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Princeton University Athletics
Wednesday, April 11
Princeton, N.J.
3:30 PM
Princeton University
vs
Seton Hall
Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
April 10, 2018 | Baseball
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| Gametimes | Wed. Apr. 11 - 3:30 p.m. l Clarke Field |
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| All-Time Series | Seton Hall leads the series, 39-21-1 |
| Last Meeting | Mar 29, 2017 - Seton Hall 14, Princeton 3 (Recap) |
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| Related Links | Princeton Baseball In The Pros: 2018 Season Underway |
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Seton Hall Pirates head to Princeton for a mid-week non-conference matchup against the Princeton Tigers on Wednesday. First pitch is set for 3:30 p.m.
What Did You Miss?
- Princeton took two out of three from the Brown Bears over weekend, earning 7-4 and 4-3 victories on Saturday.
- In game one on Saturday, Chris Davis
- After his four-game hitting streak came to an end in game one, Jesper Horsted busted out with three hits in game two. Taylor Beckett had two RBI and a home run while Dickinson added two RBI. Ben Gross struck out seven hitters over six innings to earn the victory while Tanner Kliewer punched out five in the final three frames to nab the save.
- A six-run sixth inning on Sunday allowed Brown to escape the series with a 12-0 win.
- Over the past week, Horsted led the team in hitting at .308 in 13 at-bats. Davis led the team in slugging at .563. Horsted has hits in nine of his last 12 games, raising his batting average from .176 to .287 in almost a month. Davis has scored runs in 13 of 17 contests this year and leads the squad with 15 total.
- Asher Lee-Tyson has team-best .297 average in 74 at-bats and a .404 on-base percentage. His 10 walks are tied the highest on the squad with Horsted and Conor Nolan.
- Taylor Beckett is slugging .512 in 41 at-bats. Seven of his 12 hits this season have been for extra bases.
- Eight different players have at least 20 total bases and six hitters have at least five RBI.
- The Princeton pitching staff is averaging 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings with Smith, Gross, Kimbell, Kliewer and James Proctor all averaging over 9.0 per nine innings pitched.
- Smith has allowed two earned runs in three of his five starts this season with 27 strikeouts in 24 innings.
- Gross has piled up 20 strikeouts in his last three starts. He's allowed three earned runs or less in last four appearances.
- The Tigers have five saves in 2018 with Kliewer posting three and Kimbell picking up the other two. The two have combined to give up three earned runs since Mar. 9.
- 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.
- This year, Bowman and Barnes have combined to not allow an earned run in their last nine appearances.
- David Hale and Mike Ford are playing together with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (AAA).
- The Pirates are 12-13-1 this season with wins over No. 23 NC State, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Youngstown State, Central Michigan, Saint Peters, Oklahoma State, Hawaii and Farleigh Dickinson.
- Rob Dadona leads the squad in hitting at .337. Mike Alescio is also hitting over .300 at .316.
- In 40 at-bats, Matt Toke is slugging .625. Half of his 14 hits have been for extra bases.
- Dylan Verdonk has seen action in five games out of the bullpen and has allowed one run.
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