Cornell Baseball 2016 Game Notes

Cornell Big Red (8-9, 2-0 Ivy League) Schedule & Results

March Cornell at Brown 5 vs. Northeastern RMI L, 0-6 5 vs. Northeastern RMI W, 7-5 Murray Stadium, Providence, R.I. 6 vs. Northeastern RMI L, 0-11 (7) Saturday, April 9, 2016, Noon (doubleheader) 12 at Wofford L, 1-5 Brown Record: 7-13, 1-3 Ivy League 12 at Wofford W, 12-5 Audio: Ivy League Digital Network 13 at Wofford W, 6-2 (8) Stats: www.brownbears.com 18 at Bucknell W, 8-6 (11) 19 at Bucknell L, 3-12 Cornell at Yale 19 at Bucknell W, 5-2 20 at Bucknell W, 3-2 Yale Field, West Haven, Conn. 25 at UCF L, 3-4 Sunday, April 10, 2016, Noon (doubleheader) 26 at UCF L, 3-8 Yale Record: 9-18-1, 4-2 Ivy League 27 at UCF L, 0-16 Audio: Ivy League Digital Network 30 at Rollins L, 5-6 Stats: www.yalebulldogs.com 30 at Rollins L, 5-13 April Probable Starters 2 HARVARD * W, 5-1 Sat. G1: Cornell (RHP Paul Balestrieri, 1-3, 4.08) • Brown (RHP C. Taugner, 3-1, 2.38) 2 HARVARD * W, 6-4 Sat. G2: Cornell (RHP Tim Willittes, 2-2, 5.61) • Brown (RHP Reid Anderson, 0-3, 5.76) 5 at St. Bonaventure Cancelled 5 at St. Bonaventure Cancelled Sun. G1: Cornell (LHP Justin Lewis, 1-3, 4.08) • Yale (RHP Mason Kukowski, 0-4, 5.46) 9 at Brown * Noon Sun. G2: Cornell (RHP Peter Lannoo, 1-2, 9.00) • Yale (TBD) 9 at Brown * ~2:30 p.m. 10 at Yale * Noon What’s on Tap: 10 at Yale * ~2:30 p.m. Cornell will play its first Ivy League road games of the season this weekend, when it 13 BINGHAMTON 4 p.m. makes an interdivisional trip to New England for doubleheaders against Brown at 16 COLUMBIA * Noon noon Saturday and Yale at noon Sunday. 16 COLUMBIA * ~2:30 p.m. 17 COLUMBIA * Noon The Big Red, In Brief: 17 COLUMBIA * ~2:30 p.m. In its first season under head coach Dan Pepicelli, Cornell swept Harvard last weekend R 20 DARTMOUTH * Noon for the first time since 1995. The Big Red also posted six victories in March, including R 20 DARTMOUTH * ~2:30 p.m. series victories at Wofford and Bucknell. ... Junior Tommy Wagner leads the team with 23 at Penn * Noon a .359 average, and sophomore Dale Wickham is batting .333. Sophomore Ellis Bitar is 23 at Penn * ~2:30 p.m. now batting .293 with hits in eight of his last nine games. Junior Cole Rutherford leads 24 at Penn * Noon the squad with four home runs, two triples, 14 RBIs and .556 slugging percentage. He 24 at Penn * ~2:30 p.m. 26 at Canisius 4 p.m. was the Ivy League Player of the Week after stroking three home runs in the series at 26 at Canisius ~6:30 p.m. Wofford. ... Junior Tim Willittes (2-2, 5.61) leads the pitching staff with 31 strikeouts and 29 PRINCETON * Noon was twice named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week in March. Senior Michael Byrne (2-1, 29 PRINCETON * ~2:30 p.m. 3.50) has the lowest ERA among probable starters. Sophomore Justin Lewis (1-3, 4.08) and freshman Adam Saks (0-0, 9.39) both have a team-high eight relief appearances. May 1 at Princeton * Noon 1 at Princeton * ~2:30 p.m. Follow the Big Red Baseball Media Contact 4 at Binghamton 4 p.m. Website: www.CornellBigRed.com Brandon Thomas, Assistant Director Facebook: Cornell Athletics of Athletic Communications * Ivy League game Twitter: @CornellSports Office Phone: (607) 255-5627 R Rescheduled game Instagram: @CornellSports Email: [email protected] RMI RussMatt Invitational; at Winter Haven, Fla. YouTube: CornellAthletics 2016 Cornell Baseball Team Possible Position Starters Cornell Quick Facts CF • 19 • Wickham (So., L/R) Location...... Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Year B/T Hometown High School (Previous College) Founded...... 1865 2 Ellis Bitar C 5-11 185 So. R/R Katy, Texas Seven Lakes HS Enrollment...... 