AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Esteban Perez singled home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning in Game 1 of Cornell's 3-2, 14-2 baseball doubleheader sweep over former conference foe St. Norbert Sunday at Lake Myrtle Sports Complex.
 
Cornell handled the Green Knights in the second game, 14-2, and improved to 5-2 on the young season.
 
Tied 2-2 in the opener, Sean Alvarez started Cornell's rally in the seventh with a two-out single to right field. After a walk by Kale Rose and a St. Norbert pitching change, Perez lined a 2-1 pitch into right to plate Alvarez for the walk-off victory.
 
Perez finished with two RBIs in Game 1, including a bases-loaded walk in the third that pushed the Rams ahead 2-1.
 
Grant Morris (1-0) picked up the win in 1.2 scoreless innings of relief, allowing only one hit. Starter Jake Schope scattered five hits over 5.1 innings and struck out six.
 
Darren Mancke, Colin Whelan and Cade Parks each had a double for the Rams.
 
In Game 2, Alvarez tallied three hits and Perez drove in three runs to pace Cornell, which built an 8-0 lead through two innings. Cornell accounted for 10 total hits, including five doubles.
 
Seth Beals went 2-for-3 with three runs from the leadoff spot. Jack Rogers doubled and stole three bases.  
 
Starting pitcher Agustin Velazquez (1-0) earned his first victory as a Ram, limiting the Green Knights (2-8) to five hits and one earned run in six innings. Cody Zahn worked a scoreless seventh, striking out two.
 
Coming up – The Rams have single games ahead Tuesday against Rutgers-Camden at 8:30 a.m. (central time) and Farmingdale State at 3 p.m. in Auburndale, Fla.