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Hayden Schott
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
14
Winner BROWN BROWN 3-13
6
Columbia COL 8-10
Winner
BROWN BROWN
3-13
14
Final
6
Columbia COL
8-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
BROWN BROWN 0 6 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 14 13 2
Columbia COL 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 7 3

W: Santhosh Gottam (1-3) L: Sheets, Joe (1-2) S: Jack Seppings (2)

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BROWN BROWN 3-14
9
Winner Columbia COL 9-10
BROWN BROWN
3-14
6
Final
9
Columbia COL
9-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
BROWN BROWN 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 6 8 1
Columbia COL 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 X 9 13 0

W: Palfrey, Griffin (1-0) L: Bobby Olsen (2-2) S: Tucker, Justin (3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Splits Doubleheader With Brown; Wins Series

Lions take rubber match on Sunday behind 13 hits

NEW YORK — Columbia baseball fell to Brown 14-6 in game one of Sunday's doubleheader before winning 9-6 in the series finale from Robertson Field at Satow Stadium.

Columbia (9-10, 2-1) opens Ivy League play with a series win while Brown drops to 3-14 (1-2) after the weekend.

"Coming into the weekend, I felt that Brown had experienced pitching," head coach Brett Boretti said after the doubleheader split. "They jumped out and took advantage of a situation to put up a big number early and we hung around. We were fortunate to get out of some jams and put up a number to get a big enough lead and work through that."

Hayden Schott went 3-for-7 with three doubles and three walks in the two games on Sunday. Weston Eberly posted four hits, including a double and home run in game two of the doubleheader. Eberly drove in a team-high four runs on the day. Seth Dardar, Skye Selinsky, and Anton Lazits also posted multi-hit games on Sunday. Dardar and Lazits each had a home run in the final game of the series. 

"We have some things we need to try to clean up," Boretti said. "It's been a consistent thing for the past couple of weeks of giving too much that teams are taking advantage of. Brown did a good job, they played a good small ball game."

Game 1 Recap:

The Lions jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the opening inning on a bullet off the bat from Weston Eberly that went past the left fielder and to the wall. Schott and Blake came around to score the day's first runs.

Brown then opened up a 6-2 lead in the second inning with four of the runs coming unearned. With one out and the bases loaded, Ray Sass grounded a ball to shortstop and was able to reach on an error. The next batter Deri Marfew singled to bring in another run. Two batters later Reece Rappoli was hit by a pitch to bring in the inning's third run. Ryan Marra then hit a bases-clearing triple to cap the six-run frame for the Bears. 

Columbia scratched a run across in the home second to cut the deficit to 6-3. Jack Kail doubled with two outs and then Griffin Palfrey singled him home.

The Bears poured on five runs in the fifth inning in which 11 batters came to the plate. Brown used two singles, a wild pitch, a walk, and a sacrifice fly to score the five runs. Columbia took back a run in the sixth inning on a double steal when Selinsky swiped second and EJ Kreutzmann went home on the throw to make it 11-4. 

Brown re-gained its eight-run lead the next half inning when Ryan Marra drove in a run on a fielder's choice. Columbia again answered with a run in the seventh on a Dardar single to score Blake and make it 12-5. The Lions scored a run for the third consecutive inning in the eighth when Blake grounded into a double play with the bases loaded to bring Selinsky home. Schott then struck out to end the threat.

The Bears scored two more in the ninth to seal the victory and tie the series at one game a piece. 

Game 2 Recap:

Palfrey opened game two for the Lions on the mound and tossed two innings of one-run ball. He was credited with the win and Justin Tucker picked up his third save of the season after securing the victory in the ninth inning. 

Columbia scored first in the afternoon game in the opening frame on back-to-back doubles from Schott and Eberly. Brown quickly tied it in the second on a Ray Sass bunt single.

The Lions took a 4-1 lead in the second inning, stringing together five hits and sending eight batters to the plate. Lazits scored on a wild pitch then Palfrey and Schott each drove in a run to cap off the inning.

Eberly's second home run of the series was a deep blast that easily cleared the high center field fence with two outs and brought Schott around to give the Lions a 6-1 advantage in the fourth. The following inning, Lazits cracked his first home run of the season to make it 7-1 in the fifth inning.  

In the top of the seventh, the Bears cut Columbia's lead in half when Reece Rappoli connected on a three-run home run off JD Ogden to make it a 7-4 ball game. Ogden tossed 4.1 innings in game two, allowing the three runs on three hits while walking five and striking out five. Derek Yoo filled the next 1.2 innings, allowing two runs on three hits. Columbia pitching struck out 10 Brown batters in game two.

After Brown continued to creep back into the game and come within a run at 7-6, Dardar smacked a long home run over the right field fence in the home eighth, sending the crowd into a frenzy. Dardar's two-run home run made it 9-6 and gave Tucker a cushion to get the save with a scoreless ninth. 

Columbia continues its nine-game home stand on Wednesday against Monmouth. First pitch from Robertson Field at Satow Stadium is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

For the latest on Columbia baseball, follow @CULionsBaseball on Twitter and Instagram, and the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
 
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