13,700 3 Jamie Smith OF/P 6-2 190 Jr. S/R New Orleans, La. Isidore Newman School RF • 25 • Weston (Jr., R/R) LF • 27 • Winawer (Sr., L/L) - OR - President (interim)...... Hunter Rawlings III 4 Marlon Rainville OF 5-10 175 Sr. R/R Newton, Mass. Newton North HS 6 • Arndt (Fr., L/R) 5 Eliot Lowell IF 5-10 175 Sr. R/R San Diego, Calif. St. Augustine HS Director of Athletics...... J. Andrew Noel, Jr. 6 Josh Arndt IF/OF 6-2 185 Fr. L/R Phoenix, Ariz. Arcadia HS Colors...... Carnelian Red and White 7 Scott Soltis RHP 6-0 180 Jr. R/R Montclair, Va. Osbourn Park HS Conference...... Ivy League Field...... David F. Hoy Field 8 Frankie Padulo IF 5-8 150 Jr. R/R Los Alamitos, Calif. Los Alamitos HS SS • 8 • Padulo (Jr., R/R) 2B • 5 • Lowell (Sr., R/R) 9 Griffin Tutun IF 5-5 150 So. R/R Rye, N.Y. Rye HS 11 Austin Wahl RHP 6-3 181 Jr. R/R Hollister, Calif. Palma HS Coaching Information 12 Ryne Veenema RHP 6-0 185 Sr. R/R Fairport, N.Y. Fairport HS (Monroe CC) Head Coach...... Dan Pepicelli 13 Adam Saks RHP 5-10 160 Fr. R/R Delray Beach, Fla. Pine Crest School (SUNY Cortland 1990) 15 Tommy Wagner IF 5-9 175 Jr. R/R Victor, N.Y. Victor HS Career record...... 229-185-1 (12th season) 16 Austin Arnold LHP 6-2 185 Fr. L/L Midlothian, Va. James River HS 3B • 15 • Wagner (Jr., R/R) 1B • 36 • Rutherford (Jr., R/R) Record at Cornell...... 8-9 (first season) 17 Parker Morris OF/P 6-4 170 Fr. R/R Crozet, Va. St. Anne’s Belfield School 19 Dale Wickham OF 5-11 170 So. L/R Victor, N.Y. Victor HS Associate Head Coach...... Tom Ford (Ithaca 1979) 20 Paul Balestrieri RHP 6-1 210 Jr. R/R West Windsor, N.J. West Windsor-Plainsboro South DH • 30 • Price (Jr., L/R) 21 Mitch Blackstone C 6-3 195 Fr. R/R Vienna, Va. George C. Marshall HS - OR - Assistant Coach...... Scott Marsh (UCLA 1986) 22 Cole Rutherford 1B 6-4 230 Jr. R/R Simi Valley, Calif. Chaminade Prep (Orange Coast Coll.) 32 • Fraser (Fr., R/R) Volunteer Assistant Coach...... Frank Hager 23 Jamie Flynn RHP 6-1 205 Jr. R/R Ashland, Ore. Ashland HS (Lane CC) (Cornell ’12) 25 Jacob Weston OF 6-1 210 Jr. R/R Corona, Calif. Centennial HS C • 2 • Bitar (So., R/R) 26 Justin Lewis LHP 6-1 185 So. L/L La Cañada, Calif. La Cañada HS - OR - Team Information 27 Jordan Winawer OF 6-0 190 Sr. L/L Mountain View, Calif. Mountain View HS 30 • Price (Jr., L/R) 2016 Record...... 8-9 28 Michael Byrne LHP 6-1 215 Sr. L/L Vienna, Va. Langley HS 2015 Record...... 13-27 29 Tim Willittes RHP 6-4 220 Jr. R/R Scottsdale, Ariz. Desert Mountain HS Breaking Down The Harvard Games: 2015 Ivy League Record...... 9-11 30 C.J. Price C/IF 6-1 195 Jr. L/R Naples, Fla. Seacrest HS (Wash. U.) First Varsity Season...... 1869 31 Collin McGee RHP 6-0 185 Sr. R/R Auburn, Pa. Schuylkill Haven Area HS The Big Red is coming off its first season sweep of Harvard since 1995, posting All-Time Record...... 1,673-1,848-34 32 Mark Fraser 1B/P 6-5 230 Fr. R/R San Jose, Calif. Savannah Christian Prep (Ga.) crooked numbers late in both games of last Saturday’s doubleheader at Hoy Field. All-Time Ivy Record (since 1993)...... 196-266 33 Will Simoneit C 6-4 205 Fr. R/R Glen Ellyn, Ill. Glenbard West HS Junior Cole Rutherford drove in the go-ahead runs in both games. Junior Paul Bales- 34 Tyler Fernandez LHP 6-0 190 So. L/L Mount Vernon, N.Y. Rye Country Day School trieri yielded just an unearned run and three hits in a complete game gem to open NCAA Tournament Appearances...... 2 35 Trey Baur IF 6-5 215 So. R/R St. Louis, Mo. Mary Institute & St. Louis Country Day the day, earning his first victory after Cornell manufactured four runs on just two hits Years...... 1977, 2012 36 Rob Pannullo RHP 6-0 185 Jr. R/R North Caldwell, N.J. Montclair Kimberley in the sixth inning for a 5-1 victory. Sophomore Justin Lewis and senior Michael By- Ivy League Championships (since 1993)...... 