The Grinnell College baseball team saw its 2011 campaign come to an end Saturday, falling 13-6 at Beloit College in the Midwest Conference Championships.
Ryan Fletcher ’11 (pictured) had a big day at the plate for Grinnell with three hits, while Drew Davis ’13, Michael Goldfien ’12, Matt Blumenreich ’13 and Kainoa Inafuku ’14 had two hits apiece.
Grinnell managed 17 hits in the game, but Beloit also had 20.
Beloit scored in the top of the first inning, but Grinnell countered with two runs in the bottom of the frame on Goldfien’s infield RBI single and Matt Skelly’s ’12 run-scoring double down the left-field line.
However, Beloit tallied three runs in the top of the second for a 4-2 lead. Grinnell cut into the gap with a run in the bottom of the second on Mike Nodzenski’s ’12 RBI groundout.
Beloit broke open the game with six runs in the top of the fifth inning, and tacked on three more in the eighth for a 13-3 lead.
Grinnell scored twice in the eighth when Davis pushed across a run when reaching on an error and Goldfien adding an RBI.
Grinnell scored the final run of the game in the ninth on Jason Ormond’s ’13 RBI single to left.
Grinnell finished at 18-18, while Beloit advanced to the championship game against Ripon College with a 26-11 mark.
