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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
Monmouth
March 27, 2003 | Baseball
March 27, 2003
Box Score
West Long Branch, N.J. - Princeton catcher Tim Lahey led off the top of the ninth with a solo homerun and Andy Salini scored on a sacrifice fly in the inning to lead the Princeton men's baseball team to a 2-0 win at Monmouth Thursday afternoon. Princeton improved to 5-12 on the season with the win.
Princeton used three pitchers on the day. Brian Biegen earned the start and scattered three hits over the first four innings and recorded one strikeout and lowered his ERA to 3.86. Adam Balkan came on in the fifth inning and allowed one hit over the next two innings. Thomas Pauly entered the game in the seventh and pitched the final three innings, allowing no hits and notching three strikeouts. Pauly was credited with the win, his first of the season.
Princeton tallied two runs on seven hits and committed no errors to Monmouth's four hits and three errors. Steve Young and Salini led the Tigers with two hits apiece. The Tigers go ahead run came from Lahey on his fifth home run of the season and the insurance run came from Salini when he scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Young. Jon Miller and Mike Chernoff also posted hits.
Princeton returns to action Saturday morning at 11 a.m. when the Tigers meet Vermont for a double header. Please note that game time is an hour earlier than previous scheduled.
