Engineers blank Thoroughbreds in series opener

TROY, N.Y. – RPI hit three home runs and used three pitchers to shut out the Skidmore College baseball team for the first time in 2024, 8-0, in the first of three games over the weekend between the teams. RPI is 15-8 and 8-2 in the Liberty League East. Skidmore is 15-11 and 5-2. The Engineers can clinch the division with a win tomorrow. No. 9 hitter Charlie Lapp got it going with a two-run homer with one out in the home half of the second. It remained quiet until the bottom of the sixth, when Joey Saia connected for…