Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
Harvard (Game 1)
Baseball Splits Doubleheader at Harvard
April 10, 2005 | Baseball
April 10, 2005
Game 1 Box Score | Game 2 Box Score
Cambridge, Mass. - The Princeton baseball team picked up an Ivy League split on Sunday at Harvard. Princeton won the first game 7-2 behind strong pitching from junior Erik Stiller and a pair of RBIs from junior Andrew Salini. In Game 2, Harvard posted a 13-8 win as Salini, senior Will Venable and sophomore Sal Iacono all homered.
Princeton (10-15, 5-3 Ivy) jumped to a 4-0 lead in the opener, scoring three first-inning runs and one in the third. In the first, sophomore Aaron Prince drew a leadoff walk and a Venable single put two on for Salini who doubled to right center to give Princeton a 2-0 lead. Salini scored when Iacono singled up the middle. In the third, Princeton added a run on a solo homer by Venable.
Princeton added a run in the sixth after Harvard had made the score 4-2. Junior Ryan Eldridge drew a leadoff walk and an error on senior Adam Balkan's sac bunt put two on. A walk to Iacono loaded the bases and a run scored when junior Stephen Wendell hit a bloop single that fell in shallow center. Princeton extended the lead with two in the seventh. Princeton reached second on a dropped fly ball. Venable was intentionally walked and a fielding error on a Salini grounder scored Prince. Venable scored when the next batter, sophomore Kevin Liao hit a sac fly.
Junior Erik Stiller earned the win to improve to 4-1. He pitched five and a third innings and allowed two runs on six hits. Senior Brian Kappel earned his third save in the game.
In Game 2, Princeton jumped to an early lead with two runs in the second and two in the third to build a 4-0 lead. Harvard battled back and tied the score in the fifth before a four-run sixth put the Crimson up for good.
In the second, Eldridge walked and Iacono hit a ground-rule double to put two on. Eldridge scored on a single by junior Zach Wendkos and Iacono scored when on a passed ball. An inning later, after a Venable single, Salini hit a two run homer to right field to make the score 4-0.
Harvard got a run back in the bottom of the inning before Princeton regained the four-run lead with one in the fifth. Salini hit a sinle and went to second on an error on Eldridge's grounder. He scored an error on a failed pickoff attempt at first on Eldridge.
The Crimson evened the score in the fifth on Josh Klimkiewicz' homer to right field and went ahead 9-5 with four in the next inning. Princeton got one run back in the seventh on Venable's second homer of the day, but four Crimson unearned runs in the seventh put the game out of reach.
Princeton also added two runs in the eighth. Iacono hot a solo home run, his second of the year, and a Venable single scored freshman Spencer Lucian, who had reached on a fielder's choice.
Sophomore Eric Walz pitche five innings and allowed nine runs on nine hits. Two of the runs were unearned. He fell to 0-2 with the loss. Freshman Steven Miller and senior Worth Lumry pitched in relief.
Princeton returns to action Tuesday against Seton Hall at home.