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Photo by: Jared Thomas
Baseball Drops Ivy-Opening Doubleheader to Yale
March 26, 2022 | Baseball
Princeton, N.J. — It was a welcome sight to see baseball back on Clarke Field for the first time in nearly three years, but Princeton was dealt two defeats to Yale in its Ivy League-opening series. The Tigers had a late comeback cut short in a 3-2 defeat in the series opener, and lost a high-scoring game two to a 14-8 score line.
The Tigers' offense had a combined 22 hits in the doubleheader with six extra-base hits and four home runs. Multiple Princeton batters had multiple hits in each game. Alejandro Espinel, Noah Granet, and Carlos Abello each had two hits in game one. Nadir Lewis and Matt Scannell each had three hits in game two, while Brendan Cumming had two.
On the mound, Princeton ace Jackson Emus continued his strong start to the season. He went seven innings with seven strikeouts and just three walks in game one. Eric Hoefer pitched the final two frames, allowing just one hit.
Game 1
Emus gave the Bulldogs' batters a hard time in the early stages of the first game of Saturday's twin bill. He retired the side in order in three of the game's first five innings and struck out the side in the fifth inning.
Yale would eventually break through, however. In the sixth inning, the visitors struck first with a two-run single. A solo home run later in the inning gave the Bulldogs a 3-0 advantage.
Princeton clawed on to the board in the bottom of the inning. Granet knocked his first home run of the season to cut the deficit to two. The two-run deficit maintained until the bottom of the ninth.
Consecutive singles from Cumming and Espinel put Princeton runners on the corners with one out. Lewis made it a one-run game with a sac fly to left field, but on the same play, the Yale left fielder caught a Tiger in between first and second to end the game.
Game 2
The second game of the Ivy League-opening twin bill was a high-scoring affair with periods of torrential downpour playing a role in the game's eight fielding errors.
Yale got on the board first with a sacrifice fly in the top of the first inning, and doubled its lead with a solo homer in the top of the fourth. Lewis cut the Yale lead in half in the bottom of the frame with a solo homer of his own, but a three-run fifth inning gave the visitors a 5-1 lead.
A solo home run from Nick DiPietrantonio gave a run back to Princeton, and a bases-loaded hit by pitch made it a two-run ballgame.
Unfortunately, this would be as close as the Tigers would get, with eight runs in the top of the sixth and top of the seventh extending Yale's lead to 13-3. Princeton pulled three back with Scannell knocking in an RBI single before Granet hit a two-run single through the right side.
One run from each team in the eighth inning made it a 14-7 game heading into the final stanza. Scannell led off the bottom of the ninth with a solo home run to right field, but the Bulldogs quickly closed out the game to seal the series victory and doubleheader sweep.
The two teams will duke it out one more time this weekend in the series finale on Sunday at noon.
The Tigers' offense had a combined 22 hits in the doubleheader with six extra-base hits and four home runs. Multiple Princeton batters had multiple hits in each game. Alejandro Espinel, Noah Granet, and Carlos Abello each had two hits in game one. Nadir Lewis and Matt Scannell each had three hits in game two, while Brendan Cumming had two.
On the mound, Princeton ace Jackson Emus continued his strong start to the season. He went seven innings with seven strikeouts and just three walks in game one. Eric Hoefer pitched the final two frames, allowing just one hit.
Game 1
Emus gave the Bulldogs' batters a hard time in the early stages of the first game of Saturday's twin bill. He retired the side in order in three of the game's first five innings and struck out the side in the fifth inning.
Yale would eventually break through, however. In the sixth inning, the visitors struck first with a two-run single. A solo home run later in the inning gave the Bulldogs a 3-0 advantage.
Princeton clawed on to the board in the bottom of the inning. Granet knocked his first home run of the season to cut the deficit to two. The two-run deficit maintained until the bottom of the ninth.
Consecutive singles from Cumming and Espinel put Princeton runners on the corners with one out. Lewis made it a one-run game with a sac fly to left field, but on the same play, the Yale left fielder caught a Tiger in between first and second to end the game.
Game 2
The second game of the Ivy League-opening twin bill was a high-scoring affair with periods of torrential downpour playing a role in the game's eight fielding errors.
Yale got on the board first with a sacrifice fly in the top of the first inning, and doubled its lead with a solo homer in the top of the fourth. Lewis cut the Yale lead in half in the bottom of the frame with a solo homer of his own, but a three-run fifth inning gave the visitors a 5-1 lead.
A solo home run from Nick DiPietrantonio gave a run back to Princeton, and a bases-loaded hit by pitch made it a two-run ballgame.
Unfortunately, this would be as close as the Tigers would get, with eight runs in the top of the sixth and top of the seventh extending Yale's lead to 13-3. Princeton pulled three back with Scannell knocking in an RBI single before Granet hit a two-run single through the right side.
One run from each team in the eighth inning made it a 14-7 game heading into the final stanza. Scannell led off the bottom of the ninth with a solo home run to right field, but the Bulldogs quickly closed out the game to seal the series victory and doubleheader sweep.
The two teams will duke it out one more time this weekend in the series finale on Sunday at noon.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Walsh, Mike (3-0)
L: Emus, Jackson (0-3)
S: Easterly, Reid (2)
Batting:
HR: Chatfield, Jimmy 1
RBI: Atkinson, Alec 2 ; Chatfield, Jimmy 1
SH: Martin, Tommy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: LaPlante, Mason 1 ; Chatfield, Jimmy 1 ; Shaw, Colton 1
SB: Metzner, Ben 2 ; Gaich, AJ 1 ; Shaw, Colton 1
CS: Williams, Jake 1
Batting:
2B: Abello, Carlos 1
HR: Granet, Noah 1
RBI: Lewis, Nadir 1 ; Granet, Noah 1
SF: Lewis, Nadir 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cumming, Brendan 1 ; Granet, Noah 1
HBP: Scannell, Matt 1
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