WAUKESHA, Wis. – Cornell's batting lineup busted out for a season-high 16 hits in Sunday's 12-7 nonconference baseball win over Carroll at Frame Park.
 
It was the first true road game of the season for coach Robbie Dombrowski's Rams, who improved to 10-7 overall after dropping their last two contests.
 
Sophomore Kale Rose had a dynamic day from the No. 9 slot in Cornell's order, going 4-for-5 with three runs, a double, a homer and two RBIs. He was among nine Rams to register a hit against the Pioneers (9-8).
 
Vince Zipperer, Cornell's leading hitter on the season, singled three times, scored twice and drove in a run. Seth Beals went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Colin Konicek had two hits and one RBI.
 
Freshman Carson King collected his first collegiate hit, a double, and drove in two.
 
The Rams scored in each of the first five innings, highlighted by a four-run second in which Beals singled home a pair. Cornell's lead ballooned to 10-2 on Zipperer's RBI groundout in the top of the fifth.
 
Starting right-hander Jake Schope bumped his season record to 3-1, allowing three earned runs while fanning seven over five innings. Patrick Montagna pitched the final four frames, striking out six.   
 
Coming up – Cornell (2-2 MWC) travels to Green, Wis., next weekend for a three-game Midwest Conference series with defending MWC champion Lawrence (4-9 overall, 0-2 MWC). Friday's doubleheader starts at 3 p.m., followed by a single game Saturday at 9 a.m.