1 39 Peter Lannoo RHP 6-6 220 Jr. R/R Terre Haute, Ind. Terre Haute South Vigo HS rne then tossed seven scoreless innings of relief in the the second game, and Cornell Year...... 2012 40 Pierre Le Dorze OF/P 6-2 220 So. R/R Bainbridge Island, Wash. O’Dea HS rallied from a four-run deficit for a 6-4 victory. Junior C.J. Price hit a solo home run in the sixth and Rutherford’s two-run single in the seventh pulled the Big Red ahead for Coaches good. Sophomore Ellis Bitar was 2-for-4 with a double. Series History vs. Brown 24 Dan Pepicelli Ted Thoren Head Coach of Baseball 14 Tom Ford Associate Head Coach (third base) About Brown: Overall: Cornell leads, 59-58-2 1 Scott Marsh Assistant Coach (pitching coach) The Bears are 7-13 overall after going 1-3 in their first Ivy League games of the sea- Last five years: 18 Frank Hager Volunteer Assistant Coach (first base) son last weekend. Sophomore Brian Ginsberg drove in three runs with two doubles Year Results Scores Site in last Saturday’s first game against Penn, 8-5. The Quakers won the second game, 2015 Split 5-4B, 10-6C C 3-1, and Columbia swept a Sunday doubleheader in , 7-3 and 10-2. Brown’s 2014 C sweep 4-1, 6-5 B Pronunciation Roster Breakdown game Wednesday at UMass-Lowell was postponed. ... Sophomore Sam Grigo leads 2013 C sweep 6-1, 4-1 C 2 Ellis Bitar bi-TAR Infielders Outfielders Catchers RH Pitchers LH Pitchers the team with a .329 average, three home runs, 16 RBIs and three stolen bases. 2012 C sweep 10-9(11), 12-5 B B C 6 Josh Arndt ARNT 5 Elliot Lowell 3 Jamie Smith 2 Ellis Bitar 7 Scott Soltis 16 Austin Arnold Junior Josh Huntley is batting .290 and is tied with Ginsberg for the team lead in 2011 Split 5-2 , 13-8 C 8 Frankie Padulo 4 Marlon Rainville 21 M. Blackstone 11 Austin Wahl 26 Justin Lewis doubles with five. ... Junior RHP Christian Taugner (3-1, 2.38) is the team’s ace, draw- 7 Scott Soltis SOL-tis 9 Griffin Tutun 6 Josh Arndt 30 C.J. Price 12 Ryne Veenema 28 Michael Byrne 8 Frankie Padulo puh-DOO-lo 15 Tommy Wagner 17 Parker Morris 33 Will Simoneit 13 Adam Saks 34 Tyler Fernandez ing the Game 1 assignment against the Big Red. Sophomore RHP Reid Anderson 9 Griffin Tutun TOO-tin 22 Cole Rutherford 19 Dale Wickham 20 Paul Balestrieri (0-3, 5.76) is the probable starter for the night cap. Sophomore RHP Dante Bosnic Series History vs. Yale 12 Ryne Veenema VEEN-uh-muh 32 Mark Fraser 25 Jacob Weston 23 Jamie Flynn (0-0, 3.00, 2 SV) leads the team with nine relief apperances, issuing just two walks in 35 Trey Baur 27 Jordan Winawer 29 Tim Willittes 18 innings. Brown’s team ERA is 5.04. 19 Dale Wickham WICK-um 31 Collin McGee Overall: Yale leads, 101-72 20 Paul Balestrieri bal-i-stree-AIR-i 36 Rob Pannullo Last five years: 27 Jordan Winawer WIN-uh-wer 39 Peter Lannoo Series History vs. Brown: Year Results Scores Site 28 Michael Byrne BERN 40 Pierre Le Dorze The Big Red has won eight of its last nine games against the Bears, including a 2015 C sweep 10-1, 7-5 C 29 Tim Willittes WILL-its sweep of last season’s doubleheader in Rhode Island, to take a 59-58-2 lead in the 2014 Split 1-0(8)Y, 6-4C Y 32 Mark Fraser FRAY-zhur all-time series. Junior Frankie Padulo and sophomore Ellis Bitar had three-hit games 2013 Split 8-5C, 4-2Y C 39 Peter Lannoo luh-NEW against the Bears last year, and junior RHP Paul Balestrieri tossed five scoreless in- 2012 C sweep 2-0, 5-2 Y 40 Pierre Le Dorze la-DORZ nings while fanning five to earn his first collegiate victory April 6, 2014 at Brown. 2011 Y sweep 7-2, 5-3 C Cornell’s first victory against Brown came all the way back on May 7, 1912. April 9-10, 2016 ∙ at Brown / Yale - 2 - - 3 - April 9-10, 2016 ∙ at Brown / Yale About Yale: Ivy League Standings & Results The Dan Pepicelli File The Bulldogs started the weekend by sweeping Princeton on Friday, 6-4 and 6-1, Dan Pepicelli Education after splitting a Wednesday doubleheader against Fairfield. Yale scorched three-time Lou Gehrig Division SUNY Cortland defending champion Columbia for 23 runs for a sweep last Saturday in New York, but Ivy League Overall W L Pct. GB W L T Pct. Streak B.A., Economics/Management Science, the Bulldogs then dropped a pair of games the next day at Penn, 3-2 and 19-3. ... The The Ted Thoren Head Coach of Baseball Cornell 2 0 1.000 — 8 9 0 .471 W2 1990 Bulldogs have shifted sophomore RHP Mason Kukowski (0-4, 5.46, SV) to start Game Penn 3 1 .750 — 11 12 0 .478 W4 12th Season As Head Coach Previous Head Coaching Experience Princeton 4 2 .667 — 11 13 0 .458 L3 1 against the Big Red and have not announced