Baseball Splits Doubleheader With Union Saturday

TROY, N.Y. – It was a battle of capital region rivals on Saturday afternoon, as the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) baseball team took the first game of a doubleheader with the Union College Garnet Chargers by a final score of 5-3 before falling in game two in a closely contested 2-1 final score. Game 1 A fifth-inning home run from Martin Marintchev broke a 3-3 tie to give the Engineers a 5-3 win in the opening game of the day. After Union scored two in the top of the first inning, the Engineers responded back in the bottom of the…