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Princeton Baseball Travels to Penn for Weekend Gehrig Division Series
April 17, 2015 | Baseball
| Princeton vs. Penn |
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| Gametimes | Princeton at Penn (DH) l Saturday, Apr. 18 - 12 p.m. l Meiklejohn Stadium |
| Princeton at Penn (DH) l Sunday, Apr. 19 - 12 p.m. l Meiklejohn Stadium | |
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| All-Time Series |
Princeton leads Penn, 156-102-3 |
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| Penn |
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PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton University baseball team returns to action this weekend with a four-game set at Gehrig Divisional rival University of Pennsylvania.
Splitting last season's four-game series against the Quakers on Clarke Field, the Tigers are 156-102-3 all-time against Penn. First pitch for both doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday, Apr. 18-19 is set for 12 p.m. at Meiklejohn Stadium.
LAST TIME OUT
• The Tigers dropped a 9-1 non-conference showdown against regional rival St. John's on Wednesday.
• Princeton pushed across the game's first run on a Paul Tupper sacrifice fly in the top of the second, but the Red Storm answered with three runs in the bottom of the frame.
• St. John's blew the game open in the bottom of the fourth with six runs on five hits.
• Nick Hernandez finished 2-for-3, while Peter Owens notched the Tigers' only other hit.
BACK TO BUSINESS
• Princeton returns to Ivy League action this weekend against the Quakers.
• Princeton is 3-9 in conference play this year with a 1-3 road record.
• The Tigers are hitting .253 as a team against Ivy opponents with a .325 on-base percentage.
• In 10 games against league competition, Danny Hoy is batting .417 with a .488 OBP.
• Tallying five doubles, a triple, and a home run with seven RBI, Hoy is slugging .694 against the Ivy League.
• Billy Arendt is batting .298 versus conference opponents with four doubles and nine runs scored.
• Zack Belski has hit .275 against the Ivy League with four RBI.
• Luke Strieber is 1-2 in three Ivy starts with a 2.66 ERA and five strikeouts.
• Keelan Smithers has posted a 3.66 ERA in three conference starts with 13 strikeouts in 19.2 innings.
• Chad Powers has a 4.50 ERA against the Ivies with 12 strikeouts.
• Nick Brady has logged 18.0 innings in his three Ivy starts with 12 strikeouts.
• Nick Donatiello has seen the most action out of the bullpen in conference action with a 2.57 ERA and .083 opponent batting average in 7.0 innings.
TRIPLE THREAT
• Three Princeton regulars are hitting over .300 this season.
• Danny Hoy is batting .340 in 106 at-bats with a team high 12 doubles, two triples, four home runs, and 22 RBI.
• Boasting the team's highest slugging percentage (.604), Hoy has also scored 16 runs.
• Billy Arendt is hitting .328 on the year with nine doubles, 13 RBI, and a squad-best 21 runs scored.
• Peter Owens is batting .305 with eight RBI and eight runs scored.
CHIPPING IN
• Nick Hernandez is hitting .272 with seven RBI and nine runs scored.
• Zack Belski is one of four Tigers with at least 10 RBI (12), while also drawing a team-high 13 walks.
• Paul Tupper has 11 RBI on the year with a homer and four doubles.
• In limited at-bats, Chad Powers is batting .310 with three RBI and five runs scored.
LAST MEETING
• The Tigers split a four-game set against Penn at Clarke Field last season.
• Dropping the first game of the series, 2-0, Princeton notched a 6-4 win in game two.
• Winning game three, 4-2, the Tigers dropped the series finale to the Quakers, 6-1.
• Despite the loss in game one, Chad Powers allowed just two runs (one earned) on four hits in 7.0 innings. Danny Baer, Zack Belski, Tyler Servais and Billy Arendt accounted for the Tigers' four hits.
• Rallying from a 3-0 deficit, the Tigers secured a two-run win in game two.
• Keelan Smithers gave up three-runs (two earned) on six hits in 8.0 innings, while Powers and Belski each drove in a pair of runs. Peter Owens was 2-for-4 with an RBI and run scored.
• Behind former Tigers Alec Keller and Michael Fagan, Princeton took game three. Danny Hoy was 1-for-3 with an RBI and run scored, while Nick Hernandez and Billy Arendt were each 1-for-2.
• Nick Donatiello took the loss in the series finale, surrendering three runs on seven hits in 5.2 innings. Arendt was 3-for-5 in the loss, while Belski was 1-for-2 with an RBI.
SCOUTING PENN
• Going 4-2 over its last six, which included a doubleheader split against NYIT on Wednesday, Penn carries a 16-12 (7-3 Ivy) record into the weekend.
• Penn ranks in the top-20 nationally in three offensive categories including slugging percentage
(12th, .466), home runs (17th, 1.00), and doubles per game (18th, 2.21).
• Senior Matt McKinnon sits third in the Ivy in batting average (.376).
• Mitch Montaldo leads the league with eight home runs and is third in RBI with 26.
• Gary Tesch is third in the conference in steals with nine.
• Mike Reitcheck (2.21) and Ronnie Glenn (2.45) rank in the top four in the Ivy in ERA, with Glenn sitting fifth in strikeouts with 34.