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Princeton University Athletics
Breaking Records, Sitting in First
April 16, 2000 | Baseball
April 16, 2000
Box Score
NEW YORK, N.Y. - For those who have never heard of Andrew Hanson (Jr., Cumberland, Maine), keep reading. The junior first baseman had arguably the greatest game in Princeton baseball history in today's second game of the Gehrig Division doubleheader against Columbia. Princeton won the first game 7-1 and took the second game in grand fashion by the score of 16-1. The Tigers' sweep coupled with the Penn/Cornell split has Princeton one game ahead of the Quakers in first place in the Gehrig Division.
In today's second game, Hanson was 6 for 6, hit for the cycle, scored four runs and had seven RBIs. He had two home runs to tie a Princeton record, his seven RBIs ties the school record and his six hits ties a school mark. The five extra-base hits and 16 total bases were both new Princeton records. The old record for total bases was 11 and the old record for extra base hits was four. Today's first game was dominated by Princeton pitcher Ryan Quillian (Fr., Atlanta, Ga.) In his first career complete game, Quillian surrendered seven hits, one run and struck out a career high seven batters to move to 3-1on the season.
The Tigers posted a 2-0 lead in the first inning thanks to a two-run double by Max Krance (Jr., South Nyack, N.Y.). Hanson hit a two-run single in the fifth to go with a fielder's choice by Casey Hildreth (Jr. Westfield, Mass.) and a sacrifice fly by Buster Small (Sr., Alpharetta, Ga.). Jay Mitchell (Sr., Canton, Mass.) also hit an RBI single to give the Tigers a 7-0 cushion after five innings. Quillian let up a run in the bottom of the seventh for the Lions' only run of the first game.
Jon Watterson (Jr., Keene, N.H.) was 2 for 2 with two runs in the first game. Pat Boran (So., Pottsville, Pa.) was 1 for 3 two runs as well.
Hanson started Game 2 with a bang. He hit a two-run home run in the first inning. After the Lions tied the game in the bottom of the inning, Hanson hit another two-run home run in the third inning to give Princeton a 4-2 lead.
In the fifth inning, Hanson had an RBI single, and Small hit an RBI double off the op of the left field fence. Hanson added an RBI double in the sixth inning and scored on a Hildreth single to centerfield. After Boran hit a two-RBI single, Hanson completed the cycle with an RBI triple to the left-centerfield gap. Princeton added three runs in the eighth and Columbia added three in the final three innings for the final tally.
Boran ended the second game 2 for 4 with four runs and two RBIs, Hanson was a perfect 6 for 6 with four runs and seven RBIs and Mickey Martin (Jr., Bridgewater, N.J.) was 2 for 5 with two runs scored.
Small also set a school record this afternoon, although he set his the hard way. He was hit by a pitch three times in the second game, one more than the old record set last season by Matt Evans.