a starter for the night cap. Possibilities Columbia 2 2 .500 1 8 15 0 .348 W3 First Season at Cornell • SUNY Cortland ’90 St. John Fisher, 2001 – 2009 include senior RHP Chris Lanham (0-1, 9.64) and freshman LHP Kumar Nambiar (0-4, 200-164-1 record 9.28, SV). Freshman LHP Sam Boies (0-0, 5.11) leads the team with 13 relief appear- Red Rolfe Division 1 NCAA Tournament Appearance (2007) ances, and sophomore RHPs Drew Scott (1-1, 9.31) and Tyler Duncan (0-0, 12.75) have Ivy League Overall W L Pct. GB W L T Pct. Streak Pepicelli was named the Ted Thoren Head Coach of Baseball on Aug. 10, 2015, 2 Empire 8 Coach of the Year (2001, 2007) appeared 11 times. ... Senior Nate Adams leads the team with a .420 average in half- Yale 4 2 .667 — 9 18 1 .339 W3 after helping lead Clemson to the NCAA tournament in all six years as the program’s Hartwick College, 1999-2000 time duty. The Bulldogs have four players hitting .300 or better, with junior Richard Brown 1 3 .250 2 7 13 0 .350 L3 Dartmouth 0 2 .000 2 6 16 0 .273 W1 pitching coach and stints as head coach at St. John Fisher and Hartwick. 21-40 record Slenker batting .315 with a league-high 11 doubles. Freshman Simon Whiteman has a Harvard 0 4 .000 3 7 15 0 .318 L6 Clemson’s record was 231-149 (.608) in Pepicelli’s six years with the program, in- Assistant Coaching Experience league-leading 11 of the team’s 35 stolen bases. cluding three seasons as the associate head coach, two more as the assistant head Clemson University, 2010-2015 Recent Scores / Upcoming Games coach, and one as an assistant coach. He became the Tigers’ first pitching coach to 3 years as Associate Head Coach (2013-15) Series History vs. Yale: Sunday, April 3 lead a staff to the College World Series in his first season with the squad, then led the 2 years as Assistant Head Coach (2011-12) Yale holds a 101-72 lead in the all-time series, though Cornell swept last year’s * Dartmouth at Cornell (DH), postponed pitching staff to a season earned-run average below 4.00 for four consecutive seasons 1 year as Assistant Coach (2010) doubleheader to win six of the last eight meetings between the squads. Junior RHP * Princeton 4, Harvard 1 from 2011-14. He recruited and developed Matt Crownover, who earned freshman 6 NCAA Appearances Paul Balestrieri closed out a 7-5 victory in the night cap on March 29 after classmate * Princeton 14, Harvard 5 * Columbia 7, Brown 3 All-America accolades in 2013 and Atlantic Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year hon- Hartwick College, 1996-98 Tommy Wagner was 3-for-4 with three RBIs and a stolen base. In the Big Red’s last visit * Columbia 10, Brown 2 ors in 2015. Pepicelli was instrumental in assembling Baseball America’s ninth-ranked to Yale Field, senior Michael Byrne worked into extra innings while striking out eight, * Penn 3, Yale 2 2015 recruiting class. Six Clemson pitchers were selected in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft in Pepicelli’s tenure at Clemson. but took a hard-luck loss when the Bulldogs plated an unearned run in the opener. * Penn 19, Yale 3 By joining the Big Red, Pepicelli is coming home to upstate New York. He has 11 years of head coaching experience on the Division Senior Jordan Winawer hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to propel Cornell to a Tuesday, April 5 III level with St. John Fisher and Hartwick. After serving as an assistant coach for three seasons at Hartwick, Pepicelli was promoted to 6-4 victory in the second game. The first meeting between the teams came in 1887. Cornell at St. Bonaventure (DH), cancelled become the Hawks’ head coach for the 1999 and 2000 seasons. He then spent nine seasons as the head coach and assistant athletic Penn 6, Lafayette 5 director at Fisher. Pepicelli was named the Empire 8 Conference Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2007, the latter honor coming during Power Surge: Wednesday, April 6 a season that saw the Cardinals advance to the NCAA Division III College World Series