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Princeton University Athletics
Baseball Visits Seton Hall, Rutgers as Tiger Prepare for Gehrig Division Opener
April 12, 2004 | Baseball
April 12, 2004
Princeton, N.J. - The Princeton baseball team (14-12; 3-5 Ivy) looks to get on a roll with a pair of non-league games this week in preparation for the start of Gehrig Division play this weekend. The Tigers visit Seton Hall (8-20-1; 4-6 Big East) on Tuesday afternoon and Rutgers (16-13; 8-2 Big East) on Thursday afternoon.
Last weekend Princeton split a pair of Ivy League doubleheaders on the road. On Friday, the Tigers dropped the opening game to Yale, 2-1, before battling back to a 6-5 win in the second game. Saturday was similar as Brown posted a 14-6 win in Game 1 before the Tigers eked out an 8-7 triumph in the nightcap. Offensively, seniors Steve Young and Ryan Reich led the Tigers. Young went 8-for-16 over the weekend with three RBIs and a run scored. Reich hit two home runs, had four RBIs and doubled home the winning run in the top of the ninth in Saturday's win. On the mound, junior Brian Kappel posted a save on Friday and pitched three hitless innings for the win on Saturday.
Tuesday, April 13, 3 p.m.
Princeton at Seton Hall
Owen T. Carroll Field
Tuesday's opponent, Seton Hall, enters the game with a record of 8-20-1 overall and is 4-6 in the Big East. The Pirates have played eight straight games on the road and are 2-6 in that stretch with wins coming at William & Mary and West Virginia. Seton Hall was swept at Connecticut on Sunday in its last two games. The only common opponent thus far this season between Seton Hall and Princeton has been North Carolina. The Tar Heels swept both teams, taking two from Princeton and three from Seton Hall.
Last season Princeton defeated Seton Hall 5-3 in a game played at Clarke Field. The win snapped a four-game skid for the Tigers at the hands of the Pirates dating back to a 9-8 win in 1999. Reich had the game-winning hit last season as his two-run double broke a 3-3 tie in the seventh and the Tigers held on for the win. Junior Worth Lumry earned the win in the game.
Thursday, April 15, 3:30 p.m.
Princeton at Rutgers
Class of '53 Baseball Complex
Rutgers enters Thursday's game with a record of 16-13 overall and 8-2 in the Big East. The Scarlet Knights have won nine straight including sweeps of Pittsburgh and Georgetown last weekend. Rutgers faces Columbia on Wednesday afternoon prior to Thursday's match up. The game is being played as a make-up for a rainout from earlier this season.
Princeton and Rutgers only common opponent is Old Dominion. The Tigers swept Old Dominion by taking three games by scores of 14-8, 6-1 and 9-5, while Rutgers won the first two games by scores of 2-1 and 8-4 before falling 10-4 in the series finale.
Rutgers defeated Princeton 20-0 when two teams met at Princeton in 2003. The previous season, the Tigers took an 8-1 win in Piscataway.