Princeton and St. John's Play To Doubleheader Split

Saturday, May 4

Jamaica, N.Y.

12:00 PM

Princeton University

14-23

St. John's

24-19

Princeton

St. John's

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Princeton and St. John's Play To Doubleheader Split

May 04, 2019 | Baseball

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QUEENS – The Princeton Tigers and St. John's Red Storm battled to a doubleheader split at Jack Kaiser Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Game 1 – Princeton 3, St. John's 1
The Tigers had a runner in scoring position in the first, third, and fifth innings, but couldn't push across a run. In the sixth, the road team loaded the bases with one out, but a double play finished the stanza.

St. John's first hit off of Ryan Smith didn't come until the third inning, but the hitter was later erased on a caught stealing. The Red Storm got a player to second base in the fourth frame, but Smith recorded his sixth strikeout to retire the side.

Ramzi Haddad began the seventh stanza with single and advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt from Eric Marasheski. Finally, the Tigers broke through with an RBI single up the middle from Chris Davis.

With two out, Princeton produced three straight singles including two that produced runs from Max Machiorlette and Haddad.

A one-out infield hit gave St. John's its first tally of the game in the eighth, but Smith recorded his ninth and 10th strikeouts to end the threat. The senior started the ninth with a flyout, but walked two, leading to a pitching change. Conor Nolan earned the save with the final two outs as the Tigers took the contest, 3-1.

Princeton had five hits from its 7-8-9 hitters, finishing with 11 total. Smith earned his fifth victory of the season. His 71 strikeouts are tied for 10th most in a single season and his 171 career punchouts move him into 10th all-time.

Game 2 – St. John's 4, Princeton 2
St. John's put together the first scoring chance in the bottom of the first frame with a runner on third and one out, but James Proctor collected a groundout and flyout to prevent the run from scoring. The Red Storm got on the scoreboard with a solo four-bagger from Mike Antico in the third. He later added on to the home unit's lead with a two-run infield single in the next inning. One batter later, Carson Bartels brought in another tally to put St. John's in front, 4-0.

The Tigers' first run came on an RBI groundout from Haddad in the next half stanza. Princeton looked to get closer as Jake Boone reached third base with one out, but a lineout and flyout ended the at-bat. Conor Nolan doubled home Max West in the ninth, but the Tigers couldn't get any closer.

Boone and West contributed two hits each for the Tigers. Proctor and Andrew Gnazzo combined to strikeout 10 hitters in the loss. Antico had three RBI to lead St. John's in the win.

Princeton now sits 14-24 this season and will wrap up the 2019 season with a three-game series at Yale next weekend (May 11-12).