for the first time in program history. It took the Big Red all 40 games of the 2015 season to hit six home runs, but it took just Northeastern 3, Harvard 2 the day of March 12 to produce seven homers this season. Six of those blasts came in Dartmouth 2, Holy Cross 1 Columbia 4, St. John’s 1 the second game of a doubleheader at Wofford, which set a single-game program re- Monmouth 7, Princeton 3 Tom Ford cord. Junior Cole Rutherford had two home runs in that game, plus one in the twin bill’s Fairfield 2, Yale 1 opener. Cornell’s 13 home runs are tied for second-most among Ivy League schools. Yale 2, Fairfield 1 Brown at Mass.-Lowell, postponed Associate Head Coach Byrne Notice: Friday, April 8 Sixth Season As Associate Head Coach Senior LHP Michael Byrne surrendered just one earned run in his first two starts * Yale 6, Princeton 3 24th Season at Cornell • Ithaca ’79 this season, then earned a win Saturday with four innings of scoreless relief. Byrne * Yale 6, Princeton 1 has twice earned All-Ivy League accolades, garnering second-team honors in both Saturday, April 9 Ford spent his first 18 seasons at In his 18 years as head coach at Cornell, Ford compiled a his freshman and sophomore seasons. Though he struggled to an inflated ERA last * Cornell at Brown (DH), noon Cornell as head coach, being named the 266-467-2 record. He won his 200th career game in the first * Columbia at Harvard (DH), noon season, he still led the team with 45 strikeouts. Cornell has two other returning All-Ivy * Penn at Dartmouth (DH), noon first Ted Thoren Head Coach of Baseball when that position game of a doubleheader at St. Joseph’s (Pa.) on March 13, 2004. winners — both senior Jordan Winawer (2014) and junior Tommy Wagner (2015) have was endowed in the summer of 1999 by Rich Booth ’82. Ford The 2005 squad accomplished a number of firsts for the Sunday, April 10 garnered honorable mention. * Cornell at Yale (DH), noon succeeded the legendary Thoren when he was named the 15th Cornell program, winning the school’s first Ivy League Gehrig * Princeton at Brown (DH), noon head coach in program history in 1991. Prior to taking over the Division title. The Big Red held its opponent to one run or fewer The Route 96 Connection: * Columbia at Dartmouth (DH), noon Cornell program, Ford was the associate head coach at Ithaca in five consecutive games for the first time in the program’s The Big Red has two hitters among the Ivy League’s top 10 in batting average so * Penn at Harvard (DH), noon College for 10 years. 139-year history. far this season — and they’re both from the same town about a 90-minute drive Tuesday, April 12 northwest on . Junior Tommy Wagner (.359) and sophomore Rhode Island at Brown, 3 p.m. Boston College at Harvard, 3 p.m. Dale Wickham (.333) both hail from Victor, near Rochester, where they played for a Mass.-Lowell at Dartmouth, 3 p.m. Scott Marsh Frank Hager perennial high school power which captured the Class AA state title in 2014. The only Yale at Sacred Heart, 3 p.m. other Upstate New York native on the team is senior pitcher Ryne Veenema (from the Wednesday, April 13 21st Season As Assistant Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach Rochester suburb of Fairport). Penn at NYIT, 3:30 p.m. UCLA ’86 Cornell ’12 Binghamton at Cornell, 4 p.m. The Hot Bat: Princeton at St. John’s, 6 p.m. Marsh works primarily with the Big Red Hager has returned to East Hill as a Sophomore Ellis Bitar is batting a team-best .387 over the Big Red’s last 10 games, Saturday, April 16 pitchers and serves as the team’s recruit- volunteer assistant coach for the which included an eight-game hitting streak. Cornell’s primary catcher was also 3-for- * Columbia at Cornell (DH), noon ing coordinator. Under Marsh’s guidance, * Penn at Princeton (DH), noon program he helped lead to the Ivy League 3 in stolen-base attempts over that stretch and gunned down two attempted base- * Dartmouth at Brown (DH), noon the Big Red posted a 3.13 earned run Championship during his