Men's Baseball | 4/30/2026 10:18:00 AM
After finishing the regular season with a 4-11 record and tied for fifth against east division opponents in the Liberty League, the Clarkson University Baseball team will travel to Rochester on May 2nd to take on University of Rochester in a doubleheader to close out the 2026 campaign.
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The Series: The Yellowjackets would take the latest series in the matchup between the programs, sweeping the Saturday doubleheader on April 18th after the Knights gained a win in the single contest on Friday. Jacob Shirley tossed a nine strikeout, complete game on the mound enroute to his second Liberty League Pitcher of the Week nod in game one while Rochester would score late in both games the following day for a 13-10, extra innings victory in the day's opener and a 6-4 win in nine in the nightcap.
Key Stats for Clarkson (16-16, 7-11 Liberty League): The Golden Knights finished the regular season with the tenth-best batting average in the league (.273) with the second-fewest RBIs (173) while the pitching staff ranked sixth with a 6.15 earned run average. John Swartz, James Chagnon and Nolan Merrow all accounted for two hits apiece in game two last Saturday against St. Lawrence as Swartz drove in three runs off his single and double. David Harris and Jackson Waters both connected on homers on the day as well, with Harris' coming on a two-run blast in the top of the first of game one and Waters' on a solo-shot to left in game two. The two round-trippers marked the eighth and ninth of the year for Clarkson as nine different batters have accounted for each one.
Key Stats for University of Rochester (13-20, 6-12 Liberty League): The Yellowjackets broke a four-game skid with a 6-5 win over RIT in ten innings in their final league contest last Sunday. Trailing by as much as four runs in the third, Rochester tied it up at five in the bottom of the fifth before a sacrifice fly from Grady Davis in the bottom of the tenth was deep enough to score Zach Herzog for the walk-off. James Nelson would be credited with his team-best sixth win following a five-inning, one-hit relief performance on the mound. Outfielder Benjamin Garber leads the Yellowjackets at the plate, batting .364 with a .467 slugging percentage and 39 hits so far. Infielder Caros Barajas has proved a tough out in the batter's box as the first-year has struck out just nine times in 125 at bats.
