Getting an unhandled exception error when trying to call an api from an ASP.Net Core web app

I have an ASP.Net Core 2.0 web application that calls a Web API in a different project. When I try to run it I get the error An unhandled exception occurred while processing the request. Further detail leads to this: WinHttpException: A connection with the server could not be established. I have not run into this yet. The code for the controller is below. It erros out on this line:

HttpResponseMessage Res = await client.GetAsync("api/players");

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Here is my HomeController.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using MyAPIClient.Models;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace MyAPIClient.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        string Baseurl = "http://localhost:60000/";
        public async Task<ActionResult> Index()
        {
            List<Player> PlayerInfo = new List<Player>();

            using (var client = new HttpClient())
            {
                //Passing service base url  
                client.BaseAddress = new Uri(Baseurl);

                client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Clear();
                //Define request data format  
                client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));

                //Sending request to find web api REST service resource GetAllPlayers using HttpClient  
                HttpResponseMessage Res = await client.GetAsync("api/players");

                //Checking the response is successful or not which is sent using HttpClient  
                if (Res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                {
                    //Storing the response details recieved from web api   
                    var playerResponse = Res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;

                    //Deserializing the response recieved from web api and storing into the Employee list  
                    PlayerInfo = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Player>>(playerResponse);

                }
                //returning the employee list to view  
                return View(PlayerInfo);
            }
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public async Task<ActionResult> Search(string searchterm)
        {
            List<Player> PlayerInfo = new List<Player>();
            using (var client = new HttpClient())
            {
                //Passing service base url  
                client.BaseAddress = new Uri(Baseurl);

                client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Clear();
                //Define request data format  
                client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));

                //Sending request to find web api REST service resource GetAllPlayers using HttpClient  
                HttpResponseMessage Res = await client.GetAsync("api/players/find/" + searchterm);

                //Checking the response is successful or not which is sent using HttpClient  
                if (Res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                {
                    //Storing the response details recieved from web api   
                    var playerResponse = Res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;

                    //Deserializing the response recieved from web api and storing into the Employee list  
                    PlayerInfo = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Player>>(playerResponse);

                }
                //returning the employee list to view  
                return View(PlayerInfo);
            }
        }

        public async Task<ActionResult> Search()
        {
            return View();
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Edit(int StudentId)
        {
            List<Player> PlayerInfo = new List<Player>();

            //Get the student from studentList sample collection for demo purpose.
            //You can get the student from the database in the real application
            var std = PlayerInfo.Where(s => s.ID == StudentId).FirstOrDefault();

            return View(std);
        }
    }
}

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Any help is appreciated.