senior season. stealers from Big Red opponents. * Harvard at Yale (DH), 1 p.m. average in 2013 — the program’s lowest ERA since 1973. Kellen He started all 47 games at first base during the championship Sunday, April 17 Urbon ’15 was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and a season, leading the team with 15 doubles to push his career Up Next: * Columbia at Cornell (DH), noon unanimous All-Ivy First Team selection. Two Big Red pitchers total to 40 doubles — which ranks second in program history. Cornell is currently scheduled to return to non-league action for a single game * Penn at Princeton (DH), noon have been selected in the first 10 rounds of the MLB draft Hager was also named to the College Sports Information against visiting Binghamton at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13. The Big Red then kicks * Dartmouth at Brown (DH), noon * Harvard at Yale (DH), noon under Marsh’s tutelage — Chris Schutt (2003, seventh round, Directors Association’s Academic All-District 1 Baseball Team off Lou Gehrig division play the following weekend with a four-game home series * — Ivy League contest Minnesota) and Brent Jones (2014, fourth round, Arizona). in 2012. against Columbia, by way of noon doubleheaders April 16-17. April 9-10, 2016 ∙ at Brown / Yale - 4 - - 5 - April 9-10, 2016 ∙ at Brown / Yale The 2016 Season The Last Time It Happened Cornell’s Record When ... Cornell Batters: Overall 8-9 Date Opponent Result Pitcher of Record Of Note Two Home Runs In A Game...... 2, Cole Rutherford - at Wofford, 3/12/16 in Ivy League play 2-0 March 5 vs. Northeastern L, 6-0 Balestrieri (L, 0-1) Saks 2 scoreless IP in collegiate debut Grand Slam...... Ryan Karl - at James Madison, 3/26/14 March 5 vs. Northeastern W, 7-5 Lewis (W, 1-0) Rutherford go-ahead two-run HR in top of the 9th Walk-Off Home Run...... Chris Cruz - vs. Dartmouth, 5/6/12 in non-league play 6-9 March 6 vs. Northeastern L, 11-0 (7) Willittes (L, 0-1) Six walks and three errors doom the Big Red Walk-Off Hit...... Matt Hall (two-run 2B) - vs. Canisius, 4/29/15 at home 2-0 March 12 at Wofford L, 5-1 Balestrieri (L, 0-2) Rutherford homer to dead center in top of the 9th Four-Hit Game...... 4, Spencer Scorza - vs. Princeton, 4/26/15 on the road 5-7 March 12 at Wofford W, 12-5 Byrne (W, 1-0) Rutherford strokes 2 of Cornell’s program-record 6 HRs Five-Hit Game...... 5, Matt Hall - at Appalachian State, 3/16/13 March 13 at Wofford W, 6-2 (8) Willittes (W, 1-1) Price 2-for-3 with a HR; Lannoo records first collegiate save Five-RBI Game...... 5, Ryan Karl - at James Madison, 3/26/14 neutral site 1-2 March 18 at Bucknell W, 8-6 (11) Lewis (W, 2-0) Arndt plates go-ahead runs with 2B; Lewis 4.1 IP in relief Six-RBI Game...... 7, Adam Jacobs - at UNC-Greensboro, 3/20/07 game is halted early 1-1 March 19 at Bucknell L, 12-3 Byrne (L, 1-1) Bison plate 10 runs in 3rd Three or More Doubles...... 3, Kevin Tatum - at James Madison, 3/15/14 completed at seven innings 1-2 March 19 at Bucknell W, 5-2 Willittes (W, 2-1) Willittes’ 13 Ks the most by Cornell pitcher since 2003 Two or More Triples...... 2, Ben Swinford - vs. Harvard, 3/31/12 March 20 at Bucknell W, 3-2 Lannoo (W, 1-0) Wickham 3-for-4 with two-run HR; Lewis earns second SV completed at nine innings 5-6 Three or More Stolen Bases...... 6, Tom D’Alessandro - at George Washington, 3/9/14 March 25 at UCF L, 3-4 Balestrieri (L, 0-3) Big Red with 9 hits to UCF’s 3, but can’t overcome early deficit in extra innings 1-0 March 26 at UCF L, 3-8 Willittes (L, 2-2) UCF scores 8 unanswered runs, including grand slam in 5th in one-run games 1-2 March 27 at UCF L, 0-16 Lannoo (L, 1-1) Bitar extends hitting streak to 5 games Cornell Pitchers: A Complete Game...... Paul Balestrieri - vs. Harvard, 4/2/16 in two-run games 3-0 March 29 at Rollins L, 5-6 Soltis (L, 0-1) Wagner and Wickham both 3-for-4; Flynn 3 IP scoreless relief Seven-Inning Game...... Paul Balestrieri - vs. Harvard, 4/2/16 March 30 at Rollins L, 5-13 Lannoo (L, 1-2) Fraser 