Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
 
WASHINGTON — George Washington used a pair of big innings midway through both games of a doubleheader on Saturday to sweep the Big Red baseball team, 4-3 and 5-3, at Barcroft Park Field #6. Senior Spenser Souza had three of Cornell's nine hits on the day.
 
Cornell (3-3) took an early lead in the first game with a pair of runs in the second inning. Sophomore JD Whetsel striped a one-out double down the left-field line, then came around to score on junior Ryan Plantier's single through the left side. Plantier then came all the way around the score on freshman Collin McGee's two-out double to left.
 
GW (2-9) got all of its offense in the opener in a four-run third inning. The Colonials batted around while drawing four walks in the frame, including two that drove in runs. A one-out sacrifice fly with the bases loaded then allowed the eventual winning run to score.
 
Sophomore lefty Eric Upton pitched three scoreless innings of relief to keep the Big Red close. Cornell pushed its third run across in the fifth inning, when senior Brenton Peters led off with a walk, then stole second base. Junior Tom D'Alessandro drove in Peters with a double to center, cutting the Big Red's deficit to one. The inning's first two outs then followed before junior Ben Swinford and Whetsel drew walks to load the bases, but the Colonials escaped the jam when a line drive was nabbed by their center fielder.
 
Cornell never led in the second game, with towering GW righty Aaron Weisberg surrendering just three hits, two runs (one earned) in seven innings for the victory. The Colonials took the lead with a run in the fourth, then pushed ahead 4-0 in the fifth.
 
The Big Red's first two runs came in the sixth inning, started by a lead-off walk from sophomore Kevin Tatum and a double to left-center by classmate Matt Hall. Tatum scored on Swinford's RBI groundout to get Cornell on the board, then Plantier reached on an error to give Cornell a pair of bases runners with two out. Souza followed with a single to left that allowed Hall to score, but Plantier was thrown out at the plate to end the threat.
 
After GW got an insurance run in the seventh, Cornell threatened again in the ninth. Plantier drew a one-out walk, then was replaced by pinch-runner Conor McCabe. Souza followed with a double to right, allowing McCabe to come all the way around and cut the Big Red's deficit to two. A passed ball allowed Souza to reach third, but a pair of strikeouts ended the game before Cornell could put a potential tying run on base.
 
Cornell and George Washington will play another doubleheader at noon Sunday.