WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Cornell's baseball team pulled away in the middle innings for a 10-6 victory over Fitchburg State Friday morning in the final game of its spring break stay in the Sunshine State.
 
The Rams finished 3-3 on the trip, scoring 27 runs in their final two wins. The team moved to 3-5 overall on the season.
 
Freshman outfielder Seth Beals carried a hot bat and extended his hitting streak to seven games. He went 2-for-4 with a run and two RBIs. Beals had an RBI single in Cornell's five-run fifth inning that broke it open.
 
Drew Logel, who homered twice yesterday, singled, tripled and drove in one run against Fitchburg State (1-7). Kale Rose and Alec Boldt collected two hits apiece, while Darren Mancke and Josiah Shaw both scored twice.
 
Junior Kole Hinrichsen (1-1) earned his first pitching win of the spring, scattering seven hits and allowing four earned runs over 5.1 innings. He fanned four and walked one.
 
Cornell relievers Chad Dzierba, Carter Kriegel and Aiden Rosenthal did not surrender an earned run over the final 3.2 innings.
 
The Rams trailed 2-1 through two innings. They gained control by scoring nine unanswered runs over their next four at-bats.  
 
The Rams are scheduled to play a three-game neutral-site series with Loras March 19-20 at Mount Mercy's Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids. The March 19 doubleheader starts at noon.