3-R HR the first of his collegiate career in five- or more run games 1-6 Nine-Inning Game...... Luke Staskal - at Penn, 4/17/04 April 2 Harvard W, 5-1 Balestrieri (W, 1-3) Balestrieri CG; CU surges ahead in four-run sixth scoring first 6-2 A Shutout...... Brian McAfee - vs. Princeton, 4/26/15 April 2 Harvard W, 6-4 Byrne (W, 2-1) Big Red rallies from 4-0 deficit; Price solo HR Seven-Inning Game...... Brian McAfee - vs. Princeton, 4/26/15 the opposition scores first 2-7 Nine-Inning Game...... Nick Bayer - vs. Columbia, 4/24/00 in March 6-9 A 10-Strikeout Game...... 13, Tim Willittes - at Bucknell, 3/19/16 in April 2-0 A 15-Strikeout Game...... 15, Chris Schutt - at Columbia, 4/19/03 in May 0-0 No-Hitter...... Connor Kaufmann - vs. Dartmouth, 4/1/12 on Tuesday 0-0 Cornell As A Team: on Wednesday 0-2 Did Not Score a Run...... at UCF (16-0), 3/27/16 on Friday 1-1 Had 15 or More Runs In a Game...... at James Madison (17-8), 3/15/14 on Saturday 5-4 Had 20 or More Runs In a Game...... 23, at Penn, 4/15/06 on Sunday 2-2 Had 15 or More Hits In a Game...... 21, at James Madison, 3/15/14 Had 20 or More Hits In a Game...... 21, at James Madison, 3/15/14 in first game of a series 2-4 3 Home Runs in a Game...... 6, at Wofford, 3/12/16 in second game of a series 3-3 4 Home Runs in a Game...... 6, at Wofford, 3/12/16 in third game of a series 2-2 Left 15 or More Runners on Base...... 16, at Penn, 4/13/14 in fourth game of a series 1-0 Committed Four or More Errors...... 4, at Bucknell, 3/22/15 Had 15 or More Strikeouts...... 15, at Princeton, 4/27/14 in a single game 0-0 scoring 5 or fewer runs 3-9 Cornell Opponents: allowing 5 or fewer runs 7-2 Did Not Score a Run...... vs. Princeton (10-0), 4/26/15 Multiple Hit Games Multiple RBI Games Longest Hitting Streaks scoring 10 or more runs 1-0 Had 15 or More Runs In a Game...... at UCF (16-0), 3/27/16 allowing 10 or more runs 0-4 Player 2 3 4 5+ Total Player 2 3 4 5+ Total Player Longest Current Had 20 or More Runs In a Game...... at Columbia (20-5), 4/19/15 15 Wagner 4 3 - - 7 19 Wickham 2 1 - - 3 15 Wagner 8 - Had 15 or More Hits In a Game...... 17, at Rollins, 3/30/16 outhitting opponent 5-2 19 Wickham 3 3 - - 6 36 Rutherford 1 - 2 - 3 2 Bitar 7 1 Had 20 or More Hits In a Game...... 20, at UCF, 3/27/16 outhit by opponent 3-7 2 Bitar 5 - - - 5 6 Arndt - 1 - - 1 8 Padulo 5 - 3 Home Runs in a Game...... 3, at Columbia, 4/19/15 8 Padulo 4 - - - 4 32 Fraser - 1 - - 1 19 Wickham 5 - hits are tied 0-0 30 Price 3 - - - 3 2 Bitar - 1 - - 1 6 Arndt 4 - 4 Home Runs in a Game...... 4, at Appalachian State, 3/16/13 producing 10 or more hits 4-1 36 Rutherford 2 1 - - 3 30 Price 3 3 Left 15 or More Runners on Base...... 16, at James Madison, 3/16/14 27 Winawer 2 - - - 2 27 Winawer 3 1 Committed Four or More Errors...... 4, at Princeton, 4/24/15 hitting at least one home run 5-3 5 Lowell 1 - - - 1 5 Lowell 3 - Hit a Grand Slam...... Austin Griffin - at UCF, 3/26/16 allowing at least one home run 1-4 32 Fraser 2 2 Had a Walk-Off Hit...... Richard Slenker - at Yale, 4/5/14 36 Rutherford 2 2 vs. starting LHP 2-1 Had 15 or More Strikeouts...... 18, vs. Princeton, 4/29/09 25 Weston 2 - vs. starting RHP 6-8

April 9-10, 2016 ∙ at Brown / Yale - 6 - - 7 - April 9-10, 2016 ∙ at Brown / Yale Overall Statistics for Cornell (as of Apr 02, 2016) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 8-9 Home: 2-0 Away: 5-7 Neutral: 1-2 Ivy League: 2-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 15 Wagner, Tommy . 3 5 9 17-17 64 10 23 3 0 2 9 32 . 5 0 0 6 2 7 2 . 4 3 1 0 2 2-2 15 28 4 . 9 1 5 19 Wickham, Dale . 3 3 3 17-17 63 9 21 5 0 2 11 32 . 5 0 8 5 0 8 1 . 3 8 2 0 1 1-2 33 0 0 1.000 2 Bitar, Ellis . 2 9 3 16-16 58 3 17 3 0 0 5 20 . 3 4 5 1 3 16 1 . 3 3 9 0 0 3-3 90 10 2 . 9 8 0 30 Price, C.J. . 2 5 0 16-16 48 9 12 0 1 2 4 20 . 4 1 7 7 5 7 2 . 4 0 0 0 1 0-0 29 7 0 1.000 36 Rutherford, Cole . 2 4 1 16-16 54 8 13 1 2 4 14 30 . 5 5 6 6 3 14 2 . 3 4 4 1 0 1-1 135 4 2 . 9 8 6 5 Lowell, Eliot . 2 3 3 15-14 43 5 10 0 0 0 3 10 . 