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Baseball Topped Late in Series Finale at Georgetown
March 20, 2011 | Baseball
BETHESDA, Md. (3/20/11) - Georgetown used a three-run eighth inning to snap a 5-5 tie and pick up an 8-5 win over the Princeton baseball team on Sunday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series between the teams at Shirley Povich Field. John Mishu and Steve Harrington each hit home runs in the Princeton loss.
Princeton built a 4-0 lead with two runs in the third and fifth innings, but the Hoyas responded with the next five runs over the fifth, sixth and seventh to take a 5-4 lead. Harrington's solo homer with one out in the eighth evened the game up at 5-5, but the Georgetown went ahead for good in the bottom of the eighth inning.
The Tiger scored twice in the third inning as Princeton took advantage of a two Georgetown errors to plate two unearned runs. Nate Baird drove in Alec Keller with a single after Keller reached on a single, and later in the inning Mike Ford drove in Baird with a sac fly.
Two innings later Princeton made the score 4-0 as Mishu hit a two-run homer with two outs in the inning. Baird doubled ahead of the long ball and Princeton led 4-0.
Meanwhile on the mound, Ford retired the side in order in three of the first four innings and did not give up a hit until the fifth inning, when Georgetown strung together four singles and took advantage of a Princeton error to score three runs and trim the Princeton lead to 4-3. Mike Garza drove in two of the runs with a single.
Georgetown evened the score in the sixth inning with another unearned run as Erick Fernandez drove in the run after the leadoff batter singled and got to second on a fielding error. The Hoyas then took the lead an inning later when Justin Leeson led off the inning with a solo homer.
Princeton answered an inning later when Harrington hit his first career home run. The tie only lasted until the bottom of the inning though as Georgetown scored three times in the bottom of the inning to go ahead 8-5. The Hoyas began the inning with two singles, but a failed sac bunt kept runners on first and second with one out. The next batter, Andy Lentz doubled down the left field line and both runners scored. Another double by Garza plated Lentz with the final run.
Matt Bowman singled to lead off the ninth, but Princeton couldn't get another runner on base as Georgetown retired the next three batters in order for the win.
David Palms took the loss in relief for Princeton allowing four runs on five hits in one and a third innings of work. Ford gave up six hits in five and two-thirds and the four runs scored against him were unearned. Georgetown's Neal Dennison got the win.
Princeton falls to 3-10 with the loss. The Tigers visit Navy next weekend for a pair of doubleheaders.