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Princeton University Athletics
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Delaware Rallies to Take Win from Baseball Team
May 03, 2011 | Baseball
NEWARK, Del. (5/3/11) -Delaware rallied for three runs in the bottom of the eighth to win a back-and-forth contest from the Princeton baseball team by a score of 11-9 on Tuesday afternoon. Both teams had leads in the game as Princeton held a 6-1 and 9-7 lead before Delaware late rally.
The Blue Hens pushed across a run in the first inning but Princeton countered with a six-run second to lead 6-1. All six runs in the inning were unearned as Delaware committed an error on a force out with two away. Princeton took advantage of the situation as a run scored on that play and John Mishu followed it with a bases-loaded triple to right center. Mike Ford and Sam Mulroy followed with run-scoring singles and Princeton led 6-1.
Delaware got five of those runs back in the bottom of the second to knot the game at 6-6 through two innings. Dave Anderson led off the inning with a line drive single off of Princeton starter Michael Fagan and the Blue Hens followed with another five hits to push across five runs. Pat Dameron hit a two-run single in the inning and Steve Ulaky hit a two-run homer, the first of two in the game for the hitter and four for Delaware.
Delaware took a 7-6 lead when Ulaky led off the fourth with a solo homer off of reliever David Palms but the Tigers countered an in inning later with three runs to go up 9-7. Matt Connor hit a pinch-hit homer with two outs to even up the game and then Matt Bowman and Mishu delivered RBIs and Princeton had a two-run lead. The Blue Hens used the long ball again to move back within a run in the sixth inning on a Nick Ferdinand blast.
Princeton led 9-8 going into the eighth when Delaware plated three runs off of Bowman to come from behind. Three straight singles to begin the eighth loaded the bases and E.J. Stolzfus singled to plate the tying and go-ahead runs. A sac fly plated the final Delaware run.
Bowman allowed three runs on four hits in two innings and suffered the loss. Princeton used five pitchers in the game and only Ryan Makis did not surrender a run. Delaware used six pitchers in the game with Jeff Murray getting the win.
Princeton fell back to .500 at 21-21 with the loss. The Tigers return to action this weekend when they host Dartmouth at Clarke Field in the 2011 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series.