PROVIDENCE (Interstat) – Brown routed Cornell 16-4 in the first game of an Ivy League doubleheader Saturday at Murray Stadium, breaking open a tight contest with a six-run sixth inning.

The Bears improved to 19-14 overall, while the Big Red fell to 8-24. Brown pounded out 13 hits to Cornell’s five and took advantage of six walks and three sacrifice flies by the home side.

Cornell struck first with a run in the third inning and another in the fourth to tie the game at 4-4, but Brown answered each time. The decisive moment came in the bottom of the sixth. Trailing by three runs, the Bears sent 10 batters to the plate. Mika Petersen walked, Alex Benevento singled, and DJ Dillehay singled through the left side to score Petersen and make it 8-4. After a stolen base put two runners in scoring position, Logan Meusy walked to load the bases. Mark Henshon singled to right field, scoring Benevento and advancing the runners, and Jack Edmunds grounded out to third to bring home Dillehay. Andrew Hanlon then lifted a sacrifice fly to center field to score Meusy, pushing the lead to 11-4. Christian Butera walked, and after a pitching change, Matt Luigs was hit by a pitch to load the bases again. Petersen walked to force in a run and Benevento walked to force in another, capping the six-run outburst at 13-4.

Brown added three more in the eighth inning on a sacrifice fly by Dillehay, a run-scoring single by Meusy and an RBI single by Henshon. Cornell mounted a late rally in the ninth, scoring two unearned runs on a sacrifice fly and a bases-loaded walk, but the Bears closed the door.

Dillehay was the top performer, going 2 for 4 with a home run and five runs batted in. His two-run homer in the first inning gave Brown a 2-0 lead. Meusy finished 3 for 4 with three RBIs and Henshon went 4 for 6 with three RBIs. Petersen added two hits and an RBI.

On the mound, Camren Piwnicki earned the win with four innings of five-hit, scoreless relief, striking out five. Peter Dubie started and allowed two earned runs on no hits over four innings, fanning two. Cornell used six pitchers, with Max Foster, Josh Shea, and Alex Stoyer each throwing scoreless outings of less than one inning, but the bullpen could not contain the Brown offense.

Cornell made three sacrifice hits and two sacrifice flies in the game, but could not overcome the Bears’ offensive depth. The Big Red came into the game having lost four of their previous five contests. Brown had won three of its previous four.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Brown 7, Cornell 3, and its ELO system gave the Bears a 57.10 percent probability to win.