PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Senior Jordan Winawer hit his first collegiate home run in the first game and sophomore Ellis Bitar had his first collegiate four-hit effort in the night cap, but the baseball team was swept by Brown on Saturday, 4-2 and 7-6, at Murray Stadium.
 
Cornell (8-11, 2-2 Ivy League) will look to rebound with another doubleheader at noon Sunday, when it visits Yale (9-18-1, 4-2).
 
Game 1: BROWN 4, CORNELL 2 (Box Score)
Brown pitcher Christian Taugner had 10 strikeouts to earn the complete-game victory, and the Bears scored the go-ahead run on a squeeze play and took advantage of three Cornell errors. Three of Taugner's strikeouts came in the sixth, when Cornell pushed the potential tying run to third base without a hit. Junior Tommy Wagner reached on an error, stole second and moved up to third on another error.
 
The Bears tacked on two more runs in the sixth inning, making the score 4-1. Those runs ultimately ended up being the difference in the game, as the Big Red rallied with two outs in the seventh. Freshman Mark Fraser got the rally started with a pinch-hit single, and freshman Josh Arndt followed up with an infield hit. A Brown error allowed senior pinch runner Marlon Rainville to score Cornell's second run, and Arndt moved up to third and senior pinch hitter Jacob Weston moved to second. The game then ended with a foulout.
 
Cornell's other run came on Winawer's leadoff homer in the top of the fifth, tying the game at 1. But Brown immediately restored the lead in the bottom half of the inning. While Cornell junior starter Paul Balestrieri worked out of trouble to strand the bases loaded in the fourth, a pair of errors in the fifth while fielding bunts proved costly. The second error pushed runners to second and third with one out as the go-ahead run scored. Junior Jamie Flynn was then summoned from the bullpen and induced a pair of groundouts to keep the visitors' deficit minimal at the time.
 
Game 2: BROWN 7, CORNELL 6 (Box Score)
The Big Red pounced on the Bears for three runs in the first inning and got seven solid innings from junior starter Tim Willittes, but Brown plated five runs in the eighth to take the lead before Rob Henry recorded a save with a 1-2-3 top of the ninth.
 
Cornell racked up eight of its 12 hits over the first four innings, getting into the Brown bullpen early but failing to blow the game open by twice grounding into double plays with the bases loaded. Bitar was 4-for-5 with a double from the leadoff spot, giving the Big Red its first individual four-hit game of the season. Junior Frankie Padulo was 3-for-4 with run-scoring singles in the fourth and fifth innings as Cornell built a 6-2 lead.
 
But Brown batted around in the eighth with five consecutive hits. Among them was a two-run double from Tim McKeithan to draw the home side back to with one run, which was followed by a two-run single from Henry to plate the tying and go-ahead runs.