Princeton Heads On The Road Against Georgetown

Friday, March 16

Washington, D.C.

3:00 PM

Princeton University

Georgetown

Photo by: Graz Giglio

March 15, 2018 | Baseball

Georgetown Hoyas
Gametimes	Fri. Mar. 16 - 3:00 p.m. l Shirley Povich Field
	Sat. Mar. 17 - 1:00 p.m. l Shirley Povich Field
	Sat. Mar. 17 - 4:00 p.m. l Shirley Povich Field
	Sun. Mar. 18 - 1:00 p.m. l Shirley Povich Field
Game Coverage	Game 1 - Live Stats l Video l Game 2 - Live Stats l Video l Game 3 - Live Stats l Video l Game 4 - Live Stats l Video
Twitter	@PUTigers l @GeorgetownHoyas
All-Time Series	Georgetown leads the all-time series, 44-41-2
Last Meeting	Mar. 20, 2016 - Princeton 4, Georgetown 0 (Recap)
Princeton	Roster l Schedule l Stats l @PUTigerBaseball
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Related Links	Princeton No. 6 in Ivy Poll Mike Ford selected by Seattle Mariners in MLB Rule Five Draft Will Venable named Chicago Cubs First Base Coach

PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton Tigers make the trip to Washington, D.C., this weekend to battle the Georgetown Hoyas in a four-game set (Mar. 16-18).

What Have You Missed:

The Tigers were swept by the South Carolina Gamecocks last weekend, falling 9-2 on Mar. 9, and twice (7-3, 6-4) on Mar. 10. Despite the sweep, Joe Flynn would be named Ivy Player of the Week for his performance against the Gamecocks.
Flynn went 6-for-11 in the three games with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored. The junior leads the team in hitting through the first seven games at .357. He also has a team-high 17 bases and .400 on-base percentage. He sits with a .357/.400/.607 slash line to date.
Sy Snedeker has made quite the impact for a freshman, hitting .333 in 18 at-bats. He is one of three players to have hit home run and is second on the team with 12 total bases.
Princeton has two other starters hitting .300 in Asher Lee-Tyson (.300/.364/.300) and Ramzi Haddad (.300/.318/.300).

2018 Team:

The Tigers return three All-Ivy players from a year ago including David Harding with a second team All-Ivy honor. Asher Lee Tyson and Jesper Horsted were All-Ivy honorable mention.
Harding led the team with a .318 batting average, snagging 35 hits, 14 runs scored and 19 RBI. He slugged .400 and posted an on-base percentage of .364. The utility player began Ivy League play with hits in four straight contests. He picked up eight RBI in a double dip at Harvard (Apr. 9), leading to Ivy Rookie of the Week accolades (Apr. 11). Other top conference performances include multi-hit outings vs. Penn (Apr. 15-16) and a season-best four hits vs. Columbia (Apr. 21).
Asher Lee-Tyson had a team-high 22 runs scored and was tied for second in hits (33), walks (17) and RBI (19). The shortstop got off to a slow start with an 0-for-15 stretch before collecting consecutive multi-hit games at UNC-Greensboro (Mar. 11-12). Lee-Tyson hit .312 with a team-best 18 runs scored after Mar. 21. He collected an 11-game hitting streak to start Ivy League play (Apr. 2-15), hitting .302 with 18 total bases and eight runs scored during that stretch.
Horsted finished third on the team in hitting (.281). Horsted started conference action with hits in four straight games (Apr. 2-8) before recording multi-hit games at Harvard and at Penn (Apr. 9-15). He completed his season by hitting .352 in the month of April with seven extra-base hits. The multi-sport athlete, who was first team All-Ivy League in football during the fall.
Some other offensive contributors include Ramzi Haddad (.248/.322/.343) and Conor Nolan (.259/.344/.294). The two sophomores combined for 11 extra base hits and 17 RBI in 2017.
Ben Gross had the top ERA last season on the pitching staff, throwing to a 3.93 ERA in nine starts. He struck out 41 hitters in 50 1/3 innings.
James Proctor made nine starts for the Tigers last season, throwing 46 innings while Ryan Smith (3.82 ERA) and Eli Kimbell (14 appearances) were the top two pitchers out of the bullpen.

Road Warriors

The Tigers will be on the road for the next seven games until coming home to welcome Harvard to Clarke Field (Mar. 24-25).
A four-game set at Georgetown (Mar. 16-18) follows with a meeting vs. Richmond (Mar. 19) before a two-game jaunt with Old Dominion (Mar. 20-21).

Princeton Professionals

The Tigers had three alums make the Big League last season in Matt Bowman '14, Danny Barnes and Chris Young '02.
Bowman finished his second year with the St. Louis Cardinals with another sub-4.00 ERA (3.99). He was tied for seventh in all of baseball with 75 appearances, adding three wins, two saves and 46 strikeouts in 58 2/3 innings of work.
Barnes completed his first full season with the Blue Jays, posting a 3.55 ERA in 60 outings of the bullpen. He had 62 strikeouts in 66 innings, earned three victories and finished 13 games for the Blue Jays.
Seven other alums, Ross Ohlendorf '05 (Japan), David Hale '11 (AAA), Jack Murphy (AAA), Mike Ford '14 (AAA), Alec Keller '14 (AA), Cameron Mingo '16 (A) and Danny Hoy '16 (A), played professional baseball last season.
Ford was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the MLB Rule 5 Draft this winter. Ford, originally from the New York Yankees organization, must be kept on the Major League 25-man roster for the entire year or else be offered back to the Yankees.

Scouting Georgetown Hoyas* - Stats as of 3/14/18

The Hoyas are 2-12 this season, their two victories coming against St. Joe's and Western Michigan.
Richie O'Reilly leads the squad with a .379 average and is tied for the team high with seven RBI.
Eddie McCabe is right behind O'Reilly with a .352 average along with seven RBI and five doubles.
Jimmy Swad has the lowest ERA on the staff among players with multiple appearances at 1.74. Opponents are hitting .147 against him.
Georgetown's pitching staff has a 6.79 ERA this season.