Baseball Sweeps Saturday Doubleheader at Cornell

Saturday, April 6

Ithaca, N.Y.

1:00 PM

Brown University

6-17, 3-4

Cornell

7-14, 2-5

Brown

Cornell

Baseball Sweeps Saturday Doubleheader at Cornell

4/6/2019 7:08:00 PM | Baseball

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Delano and Garner pitch Bears to consecutive wins

ITHACA, N.Y. – Garett Delano (Callahan, Fla.) and Collin Garner (St. Augustine, Fla.) gave the Brown baseball team a pair of strong pitching performances as the Bears won both ends of a doubleheader at Cornell, 11-3 and 2-1, to open a three-game Ivy League series Saturday at Hoy Field.

Brown (7-17, 4-4) captured its third straight league contest, while Cornell dropped to 7-15, 2-6.

"Garett and Collin gave us quality starts and the bullpen did a great job," said head coach Grant Achilles. "We played as close to a complete game as we have this year in the opener to get the momentum for the day and followed with a hard-fought battle in game two. Tomorrow is another opportunity for us to play hard and compete."

Delano and Frank Caprio (Providence, R.I.) both went 4-for-8 (.500) with three runs scored apiece in the doubleheader. Parke Phillips (Venice, Fla.) extended his hitting streak to seven games. The Brown pitching staff held the Big Red to just four runs in two games with three walks and ten combined strikeouts.

Game 1: Brown 11, Cornell 3
Delano gave a Bears a big start on the mound in the opener as he pitched seven scoreless innings with no walks and four strikeouts. Colby Wyatt took the loss for the Big Red as he gave up five earned runs.

Delano also added a pair of hits at the plate and scored twice, one of five Bears with multiple-hit efforts, and Calvin Farris (San Diego, Calif.) drove in three runs. Brown drew eight walks as a team and Caprio scored three runs. Brown outhit Cornell, 12-9.

Brown opened the scoring with three runs in the third as the Bears took advantage of two errors to start the inning and then added a pair of hits. Brown followed with a five-run frame in the fourth as five players collected hits, led by Mark Sluys (Gig Harbor, Wash.) and Farris with a pair of doubles.

Farris extended the Brown lead to nine runs when he scored on a balk in the sixth. Joe Lomuscio (West Roxbury, Mass.) drove in two more runs with a single in the ninth. Alex Carnegie broke up the shutout with a three-run homer in the bottom half.

Game 2: Brown 2, Cornell 1
Garner led Brown to victory in the second game of the day, as the sophomore allowed just one run in 8.2 innings of work, to go along with four strikeouts and two walks for his first win of the season.

Will Tomlinson (Irvine, Calif.) came in for the final strikeout to pick up his second save of the season. Jon Zacharias gave up one run in 4.1 innings as the starter for the loss. Delano and Caprio had two hits apiece and Sluys added one RBI as the Bears combined for four stolen bases.

Brown scored early with one run in the second as Rich Ciufo (Medford, N.Y.) drew a leadoff walk and then scored on a groundout. Garner held the Big Red to just one baserunner over the first four innings before giving up the first Cornell hit in the fifth frame.

Delano gave the Bears an insurance run in the top of the ninth when he hit a leadoff single and later crossed the plate on a fielding error. Cornell threatened with three hits in the bottom half, and cut the lead to one with a two-out RBI single, but Tomlinson came in for the final strikeout to seal the victory.

Brown and Cornell will meet on Sunday for the final game of the series at noon.