Princeton Registers Two Wins Over Brown - Princeton University Athletics

Saturday, April 7

Providence, R.I.

11:30 AM

Princeton University

6-12, 0

Brown

6-14, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Princeton	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	11	0
Brown	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	7	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Princeton	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	8	0
Brown	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	7	0

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

April 07, 2018 | Baseball

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Princeton Tigers (7-12, 4-1 Ivy) picked up two victories over the Brown Bears (6-15, 2-6 Ivy) at Murray Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Game 1: Princeton 7, Brown 4
Chris Davis fell a double shy of the cycle, hitting his first career home run while Conor Nolan added two hits for the Tigers. Ryan Smith and Eli Kimbell combined for 11 strikeouts. Kimbell got the final 11 outs for Princeton, earning the victory.

Davis led off the game with a home to right field. The Bears quickly tied it up in the bottom of the first on a RBI single from Cameron Deere. Joseph Flynn followed with a blast to left field in the next half frame, putting Princeton back in front, 2-1.

The Tigers' lead-off hitter continued his fabulous outing with a triple to open the third inning, but was left stranded. Brown put a runner in scoring position in the fifth stanza, but Smith worked out the jam.

Princeton added on to its lead on a sacrifice fly and wild pitch in the top of the sixth. In the bottom of the sixth, Brown put up a three-spot to tie the game at 4-all. Deere began with a single. After a hit-by-pitch, a ground rule double allowed him to touch home. A two-run single from Calvin Farris gave Brown its third and fourth runs.

The Tigers put a runner in scoring position in the seventh and eighth innings, but couldn't push across additional runs. Kimbell retired five straight hitters during that span before the Tigers came to bat in the ninth.

With one out, Alex Dickinson doubled and circled the bases on another two-bagger from David Harding. Davis' third knock of the game put runners on the corners. Asher Lee-Tyson lifted a sacrifice fly to center field that plated Harding before a fielding error let Davis to score. Kimbell shut the door on Brown with a 1-2-3 outing in the bottom of the ninth.

Game 2: Princeton 4, Brown 3
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.

Beckett's second home run of the season opened up the scoring in the second inning. Dickinson threw out two runners attempt to steal in the first three innings, keeping Brown off the scoreboard. He added a sacrifice fly in the fourth stanza to put Princeton ahead, 2-0. Two innings later, the catcher's RBI double made the score 3-0.

Brown finally got to Gross, scoring on a sacrifice fly in sixth. Flynn quickly got the run back for the Tigers with a RBI single in the next half frame. In the bottom of the seventh, Brown loaded the bases with no out, getting two sacrifice flies to climb within one, 4-3.

The Bears made one more push in the ninth, getting a runner to second base with one out, but Kliewer got back-to-back strikeouts to finish off the home squad.

Princeton and Brown wrap up the series tomorrow with first pitch set for 1 p.m. The game will be streamed on the Ivy League Network.