Baseball's Late Rally Comes Up Short in 4-2 Loss to Brown

Completed Event: Baseball versus Yale on April 26, 2026 , Tie , 15, to, 15

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5/17/2026 3:11:00 PM | Baseball

The Lions’ Ivy League Tournament run comes to an end in tight contest

Columbia (16-25-1) brought the go-ahead run to the plate in the ninth inning, but Brown's Christian Keel induced a game-ending groundout to send the Bears (23-19) to the championship round against top-seeded Yale.

The Lions retired the first two batters in the bottom of the first before Brown loaded the bases on two walks and a single. Another free pass gave the Bears a 1-0 lead, but

Columbia threatened in the fifth after putting runners on the corners with one out.

The Lions threatened again in the seventh after an error and a

Columbia mounted one final push in the ninth. Estabrook reached on an error before Snyder worked a one-out walk. Slabaugh broke up the shutout with an RBI single to center, and Vogler followed with a fielder's choice that scored pinch-runner

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Pitching:

W: Drew Nelson (6-3)

L: Korthas, Jack (1-3)

Columbia

Batting:

RBI: Snyder, Hunter 1 ; Vogler, Tate 1

SH: Slabaugh, Charlie 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Santiago, Jaden 1 ; Chadwell, Jimmy 1

Brown

Batting:

2B: Logan Meusy 1

RBI: Mark Henshon 1 ; Christian Butera 2 ; Brandon Chang 1

SH: Brandon Chang 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Alex Benevento 1 ; Dj Dillehay 1 ; Logan Meusy 1 ; Mark Henshon 1

SB: Mika Petersen 1

CS: Logan Meusy 2

HBP: Logan Meusy 1

PO: Dj Dillehay 1

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