ITHACA, N.Y. – The baseball team plated all of its runs on Saturday in the ninth innings of its doubleheader against Brown, but it proved to be too little too late in losses of 11-3 and 2-1 in Ivy League play at sunny Hoy Field.
 
Brown (7-17, 4-4 Ivy League) only two more hits than Cornell (7-15, 2-6) for the entire day, but six of the Bears' 13 runs were unearned. Junior Alex Carnegie's first collegiate home run was a three-run shot to left-center in the waning moments of the first game, then sophomore Nicholas Binnie drove in the hosts' lone run of the night cap in a three-hit ninth inning. The potential tying run was on third base when the final out was recorded.
 
The teams are scheduled to conclude the three-game series at noon Sunday at Hoy Field.
 

Game 1: BROWN 11, CORNELL 3 (Box Score)

Carnegie's blast in the ninth inning ended the Bears' shutout bid and provided Cornell a highlight in what was otherwise an easy victory for Brown – though it didn't start that way.
 
The Big Red seemed to be well on its way to battering Bears starter Garett Delano with four hits in the first two innings, but it couldn't push a run across. Brown then opened the floodgates with eight runs combined in the third and fourth innings, and Delano was very effective once armed with the big lead.
 
The first two batters in the top of third reached on errors, then a sacrifice bunt was so well placed that it turned into a single to load the bases. A sacrifice fly plated the first run – but just as importantly, the throw in from the outfield missed the cutoff man and allowed the back runners to move up into scoring positon. That allowed one to score on a groundout, and the next to score on a base hit. All three runs were unearned. Brown then blew the game open with five runs on five hits (three doubles) in the fourth.
 
A ninth run scored on the Big Red's second balk of the game, and two more unearned runs came plateward in the ninth before Carnegie's fireworks. Freshman Justin Taylor's second hit of the game and junior Anthony Charles' pinch hit hit-by-pitch put two on for Carnegie's three-run shot – the Big Red's fourth of the season.
 

Game 2: BROWN 2, CORNELL 1 (Box Score)

Freshman Jonathan Zacharias had seven strikeouts, and junior Andrew Ellison tossed three innings of scoreless relief, but the Bears were able to hold on to a slim lead for most of the game behind a gem from starter Collin Garner.
 
Brown got on the board with a manufactured run in the second inning. A walk, a stolen base, a single and another stolen base allowed a groundout to bring Rich Ciufo across for a 1-0 Bears lead.
 
Cornell started to put on some pressure in the sixth inning with sophomore Jason Apostle leading off with a double. Another double from senior Adam Saks came in the eighth, but neither was able to score.
 
A Brown insurance run in the ninth turned into the difference. With a runner at third and two out, a groundball went under an infielder and allowed the second run to score. Senior Will Simoneit gunned down two would-be base-stealers in the inning to minimize the damage.
 
The Garner over 100 pitches for the day, the Big Red mounted a charge in the ninth. Sophomore Ramon Garza laced a one-out single to left-center, then Taylor's fourth hit of the day came on a screamer back up the box. Binnie followed with a single to center, scoring Garza and moving a hustling Taylor all the way to third with the potential winning run.
 
That ended Garner's day, but Will Tomlinson came on from the bullpen to record a one-out save.