Baseball Team Swept in Doubleheader at Cornell - Princeton University Athletics

Friday, April 30

Ithaca, N.Y.

12 p.m.

Princeton University

Cornell (Game 1)

Stats

April 30, 2010 | Baseball

By: Princeton Athletic Communications

ITHACA, N.Y. (4/30/10) - The Princeton baseball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader at Cornell on Friday, falling 4-2 in the opener and 7-3 in the nightcap.

Game 1 (Box Score)

Cornell took the opener in extra innings, scoring twice in the ninth inning to break a 2-2 tie. Andrew Whitener led the Tigers with three hits in the game, while Noel Gonzales-Luna hit a solo homer and Tom Boggiano drove in the other Princeton run.

Cornell went ahead with two runs in the bottom of the second inning, but the Tigers chipped away single runs in the third and fourth to knot the game at 2-2. Gonzales-Luna led off the inning with a solo homer and Whitener scored on a Boggiano groundout to knot the game.

Dan Barnes went eight innings in, allowing two runs on five hits, while striking out 11 batter in the no decision. Kevin Link came on for the ninth and took the loss.

Game 2 (Box Score)

Cornell broke open what had been a tie game with a two-run sixth and a three-run eighth to earn the sweep with a 7-3 win in the nightcap. Sam Mulroy, Boggiano and Matt Connor all had a pair of hits in the nightcap.

After Cornell took a 1-0 lead with a first inning run, the Tigers drew even in the third with an unearned run. Cornell regained the one-run lead with one in the fourth, but the Tigers again answered as Connor belted a solo homer in the fifth.

Cornell then pulled ahead for good, scoring two times in the sixth inning and adding three more runs in the eighth. Princeton added a run in the final frame when Connor doubled home Alex Flink.

David Palms pitched all eight innings for the Tigers, allowing seven runs on 11 hits.

Princeton fell to 11-29 overall and 5-13 in the Ivy League with the loss. The Tigers complete the season on Sunday when Cornell visits Clarke Field for a doubleheader.