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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
Yale (Game 1)
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Baseball Splits One-Run Games at Yale
April 11, 2010 | Baseball
Game 1 (Box Score)
Princeton jumped to an early lead in the opening game, scoring four runs in the first and three in the second to build an early 7-0 lead. As it would play out though, an eighth run plated by the Tigers in the fourth inning when John Mishu doubled home Sam Mulroy proved to be the difference as Yale rallied to draw within a run in its final at-bat.
Mulroy led Princeton with three hits and four RBIs, while Mishu added a pair of hits and drove in three. Matt Bowman also had two hits in the win and scored two runs, along with Mulroy and Noel Gonzales-Luna.
The Tigers jumped on Yale starter Brook Hart for seven runs in more than an inning of work. Princeton began the game with the first five batters reaching base and four scoring runs. Mulroy singled in a run, Jon Broscious hit an RBI-double and Mishu drove in two with a single to give Princeton a lead.
Princeton added another three runs in the second inning as a Tom Boggiano walk, an infield single for Bowman and a Yale error on a Gonzales-Luna ground ball filled the bases for Mulroy, who drove in all three when he hit a triple to center field.
The Bulldogs got the three runs back in the bottom of the second inning and Princeton held the four-run lead until the fourth inning when Mishu's hit extended Princeton's lead to five runs.
The Tigers held the lead at five until the bottom of the seventh inning when Yale plated four runs and put the tying run on third and the winning run on second with one out, but reliever Matt Grabowski was able to get a strikeout and a game-ending groundout to ensure the Tiger win.
Princeton starter Zak Hermans went six plus innings and allowed five runs on seven hits to claim his second straight Ivy League win and improve to 2-2. Grabowski allowed two runs on three hits in the seventh. Hart took the loss for Yale.
Game 2 (Box Score)
Princeton fell behind early in the second game, but rallied to take a lead with five runs over the fourth and fifth innings. Princeton led 5-3, but a Yale run in the fifth and two more in the sixth turned the score in Yale's favor and the Bulldogs held serve for the win.
After a three-run Yale second, Princeton trimmed the lead to 3-2 with two runs in the fourth inning as Yale loaded the bases on walks before Broscious and Mishu drove in runs with outs as Princeton plated two runs in the inning without a hit. Princeton added three runs in the fifth inning to take a 5-3 lead. Nate Baird led off the inning with a solo home run and Gonzales-Luna drove in Boggiano with a sac fly.
Yale chipped a run off the lead in the bottom of the fifth and went ahead in the sixth with a pair of unearned runs. Matt Bowman took the loss for Princeton in relief.
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Princeton is now 8-19 overall and 3-5 in the Ivy League. The Tigers return home to host Monmouth on Tuesday afternoon in non-league action. Princeton resumes Ivy play and opens its Gehrig Division schedule at Columbia next weekend with four games scheduled. Columbia currently tops the Gehrig standings with a 6-2 league record.