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Grinnell College GCBB 4-12, 2-5 MWC
9
Winner Cornell College CCBB 7-11, 2-2 MWC
Grinnell College GCBB
4-12, 2-5 MWC
8
Final
9
Cornell College CCBB
7-11, 2-2 MWC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Grinnell College GCBB 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 8 15 3
Cornell College CCBB 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 9 8 3

W: Kriegel (1-4) L: Lane, Simon (0-1)

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Game Recap: Baseball | | Ted Schultz

Late Cornell comeback stymies Grinnell baseball team

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa - Grinnell College rapped out 15 hits and broke out to a 7-3 lead, but Cornell College rallied with six runs in the final two innings to eke out a 9-8 baseball win Wednesday.
 
Grinnell (4-12, 2-5 Midwest Conference) got three hits from Mac McCain '25 and Luke Porter '23 and two apiece from Sean Richardson '24, Nate L'Esperance '23, Shiva Bucklin '22 and Ben Kelly '25.
 
McCain scored on a wild pitch in the first inning to open the scoring. In the second, the Pioneers erupted for four runs to take a 5-2 lead. McCain's infield single plated one run, Richardson had an RBI single to right-center, L'Esperance added one to left-center and another runner scored on an error.
 
After Cornell (7-11, 2-2 MWC) scored in the bottom of the third, Grinnell countered with a Porter RBI double down the right-field line in the fourth. Grinnell got another run in the seventh on Michael Flaherty's '25 RBI, making it 7-3.
 
However, the Rams tallied three runs in the eighth and three more in the ninth to rally for the win.
 
Grinnell starting pitcher Josh Witte '24, the reigning MWC Pitcher of the Week, tossed two-hit ball and fanned eight over six innings of work.
 
The second game of the twin bill was postponed due to cold temperatures and is tentatively going to be played in Grinnell next Tuesday as part of a doubleheader.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play GCBB CCBB
GCBB TOP 1st M. McCain scored on a wild pitch. 1 0
CCBB BOT 1st Kent doubled down the rf line, RBI; Beals advanced to third; Rose scored. 1 1
CCBB BOT 1st Boldt advanced to second on a wild pitch; Kent advanced to third on a wild pitch; Beals scored on a wild pitch. 1 2
GCBB TOP 2nd M. McCain singled to shortstop, RBI; E. Borberg advanced to second; B. Kelly scored. 2 2
GCBB TOP 2nd S.Richardson singled to right center, RBI; M. McCain advanced to second; E. Borberg scored. 3 2
GCBB TOP 2nd L'Esperance singled to left center, RBI, advanced to second, advanced to third on an error by c; S.Richardson advanced to third, scored on an error by lf, unearned; M. McCain scored. 5 2
CCBB BOT 3rd Boldt lined out to cf, SF, RBI; Beals scored. 5 3
GCBB TOP 4th L. Porter doubled down the rf line, RBI; S.Richardson scored. 6 3
GCBB TOP 7th M. Flaherty reached on a fielding error by 1b, RBI; S. Bucklin advanced to second; L'Esperance scored. 7 3
CCBB BOT 8th Rose walked, RBI; Gierula advanced to second; Konicek advanced to third; Shaw scored. 7 4
CCBB BOT 8th Beals singled up the middle, RBI; Rose advanced to second; Gierula advanced to third; Konicek scored. 7 5
CCBB BOT 8th Kent flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Gierula scored. 7 6
GCBB TOP 9th E. Borberg singled up the middle, RBI; J. Gillespie advanced to second; W. Richman scored. 8 6
CCBB BOT 9th Shaw reached on a fielding error by 2b; Slinger scored. 8 7
CCBB BOT 9th Rose grounded out to 1b unassisted, RBI; Gierula advanced to second; Konicek advanced to third; Mancke scored, unearned. 8 8
CCBB BOT 9th Beals walked; Gierula advanced to third; Konicek scored on a wild pitch, unearned. 8 9

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