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Princeton Baseball Closes Out Season With a Pair of Losses to Cornell
April 26, 2015 | Baseball
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Princeton University baseball team put the wraps on its 2015 campaign with a pair of losses to Cornell University at Hoy Field.
Dropping the first game of the twinbill, 10-0, the Tigers suffered a hard-fought 2-1 setback in the nightcap, despite another quality start from Luke Strieber. With the losses, Princeton finished its season with a 7-32 (4-16 Ivy) record.
GAME 1: CORNELL 10, PRINCETON 0
Scoring two runs apiece in the bottom of the first and the bottom of the third, Cornell blew the game open with a six-run sixth. With the bases loaded and one out, Dan Morris drew a walk to force in the first run.
Kevin Tatum then singled through the right side to allow two more to come home. After a pitching change, Spencer Scorsa promptly laced an RBI single to center before Ryan Karl dumped a base-knock into right to plate the final two runs of the frame.
Asher Lee-Tyson finished 2-for-3, while Zack Belski and Paul Tupper accounted for the rest of the Tigers' four hits. Scorza went 4-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored, while Tommy Wagner was 2-for-4 with four RBI.
Keelan Smithers took the loss for Princeton, allowing four runs on seven hits in 5.0 innings. Brian McAfee went the distance for the Big Red, surrendering just four hits in 7.0 shutout innings.
GAME 2: CORNELL 2, PRINCETON 1
Staking the Tigers to an early lead, Danny Hoy belted a first-inning homer down the leftfield line. With JD Whetsel and Dan Morris leading off the bottom of the inning with back-to-back singles, Spencer Scorza found a hole through the right side to plate the game's first run. Morris later came home on a fielder's choice to second to put the Big Red up 2-1.
From there it was an old-fashioned pitcher's duel. Going the distance for the Tigers, Strieber allowed just two hits the rest of the way. Coming in for starter Zach McCulley in the top of the third, Eric Upton turned in a gem, retiring 12 of the first 13 batters he faced.
Strieber allowed two runs on five hits with three strikeouts in 8.0 innings, while Upton gave up just three hits in 5.0 shutout innings. Paul Tupper and Mat DeNunzio each finished 2-for-4 for the Tigers, while Scorza and Ryan Karl drove in the two Cornell runs.