MOUNT VERNON, Iowa – A late rally by the home team sent the University of Chicago baseball team to a 3-2 loss in 10 innings at Cornell College on Saturday afternoon.  

The Maroons dropped to 17-9 on the season and 12-4 in the Midwest Conference (MWC). The Rams improved to 11-19 (6-9 MWC). Game two of Saturday's scheduled doubleheader was moved to Sunday due to inclement weather.

A Cornell error in the outfield led to both of UChicago's runs in the top of the fourth. Senior Brett Riegler and junior Blane Soper both singled and then scored on a miscue by the center fielder.

Sophomore starting pitcher Drew Bryan kept putting zeros on the scoreboard through seven innings. Then in the eighth, Cornell collected four hits and tied up the ballgame 2-2. UChicago escaped the frame without further damage when senior Carson Weekley gunned down a runner at home plate to end the inning.

The Maroons put runners in scoring position in both the ninth and tenth innings, including a bases-loaded scenario. But the visitors could not push a run across. Cornell was able to then walk off the victory in the bottom of the tenth by scoring on an infield error.

Bryan pitched 7.1 innings with two runs allowed and three strikeouts. Junior reliever Hayden Brotz (1-1 record) absorbed the loss with one unearned run and two strikeouts in 2.1 innings of work.

The box score featured seven hits and two errors by the Maroons. Soper went 3-for-5 to lead the offense.

NEXT GAMES:

• Sunday, April 24 @ 12:00 PM – UChicago at Cornell College (DH)