The Case Western Reserve University baseball team dropped a pair of baseball games to the University of Chicago on Saturday at Nobby's Ballpark in Cleveland, falling 5-1 in the first contest before suffering a 12-6 setback in the second game of the day.

The Spartans fell to 15-14 overall and to 4-7 in the University Athletic Association, while the Maroons improved to 13-13 with a 6-5 conference record.

Game 1 Recap: UChicago def. CWRU, 5-1

• After both teams went scoreless through the first three innings, the Maroons scored a pair of runs in the top of the fourth to go ahead 2-0.

• UChicago starter Matthew Richert retired the first 12 batters he faced before a base hit from graduate student Eli Westrick to lead off the fifth broke up the perfect game.

• CWRU rallied for a run with three-straight two-out hits in the bottom of the sixth, including a run-scoring single by junior shortstop Nate Arterburn to cut the Maroons' lead to a run, but the Spartans left the tying and go-ahead runners on the basepaths in the frame.

• Harrison Belden hit a three-run home run with two outs in the top of the sixth, extending UChicago's lead to 5-1.

• The Spartans loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the eighth, bringing the potential game-tying run to the plate, but a double play ended the CWRU threat and kept the Maroons' lead at four runs.

• UChicago's Richert earned the win to improve to 2-0, while Corey Savedoff earned his first save of the campaign. CWRU junior starter Tyler Stillson suffered the loss to fall to 4-3, allowing four runs on 11 hits and a walk with five strikeouts in 6.2 innings. 

Game 2 Recap: UChicago def. CWRU, 12-6

• After UChicago scored a run in the top of the second, the Spartans responded in the bottom of the inning with an RBI single from sophomore second baseman Calvin Gelle to tie the game.

• The Maroons went on to score six runs in the top of the third to take a 7-1 lead.

• CWRU scored five runs, all unearned and with two outs, in the bottom of the fifth to get back within a run. Senior outfielder Matt Trout began the scoring with a bases-loaded single that, combined with an error by the left fielder, allowed three runs to score. Trout later scored a run of his own on another UChicago error, and a bases-loaded walk issued to first-year first baseman Tucker Greer cut the lead to a run. However, the inning ended on a strikeout, as the Maroons held on to a 7-6 edge.

• UChicago answered with a run in the top of the sixth to go ahead by two, and then broke the game open with four runs in the top of the ninth.

• Mike Sosna earned the win for the Maroons, improving to 1-1 on the year, while CWRU senior Archer Stankowski suffered the loss, dropping to 3-1.

• First-year outfielder Cole White had two of the Spartans' six hits in the game, along with a pair of stolen bases. Trout finished one-for-five with two runs and two RBIs. First-year third baseman James O'Connor doubled to lead off the game, the team's lone extra-base hit during the doubleheader.

Spartan Notes

• The Spartans were eight-for-eight in stolen base attempts on Saturday and nine-for-nine in the series.

• Stillson has reached base in each of his last 13 games, the longest active streak by a Spartan player and the third-longest on the team this season.

• The Spartans stand at 84-40-1 in UAA games since the start of site play in 2017.

• CWRU dropped to 22-19-1 all-time against UChicago.

• This was CWRU's eighth true doubleheader of the season. CWRU has swept two, been swept twice, and split the other four.

Up Next

The Spartans and the Maroons will conclude their four-game series tomorrow with a single game starting at 11:00 a.m. at Nobby's Ballpark in Cleveland.