Bears Rally to Cap 2022 Season with Victory over Cornell on Senior Day

Sunday, May 8

Providence, R.I.

12:00 PM

Brown University

13-23, 0

Cornell

11-25, 0

Cornell

Brown

Photo by: David Silverman Photography

Bears Rally to Cap 2022 Season with Victory over Cornell on Senior Day

5/8/2022 4:32:00 PM | Baseball

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – For the second straight Sunday, a double down the right field line by Reece Rappoli put the Bears in front for good as part of a come-from-behind win, as Brown Baseball capped its 2022 season with a 10-7 victory over Cornell on Sunday at Murray Stadium.

Following the game, Brown honored its seven-member senior class of 2022, and prior to the game, all mothers in attendance from both teams threw out the ceremonial first pitches for Mother's Day.

Brown concludes the season winning five of its last six games, finishing 13-23 (8-13 Ivy) and in sixth place in the Ivy League.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

All nine starters for Brown reached base while five players had two hits each including Rappoli, senior Chris Lang, freshman Jared Johnson, senior Jackson Hipp and junior Jacob Burley.
Brown drew nine walks in the game.
Making his final start in a Brown uniform, senior Zach Fogell struck out a career-high nine batters over 5.0 innings of work.
Paxton Meyers got the win in relief, firing 2.2 innings of one-run ball.
Senior Charlie Beilenson got the final three outs to pick up his third save of the season.
Charles Crawford went 1-for-3 at the plate with two walks and tagged a solo home run.
Derian Morphew had a hit and a pair of sacrifice flies.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Cornell jumped in front right off the bat with a two-run homer from Nathan Waugh in the bottom of the first, then added another homer on a solo shot from Wils Guy in the second to take the early 3-0 lead. An unearned run crossed the plate later in the inning to bring the lead to 4-0.
Brown tagged four hits to get two runs back in the bottom of the second, using three straight singles on a hit-and-run from Lang, an RBI single from Hipp, a knock from Burley, and a sac fly from Morphew.
Cornell added another run on a triple and wild pitch in the top of the third to get the lead back to three, then added another on a leadoff homer in the fourth to extend the lead to 6-2.
From there, the Bears rallied with seven unanswered runs, and scored in each of the last four innings to take the lead for good, starting when Burley scored on a wild pitch in the fifth.
Brown batted around in the sixth, sending nine men to the plate and scoring four times to take the lead. With the bases loaded and nobody out, Burley grounded one through the left side to score Crawford and cut it to 6-4, and Morphew followed with his second sac fly of the afternoon to left field to make it a one-run game.
Rappoli capped the inning by sending a double down the right field line to score Burley and Hipp to put the Bears in front 7-6
Crawford padded the lead by crushing the first pitch of the bottom of the seventh out to right for his second homer of the season, and later scored a run on a balk to make it 8-6.
After Cornell got one back in the top of the eighth, Brown got the lead back to three in the bottom of the frame on an RBI double from Jared Johnson.

QUOTES FROM THE COACH: GRANT ACHILLES

"It was a special weekend. I think it was epitomized today by having the moms out there and families around for the senior day celebration. To see our guys on the field taking advantages of the opportunities to perform was a really special day to wrap up their careers."
"I think this group showed a lot of resilience, just continuing to hang in there and stick to it. I think that is going to translate to a lot moving forward for us too. This team has a lot of youth they're going to power through those tough at bats and those games regardless of the score."

Gallery: (5-8-2022) Baseball Senior/Mother's Day vs. Cornell

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