Princeton University
Harvard (Game 1 - Ivy League Championship)
Baseball Splits With Harvard In Ivy League Championship Series
May 10, 2003 | Baseball
May 10, 2003
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Princeton, N.J. - The Princeton baseball team split with Harvard to day in the first two games of the Ivy League Championship Series at Clarke Field. The Tigers won the opener 5-2 behind a solid pitching performance from Ryan Quillian. Harvard took Game 2, 4-3 and the two teams will meet tomorrow at 1 p.m., with the Ivy League title and an NCAA tournament berth lying in the wake.
In the first game, Princeton jumped to an early 1-0 lead in the second inning when Mike Chernoff singled home Andy Salini. Harvard drew even in the top of the sixth but the Tigers put four runs on the board in the bottom half of the inning to take a commanding 5-1 lead. Jon Miller led off with a single through the right side. He advanced to second when Ryan Eldridge walked and scored two batters late when Salini singled up the middle. Eldridge advanced to second and scored when the following batter Ryan Reich reached second on a fielding and a throwing error by Harvard's third baseman. After another out, Eric Fitzgerald tripled over the center fielder to score both Salini and Reich.
Quillian allowed seven hits and a run in six and two-thirds innings to improve to 6-4. He struck out seven batters and allowed a walk. Thomas Pauly pitched the final two and a third innings and struck out three in earning his sixth save of the season.
In Game 2, Harvard scored two in the bottom of the third to break a 2-2 tie and never looked back. The Tigers went up 1-0 in the first when Steve Young scored on a RBI-groundout by Miller. The Crimson answered back and took a 2-1 lead on a two-run double by Josh Klimkiewicz. Princeton knotted the game at two in the third. Adam Balkan led off with a double down the left field line and scored on a fielder's choice by B.J. Szymanski.
Harvard then posted two runs in the bottom of the inning when Klimkiewicz hit a two-run home run to right field. The Tigers got back within a run in the fifth inning when Balkan scored on a sacrifice fly by Miller.
Ross Ohlendorf took the loss and is now 1-2 this season. David Boehle pitched three perfect innings of relief.