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Princeton Wraps Up Non-Conference Play At Rider
April 18, 2016 | Baseball
| Princeton at Rider |
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| Gametimes | Princeton at Rider l Wednesday, Apr. 20 - 3:30 p.m. l Sonny Pittaro Field |
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PRINCETON, N.J. - The Princeton baseball team wraps up non-conference play against in-state rival, Rider, at Sonny Pittaro Field on Wednesday afternoon (3:30 p.m.). The Tigers took three out of four over Penn in its last Ivy League weekend and leads the Gehrig Division by three games.
THE WEEK THAT WAS
- Princeton scored five times in the third inning en route to a 9-4 victory over the St. John's Red Storm at Jack Kaiser Stadium last Wednesday evening.
- Senior Danny Hoy continued his hot hitting with two more hits vs. St. John's. Three other Princeton players had at least two hits.
- Freshman Ryan Smith gave up one run in three relief innings to pick up his first career win.
- Princeton took three of four from the Penn Quakers to extend its Gehrig Division lead.
- In a 7-2 victory in game one over the Quakers, senior Billy Arendt was perfect at the plate, registering three hits including a three-run home run and two runs. Freshman Joseph Flynn was 2-for-2 with a run scored.
- Senior Cameron Mingo picked up his fifth win of the season, allowing just two earned runs in four innings. Sophomore Nick Brady struck out two over the final three frames to nab the save for the Tigers.
- Behind a stellar pitching performance from junior Chad Powers, the Tigers took down Penn, 3-1 in game two.
- Powers went eight innings and struck out six in the victory.
- Arendt continued his hot streak as he was not retired in four plate appearances. In fact, the senior third baseman got on base every time he came to bat on Saturday. Hoy and junior Zack Belski had multi-hit outings in the contest.
- During a 5-1 win in game three against the Quakers, freshman Jesper Horsted and Arendt had two hits each to pace the Tigers' offense. Junior Keelan Smithers pitched six innings, scattering six hits and giving up just one earned run. Senior Danny Thomson went 1-2-3 in the seventh to finish off the Quakers.
- The Quakers salvaged a win in the series with a 5-2 decision in game four.
- Belski was the only Tiger to secure a multi-hit game with two knocks. Flynn threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings of relief, allowing one hit and striking out two in the loss.
ON A ROLL
- Arendt had an outstanding weekend vs. Penn. He went 7-of-10 and had a .733 on-base percentage and slugged 1.300. He reached base in 10 straight plate appearances at one point.
- Belski hit .455 while Flynn secured a .417 batting average against the Quakers.
- Arendt and Hoy hit home runs for Princeton in the team's four-game series vs. Penn.
ON THE HILL
- Every starter that has made at least five starts has an ERA of 3.79 or lower.
- Powers has the lowest ERA among the Tigers' pitching staff at 2.56 in 45 2/3 innings.
- Six different players have an ERA under 4.00.
- The Tigers' pitching staff has thrown five complete games.
- Seniors Luke Strieber and Cameron Mingo lead the team with 22 strikeouts.
- Eight different Tigers have at least 10 strikeouts.
BATTING AROUND
- Horsted leads the team with a .321 batting average, but does not have enough at-bats to qualify for the Ivy League leaders.
- Hoy ranks in the Ivy League's top ten in runs (first), hits (third), total bases (fourth), steals (fourth), home runs (sixth) and average (sixth).
- Arendt has raised his batting average 78 points in the month of April and is tied for sixth in the conference in home runs.
- Belski (22) is second in the Ivy League in RBI while Hernandez (20) is tied for sixth.
- Princeton has six starters that are hitting at least .271.
SCOUTING RIDER
- The Rider Broncs are 11-22 on the season and 3-6 in the MAAC.
- The Broncs have scored wins over Campbell, VMI, Rutgers, LaSalle, Delaware State, Fairfield, Lehigh, Sacred Heart, and Cansius.
- Jake Bender and Tyler Kaiser lead Rider in batting average at .285. Bender has a team-leading 37 hits and is second in stolen bases. Kaiser is slugging .488 with 12 doubles, three home runs along with 15 RBI.
- In nine appearances, Nick Margevicius has a team-low 3.61 ERA. Margevicius has 45 strikeouts in 47 1/3 innings.
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