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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
Pennsylvania (Game 2)
Wendkos, Iacono Power Baseball Sweep of Penn
April 17, 2005 | Baseball
April 17, 2005
Box Score
Philadelphia, Pa. - Junior Zach Wendkos and sophomore Sal Iacono each had five hits as the Princeton baseball team posted a 15-9 win over Penn Sunday afternoon at Murphy Field. The win completed Princeton sweep of Penn. Wendkos and Iacono were each a hit short of the cycle. Wendkos had a homer and five RBIs.
Princeton (13-17, 7-5 Ivy) started the game with three runs in its first at bat, but could only score one run. The run came when junior Andrew Salini hit a solo home run to right center. Junior Ryan Eldridge and sophomore Sal Iacono followed that with a single and a double but could not push another run across the plate.
Penn (11-20, 7-9 Ivy) answered back with a run in the bottom of the second. Bryan Graves, Sean Abate and Spencer Witte hit three consecutive singles to plate a run and even the score at 1-1.
The Tigers regained the lead in the third inning with four runs. Salini drew a leadoff walk and went to second on Eldridge's second hit of the game, a single to left field. Iacono drew a walk to load the bases and Salini scored on senior Adam Balkan's single to center field. The bases remained loaded, but the hit chased Penn starter Nick Francona from the game. Reliever Steven Schwartz came in but could not get out of the inning before all three of runners on base scored. Eldridge scored and all the runners advanced a base on a balk. Then Iacono scored on junior Zach Wendkos' RBI-groundout. The final runner, Balkan, scored when junior Stephen Wendell hit a sac fly to right field.
Penn got two back in the bottom of the third to make the score 5-3. The rally began with two outs. Nate Moffie singled up the middle and went to second when Graves was hit by a pitch. A single by Abate to right field scored Moffie and Graves, who went to third on the hit, scored on Witte's single through the right side.
The Quakers added another two runs in the fourth to even the score at 5-5. In another two-out rally, Alex Blagojevich reached on a fielding error. Kyle Armeny then singled just inside the left field line and both runners scored when Moffie tripled to left center.
The Tigers retook the lead with a three-run sixth inning to make the score 8-5. Junior Matthew Becker drew a leadoff walk and reached second on a wild pitch. A single by senior Will Venable scored Becker. Venable stole second and went to third on a fly out. Eldridge's third single of the game scored Venable and Eldridge scored when Iacono tripled off the wall in straight-away center field. It was his second extra-base hit of the game.
Princeton padded its lead with a run in the seventh and two in the eighth. In the seventh, Wendkos singled through the left side and scored when sophomore Aaron Prince doubled to center field. The Tigers added two more to stretch their lead to 11-5 in the seventh. A leadoff walk to Eldridge and a single Iacono put two on. Eldridge scored on another Wendkos single and Iacono later scored when junior Stephen Wendell reached on an error by the third baseman.
Princeton added four in the ninth to make the score 15-7. Iacono singled in Salini in the ninth inning to make it 11-7 and the next three runs scored on Wendkos' second home run of the season. His blast scored was his fourth hit of the game and scored Balkan and Iacono.
Penn notched the two runs back in the bottom half of the eighth and got two in the ninth but could not get any closer as Princeton posted the 15-9 win.
Sophomore Eric Walz allowed seven runs, five earned, on 12 hits in eight innings. He earned the win and is now 1-2. Senior Worth Lumry allowed two runs in the ninth and senior Brian Kappel came on to get the final out.
Princeton resumes action Tuesday afternoon when Monmouth visits Clarke Field. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.