DE PERE - St. Norbert College dropped a pair of non-conference games to Midwest Conference foe Cornell College by scores of 7-2 and 9-5 at Van Alstine Field at Mel Nicks Sports Complex.
In the opener, St. Norbert and Cornell were knotted 2-2 before the Rams scored one run in the sixth and then got an insruance grand slam from Drew Logel in the top of the seventh inning.
Cornell opened with two runs in the first inning before the Green Knights answered with two runs in the second inning.
Adam Cootway walked with one out, with
Sebastien Dubois and
Jacob Rajkovich following with consecutive doubles to tie the game. St. Norbert would leave the bases loaded in the third inning and two runners on in the sixth.
Dubois and
Peyton Jack were both 2-for-3 for St. Norbert, which had seven hits.
Trevor Ramthun suffered a tough loss, allowing two hits and two earned runs with four walks and five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings pitched.
St. Norbert fell behind in the nightcap 5-0, with the Rams scoring single runs in the first and second innings and three more runs in the fourth. The Green Knights charged back with five runs in the bottom of the fourth, with Cootway driving in a run on a single up the middle. Following an
Isaac Gerhardt walk,
Keagan McCarthy boomed a grand slam to right-center field to tie the score at 5-5.
Cornell would score three runs in the fifth and one in the sixth to retake control.
McCarthy was 3-for-3 with four runs batted in in the nightcap.
Jack Maastricht was 2-for-3 wtih a double. Luke Follman took the loss in relief for the Green Knights.
