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Baseball Takes Two From Brown on Ivy Opening Day
April 02, 2011 | Baseball
Both Princeton starters earned wins as Bowman pitched a complete game in the opener, allowing three earned runs on eight hits in seven innings. He held Brown to a single run until the Bears trimmed the lead with three runs in their final at-bat. Hermans went six to win the nightcap, scattering six hits and giving up two runs before yielding to the bullpen. Princeton had 13 hits in each game with Bowman, John Mishu and Mike Ford all had two hits in both games.
Game 1 (Box Score)
Princeton jumped on Brown in the opener with three runs in both the first and second innings while Bowman faced the minimum through three before a Brown leadoff single in the fourth.
Princeton went ahead with three runs on five hits in the opening frame as Mishu, Ford and Nate Baird all drove in runs with hits. An inning later the Tigers added another three runs on four hits as hits from Mishu, Ford and Sam Mulroy plated runs.
Brown got a run back in the fourth inning but Princeton made it 7-1 in the sixth when Alex Flink hit a lead-off double and scored on Bowman's single up the middle.
Bowman held Brown to a run on four hits through six innings before the Bears strung together four hits to plate three runs in the top of the seventh inning. Brown had one runner on base when Bowman fanned Matt DeRenzi to end the game for his sixth strikeout. Bowman improved to 1-3 with the win.
Game 2 (Box Score)
Princeton used another fast start to build an early lead over Brown in the nightcap. The Tigers plated five runs in the first inning and three more in the second to lead 8-0.
In the first, Princeton's first five batters all reached with hits with Mishu, Ford and Mulroy all driving in runs. After an out and a walk leaded the bases, Andrew Whitener plated another two runs when he doubled over the bag at first base. An inning later, Princeton chased Brown starter Kevin Carlow when Baird hit a three-run homer to left field after Mishu reached on an error and Ford singled.
Brown plated a run in the fourth, but Princeton answered with three more in the bottom of that inning thanks to a three-run homer from Mulroy, his fourth of the season. The teams traded runs in the sixth and seventh. Princeton's final run came when Ryan Albert hit a pinch-hit double off the top of the left field fence to plate Baird after he led off the inning with a walk.
Hermans improved to 2-1 with the win as he fanned seven over six innings and allowed just two runs on six hits. Ryan Makis allowed a hit in two relief innings and Matt Welsh got the side in order in the top of the ninth.
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The sweep was Princeton's first over a Rolfe Division opponent since the Tigers swept Harvard in the 2008 season and Princeton's first Ivy League sweep in more than a year.
Princeton now stands 2-0 in the Ivy League. Princeton will host Yale in a doubleheader on Sunday at Clarke Field. The Bulldogs also earned a sweep on Saturday, winning two games at Cornell.