7-6 lead behind two hits and runs from Harrison Glatt and Joe Ganim.
 
The sweep looked all but a lock with one out remaining in the top of the ninth, but the Thoroughbreds strung together a triple and two doubles to take back the lead and go up 10-7. Skidmore held on in the bottom of the frame to force the doubleheader split.
 
Union and Skidmore will finish the weekend series with a doubleheader tomorrow in Saratoga Springs, beginning at 11 a.m. (ET).