Canton, NY - After scoring only four runs through the first 23 innings of the series against Skidmore, the Clarkson University Baseball team rediscovered its swing in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader, pounding out 17 hits for a 15-8 victory following a 3-0 defeat in the opener at Tom Fay Field on the campus of St. Lawrence University.

The Golden Knights were able to pick up just one win in the series against Skidmore, ending a six-game losing streak to improved to 14-12 overall and 10-6 in the Liberty League. The Thoroughbreds strengthened their post-season resume by moving to 8-6 in conference games and 21-7 overall. Saturday's doubleheader was moved up two hours and over to St. Lawrence because of an unplayable surface at Jack Phillips Stadium.

The opener of Saturday's doubleheader mirrored the two games from Friday as Skidmore's Trevor Brucato and Clarkson's Bryan Chudy (Goshen, NY) locked up in another pitchers' duel. Clarkson had a single in the first erased on a pick off and had a double in the third taken away on a fielder's choice as Brucato limited the Knights to just two baserunners in the first five innings. Chudy was equally up to the task, but his defense failed him in the bottom of the second inning. After a walk to Zach Rudman, a botched fielder's choice allowed another runner to reach base. Following another sacrifice bunt, Logan Arena delivered a two-run double just out of the reach of Clarkson leftfielder Dan Lenney (Clifton Park, NY). It was all the runs Skidmore would need, which worked well for the Thoroughbreds since Chudy was mowing through hitters at the same rate as Brucato, giving up the lone hit through the first five frames.

Clarkson threatened in the sixth with a pair of two-out hits, but Brucato got out of the jam by inducing a pop up to end the inning. The Knights wouldn't be so lucky in the bottom half of the inning as Skidmore tacked on an insurance run. Erik Watkins forced in a run with a bases loaded groundout to give the Thoroughbreds a 3-0 win.

Brucato allowed just four hits in the complete-game victory, striking out three but allowing no walks. Chudy gave up only three hits and struck out four while walking one in his six-inning, complete-game effort. Clarkson's David Kinney (Mexico, NY) went 2-for-3 in the game as the only player with more than one hit.

Kinney's hot streak would continue in game two as Clarkson pounced early in its 17-hit barrage. In his first place appearance of the second game, he hit a laser down the left field line, but the ball that appeared to go inside the pole was called foul. The questionable call was erased anyhow, as Kinney was hit by a pitch and came around to score the second run of the inning on an overthrow following an RBI-single from Pete Lasecki (Stratford, CT).

Clarkson scored twice in the first, one in the second, and two more in the third to build a 5-0 lead before Skidmore answered with two in the bottom of the third. However, the Knights kept on swinging and picked up two in the fifth, two more in the sixth, and three in the seventh for a 12-2 advantage. Along the way, Kinney hit doubles in each of those innings, lifting his season-total to 16, breaking the single-season mark for two-baggers, as well as the Clarkson single-season record for extra-base hits. That mark went up one notch more after he hit a no-doubt three-run homer to left-center in the ninth inning, his fifth of the season, with the game well in hand.

In game two, Kinney finished 4-for-5 with four runs scored and four driven in. Lasecki ended up 3-for-6 and Justin McInerney (Grand Island, NY) was 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs. Freshman David Wixted also went 2-for-3 with three runs driven in. Skidmore's bats certainly weren't silent, as they had 13 hits as well, though eight of them came in the final two frames when the game was no longer in doubt. Rob Rubenstein finished 3-for-4 and Alex Pavelock came off the bench to go 2-for-2 in his lone plate appearances.