AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Cornell's baseball team moved to 3-0 on its Spring Break trip with a 10-1 rout of SUNY Poly Sunday at Lake Myrtle Park.
The Rams (5-2) scored in four of the first five innings in building a commanding 8-1 lead and received another quality pitching start, this one from
Jake Schope. The senior right-hander yielded only four hits and one run and struck out five in 5.2 innings.
Chad Dzierba recorded the final out in the sixth and
Bobby Petersen fired three scoreless innings to close the game, allowing just two hits.
James Kent opened Cornell's scoring with a two-run double in the second. The Rams took control with four runs in the third, started by a sacrifice fly from
Darren Mancke.
Seth Beals,
Kale Rose and
Colin Konicek all scored twice for the Rams, who reached base 13 times via walk or hit by pitch. Kent and Mancke had two stolen bases apiece.
Coming up – The Rams play Greenville at 12:15 p.m. (central time) Monday in Davenport, Fla.
