AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Kale Rose jacked a go-ahead three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Cornell's baseball team to a 5-3 victory over Rutgers-Camden Tuesday morning at Lake Myrtle Sports Complex.
 
The Rams dropped a 7-6 see-saw battle in 10 innings to Farmingdale State Tuesday afternoon. Cornell (6-3 overall) moved to 3-1 on its Florida trip with three games remaining in the Sunshine State.
 
In Game 1, Rose went 3-for-4 with four RBIs, highlighted by the towering blast over the right-field fence that put Cornell ahead after trailing 3-1. The junior second baseman recorded an unassisted inning-ending double play in the top of the eighth and then came on to pitch the ninth, stranding two runners on base to notch his second save of the season.
 
Vince Zipperer belted a solo homer for insurance in the bottom of the eighth. Leadoff man Seth Beals doubled, singled and scored two runs.
 
Newcomer Cameron Anderson gave the Rams a strong start on the mound, allowing five hits and fanning nine over six scoreless innings against a Rutgers-Camden squad (8-4) that entered the day averaging nearly 8.0 runs per game.     
 
Aiden Monce (1-0) earned the pitching win, working 1.1 scoreless innings in relief.
 
Darren Mancke and Zipperer both collected two hits and one RBI against Farmingdale State (3-4). The Rams scored twice in the top of the ninth – on a double steal by Esteban Perez and Ryan Weaver that was aided by a Farmingdale State error – to take a 6-4 lead.
 
Farmingdale State extended the game with a two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth and then won it in the 10th on a one-out single into center field.
 
Sean Alvarez doubled and scored one run. Cade Parks and Rose each drove in a run.  
 
Coming up – The Rams play a scheduled nine-inning game against UW-Stout at 8:15 a.m. (central time) Wednesday.