MVNU Box Score | Bellevue Box Score

AVON PARK, Fla. – Cornerstone went 1-1 on the day recording a 12-3 upset win against No. 12 Bellevue and falling 4-3 to Mount Vernon Nazarene in a game that came down to the last pitch. The Golden Eagles hold a 3-12 record now as they will play their final game in Florida tomorrow before heading back home to play a double header against Rochester College on Wednesday. 

Game Flow 

Game 1 – The Golden Eagles got into a back and fourth battle with the Cougars as neither team had a lead of more than one run throughout the game. MVNU got on the board first off a home run by Yanni Patten that gave them a 1-0 lead but Cornerstone bounced right back with a Brady Volmering (SO/Harbor Beach, Mich.) double and a Jacob Klemme (SR/Plymouth, Wis.) single that gave CU the 2-1 lead in the second inning. After Mount Vernon tied it back up at two, Klemme hit a deep solo home run to take the lead again at 3-2. 

Kyle Marburger (SR/Peru, Ind.) did not receive the help he needed to get the win though as an error in right field gave the Cougars the lead back in the sixth inning at 4-3. Cornerstone had the opportunity to walk off with the win but after loading the bases but were unable to come up with the big hit. 

Game 2 – Cornerstone got going early offensively against No. 12 Bellevue as the Golden Eagles scored three first inning runs off a 2-RBI Jacob Klemme double and a Travis Gordon (SR/Lowell, Mich.) ground out that scored Klemme. Bellevue responded in the third inning with their only runs of the game off of Ben Sheckler (JR/Sparta, Mich.) recording two singles that scored three runners tying the game at 3-3. 

Ben Sheckler dominated the rest of the Bruins lineup though as he pitched a complete game with nine strikeouts, and received the run support he needed as a two run home run by Adam Harvey (SO/Antioch, Ill.) gave the Golden Eagles the lead at 5-3. CU continued to add on to the lead in the fifth and sixth inning as Harvey had another RBI off of a single that scored Travis Gordon that highlighted the seven runs in two innings that brought the final to 12-3.

Starters Lines
Kyle Marburger – 7IP, 8H, 4ER, 5K, 1BB
Ben Sheckler –  7IP, 6H, 3ER, 9K, 1BB

Offensive Numbers
-    Travis Gordon recorded five RBI in the win against Bellevue 
-    Jacob Klemme and Adam Harvey combined for a total of eight hits in today's double header
-    Cornerstone batters struck out just once in game two against the Bruins

What's Next

Cornerstone will play one last game in the Warner tournament tomorrow that is yet to be determined before heading home from Florida to play the first home games of the spring on Wednesday, March 16 against Rochester College.