Thoroughbreds split doubleheader with RPI; Engineers take the series

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Skidmore College baseball team celebrated its senior class before hosting Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in a Liberty League East doubleheader between the top two teams in the division on Saturday. Skidmore mercy-ruled the guests in seven innings in game one, 12-2, before RPI took a 9-7 extra-inning decision in the nightcap. RPI (16-9, 9-3 LL East) has clinched the division with a two out of three series win over Skidmore. The Engineers will host the No. 4 seed out of the west in a crossover series May 4-5. Skidmore (16-12, 6-3 LL East) is tied with…