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Baseball Heads to Harvard, Dartmouth For Pivotal Ivy League Weekend
April 03, 2015 | Baseball
| Weekend Game Notes |
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| Gametimes | Princeton vs. Harvard (DH) l Saturday, Apr. 4, 12 p.m. l O'Donnell Field |
| Princeton vs. Dartmouth (DH) l Sunday, Apr. 5, 12 p.m. l Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park | |
| Game Coverage | Harvard: Live Stats l Webstream |
| Dartmouth: Live Stats l Webstream | |
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@PUTigers l @PUTigers_live l @HarvardCrimson l @DartmouthSports |
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| All-Time Series |
Princeton trails Harvard, 121-144-2 l Princeton leads Dartmouth, 95-85 |
| Princeton | Roster l Schedule l Stats l @PUTigerBaseball |
| Harvard |
Roster l Schedule l Stats l @HarvardBaseball |
| Dartmouth |
Roster l Schedule l Stats l @BigGreenBaseball |
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton University baseball team returns to action on Apr. 5-6 for a pivotal Ivy League weekend against Harvard and Dartmouth.
The Tigers will travel to Cambridge, Mass. for a doubleheader with the Crimson on Saturday, Apr. 4 before continuing north to Hanover, N.H. for a twinbill against the Big Green on Sunday, Apr. 5.
Splitting last season's doubleheader against Harvard (L, 4-3/W, 6-2), Princeton is 121-144-2 all-time against the Crimson. The Tigers hold a 95-85 edge in the series against Dartmouth after taking both games against the Big Green (W, 3-0/W, 4-3) last season.
THE WEEK THAT WAS
• The Tigers went 1-3 in their opening Ivy League weekend against Brown and Yale.
• Dropping the first game of a doubleheader to Brown, 4-3, the Tigers rallied for an 8-2 victory in the nightcap.
• The Orange and Black suffered a pair of setbacks to Yale (L, 2-1/L, 8-3).
• Despite taking the loss in his start against Brown, Chad Powers did not allow an earned run in 6.0 innings, giving up just three hits, while striking out four.
• Keelan Smithers allowed two runs on seven hits in 6.2 innings in a loss.
• Nick Brady secured the Tigers' lone win on the weekend, giving up two runs on five hits in 6.0 innings with four strikeouts.
• Nick Donatiello earned a save in the win, pitching 3.1 hitless innings.
ON A TEAR
• Tyler Servais hit .545 over the weekend with a homer and a .545 on-base percentage.
• Danny Hoy hit .462 in 13 at-bats with a home run, double, four RBI and .563 OBP.
• Billy Arendt hit .333 with three doubles.
• Danny Baer and Paul Tupper each hit .300 while combining four three doubles, a triple, two runs scored and four walks.
LEADING THE WAY
• Billy Arendt has helped serve as the catalyst to the Tiger offense this season, hitting .364 with a .427 OBP in 77 at-bats spread over 21 appearances.
• Arendt is tied for the team lead with eight doubles and is one of three Tigers with double-digit RBI (10).
• Arendt has scored a team-high 16 runs.
• Danny Hoy is hitting .325 while slugging a squad-best .590.
• Hoy is tied for the team lead with eight doubles and has belted a squad-best four home runs.
• Hoy has driven in a team-high 19 runs.
• Peter Owens is hitting .324 on the year with a double, seven RBI and six runs scored.
• Nick Hernandez is batting .306 on the season with four doubles, four RBI and six runs scored.
• Zack Belski has posted 10 RBI while hitting .263 on the season.
ON THE MOUND
• Keelan Smithers has posted a 4.39 earned-run average in five starts, registering 15 strikeouts in 26.2 innings.
• Nick Brady has 14 strikeouts in 24.0 innings, going 1-2 in his first three starts.
• Chad Powers has recorded a team-high 16 strikeouts in 24.1 innings while going 0-4 in his first five starts.
• Nick Donatiello has been the Tigers' most reliable reliever this season, posting a 3.54 ERA in 20.1 innings with 12 strikeouts.
• Tyler Foote has notched 13 strikeouts in 16.2 innings of work spread across seven appearances.
SCOUTING HARVARD
• Snapping a five-game losing skid, the Crimson are coming off a 5-3 win over Holy Cross.
• Harvard carries an 11-12 record into the weekend with a 0-4 Ivy League mark.
• The Crimson dropped all four games in a pair of doubleheaders against Columbia (L, 5-4/L, 9-7) and Penn (L, 2-1/L, 4-3).
• As a team, Harvard is hitting .268 with a .348 on-base percentage.
• Ethan Ferreira leads the team with a .372 batting average and .581 slugging percentage.
• Ferreira has collected a team-high eight doubles, two triples, two home runs, 17 RBI and 13 runs scored.
• Jake McGuiggan is batting .369 on the year with seven doubles and a team-high 18 RBI and 17 runs scored.
• Headlining a pitching staff that has posted a 5.22 ERA, Matt Timoney is 3-1 in five starts with a 4.44 ERA and 19 strikeouts.
• Sean Poppen is 1-2 in five starts, racking up a squad-best 27 strikeouts in 27.2 innings.
• Nick Gruener is 2-1 in his five starts with a 6.15 ERA and 18 strikeouts.
• Tanner Anderson is 0-2 in three starts, recording a 3.00 ERA and eight strikeouts in 27.0 innings.
SCOUTING DARTMOUTH
• Going 2-2 in its opening Ivy League weekend, Dartmouth carries a 4-16 overall record into the weekend.
• The Big Green took the first game against Columbia (W, 5-4) before dropping the second to the Lions, 4-1.
• After falling to Penn in the first game of a twinbill, 4-3, Dartmouth secured a 4-3 decision of its own in the nightcap.
• As a team, the Big Green are hitting .247 with a .297 OBP and .325 slugging percentage.
• Matt Parisi is batting a team-high .346 with eight doubles, six RBI and 12 runs scored.
• Nick Ruppert has hit .323 with five doubles, seven RBI, two triples and nine runs scored.
• Ben Socher is hitting .306 with eight runs scored, while Joe Purritano is batting .293 with a team-high 10 doubles and nine RBI.
• Nick Lombardi has driven in a team-high 12 RBI despite hitting just .229 on the season.
• Patrick Peterson is 2-0 on the year with a 3.21 ERA in 14.0 innings.
• Duncan Runbinson is 1-2 in five starts with a 4.15 ERA and a team-high 18 strikeouts.
• Mike Concato has recorded a 4.29 ERA in three starts with 12 strikeouts.
• Louis Concato is 0-4 on the season with a 6.41 ERA and 12 strikeouts.