2 3 3 8 0 8 0 . 3 5 3 0 0 1-3 24 37 7 . 8 9 7 27 Winawer, Jordan . 1 9 6 14-14 51 6 10 1 0 0 2 11 . 2 1 6 6 1 8 2 . 2 8 8 1 0 2-2 17 0 2 . 8 9 5 8 Padulo, Frankie . 1 9 0 17-17 63 10 12 3 0 0 3 15 . 2 3 8 9 1 11 2 . 3 0 1 0 0 0-0 29 51 5 . 9 4 1 ------17 Morris, Parker . 2 0 0 4-1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 6 Arndt, Josh . 1 9 2 10-8 26 4 5 2 0 0 4 7 . 2 6 9 3 1 0 0 . 3 0 0 0 1 0-0 11 1 0 1.000 25 Weston, Jacob . 1 7 4 7-7 23 2 4 0 0 1 3 7 . 3 0 4 3 0 10 0 . 2 6 9 0 1 0-0 14 0 0 1.000 35 Baur, Trey . 1 6 7 5-1 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 . 3 3 3 0 1 2 0 . 2 8 6 0 0 0-0 2 3 2 . 7 1 4 32 Fraser, Mark . 1 5 4 5-2 13 2 2 0 0 1 4 5 . 3 8 5 1 0 3 0 . 2 1 4 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 1.000 3 Smith, Jamie . 0 6 3 6-5 16 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 . 2 5 0 2 1 7 0 . 2 1 1 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 1.000 21 Blackstone, Mitch . 0 0 0 3-2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 . 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 2 1 0 1.000 29 Willittes, Tim . 0 0 0 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 2 0 1.000 4 Rainville, Marlon . 0 0 0 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 40 Le Dorze, Pierre . 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 9 Tutun, Griffin . 0 0 0 2-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 Totals . 2 4 2 17 545 72 132 19 3 13 63 196 . 3 6 0 58 18 106 12 . 3 3 4 2 7 10-13 414 166 24 . 9 6 0 Opponents . 2 8 4 17 556 108 158 28 7 7 97 221 . 3 9 7 74 18 130 11 . 3 8 2 6 4 10-18 432 181 17 . 9 7 3

LOB - Team (127), Opp (137). DPs turned - Team (13), Opp (16). CI - Team (1), Bitar 1, Opp (1). Picked off - Wagner 1, Weston 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 28 Byrne, Michael 3 . 5 0 2-1 6 3 0 0/0 0 18.0 15 9 7 12 16 2 0 0 . 2 2 4 4 1 0 1 1 20 Balestrieri, Paul 4 . 0 8 1-3 5 5 1 0/0 0 28.2 23 17 13 12 26 4 3 0 . 2 1 5 4 1 1 0 1 26 Lewis, Justin 4 . 6 7 2-0 8 0 0 0/0 2 17.1 23 9 9 9 19 5 0 2 . 3 2 9 2 1 0 0 0 29 Willittes, Tim 5 . 6 1 2-2 5 5 0 0/0 0 25.2 28 19 16 10 31 5 1 2 . 2 7 5 5 2 0 1 2 ------3 Smith, Jamie 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 . 1 6 7 0 1 0 0 0 16 Arnold, Austin 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 Flynn, Jamie 5 . 4 0 0-0 6 0 0 0/0 0 10.0 13 7 6 7 13 2 1 1 . 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 12 Veenema, Ryne 6 . 7 5 0-0 6 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 5 2 2 1 3 1 1 0 . 4 1 7 1 2 0 0 0 11 Wahl, Austin 6 . 7 5 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 . 2 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 39 Lannoo, Peter 9 . 0 0 1-2 6 3 0 0/0 1 13.0 20 13 13 7 6 3 0 0 . 3 5 7 4 1 0 1 0 13 Saks, Adam 9 . 3 9 0-0 8 0 0 0/0 0 7.2 8 9 8 6 5 2 0 0 . 2 6 7 0 3 0 1 0 7 Soltis, Scott 10.80 0-1 4 1 0 0/0 0 5.0 9 9 6 0 1 2 0 1 . 3 4 6 1 1 0 1 0 17 Morris, Parker 13.50 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.2 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 Lowell, Eliot 16.20 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.2 2 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 . 2 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 31 McGee, Collin 40.50 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 0.2 2 4 3 6 1 1 1 0 . 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 40 Le Dorze, Pierre 99.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 . 7 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 6 . 0 7 8-9 17 17 1 0/0 3 138.0 158 108 93 74 130 28 7 7 . 2 8 4 27 18 1 6 4 Opponents 3 . 8 1 9-8 17 17 2 3/3 2 144.0 132 72 61 58 106 19 3 13 . 2 4 2 14 18 2 2 7

PB - Team (3), Bitar 3, Opp (1). Pickoffs - Team (5), Lewis 2, Balestrieri 2, Saks 1, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Bitar (7-13), Price (3-5), Lannoo (2-4), Lewis (2-4), Flynn (2-3), Balestrieri (1-2), Saks (1-2), Willittes (1-2), Byrne (1-1).

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