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Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast
Baseball Splits Doubleheader with Cornell
April 09, 2022 | Baseball
Princeton, N.J. — Princeton split its series-opening doubleheader against Cornell this afternoon. The Tigers took a comfortable, 12-3 win in game one, but lost game two, 7-1.
Freshman Caden Shapiro had his best performance at the plate this season in game one. He went 4-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored. Leading hitter Nadir Lewis did more Nadir Lewis things. In game one, he went 3-for-4 with five RBI and a run scored. His 8th home run of the season broke open a 9-1 lead for the Tigers in the sixth inning.
Emus earned his first victory of the season with a fine performance on the hump. Princeton's ace went 6.0 innings and had 10 strikeouts, just one walk, and one run allowed on six hits.
One of the lone bright spots for Princeton in game two was Keith Gabrielson. The graduate senior pitched two innings of relief and was just about perfect. He faced just six batters and struck out one.
Game 1
Cornell opened the scoring in the top of the second inning with a solo home run to right field. Princeton responded in the bottom of the frame. With two runners in scoring position, the Tigers tied the game as a passed ball allowed Matt Scannell to score. Then, Marasheski gave Princeton a 2-1 lead with an RBI double that plated DiPietrantonio.
Princeton doubled its advantage in the bottom of the third. Once again with two runners in scoring position, Lewis ripped an RBI double down the right field line to bring Brendan Cumming home. A sac fly by DiPietrantonio later in the inning made it 4-1.
Kelly added another run in the bottom of the fourth with a sac fly to make it a 5-1 ballgame. When the Tigers weren't scoring runs, Emus was on the mound dealing. He had three K's in the first and third, and two in the second and fifth innings.
The Tigers blew the lead open in the sixth inning. A HBP, single, and walk loaded the bases with no outs. Back-to-back strikeouts for the Cornell pitcher made it look like the Big Red would get out of the jam, but Lewis smacked a no-doubt grand slam over the right field wall to extend Princeton's lead to 9-1.
Cornell pulled one back with another solo shot in the top of the seventh, but an RBI double by Jordan Kelly and a sac fly from Cumming extended Princeton's lead to 11-2. The two sides would once again exchange runs in the top of the eighth to finish the scoring and seal Princeton's first Ivy League victory, a big 12-3 win over the Big Red.
Game 2
Those hot Princeton bats didn't carry over to game two. Cornell took a quick first inning lead with an RBI single and a sac fly. The visitors doubled their lead later in the fifth with a two-run double to make it 4-0.
The Big Red continued to pile them on with a solo home run and a couple bases loaded walks for a 7-0 lead by the seventh-inning stretch. An RBI double from Kaden Kram in the bottom of the seventh got the Tigers on the board. Princeton could not score any more runs beyond that, however, as it dropped game two, 7-1.
Freshman Caden Shapiro had his best performance at the plate this season in game one. He went 4-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored. Leading hitter Nadir Lewis did more Nadir Lewis things. In game one, he went 3-for-4 with five RBI and a run scored. His 8th home run of the season broke open a 9-1 lead for the Tigers in the sixth inning.
Emus earned his first victory of the season with a fine performance on the hump. Princeton's ace went 6.0 innings and had 10 strikeouts, just one walk, and one run allowed on six hits.
One of the lone bright spots for Princeton in game two was Keith Gabrielson. The graduate senior pitched two innings of relief and was just about perfect. He faced just six batters and struck out one.
Game 1
Cornell opened the scoring in the top of the second inning with a solo home run to right field. Princeton responded in the bottom of the frame. With two runners in scoring position, the Tigers tied the game as a passed ball allowed Matt Scannell to score. Then, Marasheski gave Princeton a 2-1 lead with an RBI double that plated DiPietrantonio.
Princeton doubled its advantage in the bottom of the third. Once again with two runners in scoring position, Lewis ripped an RBI double down the right field line to bring Brendan Cumming home. A sac fly by DiPietrantonio later in the inning made it 4-1.
Kelly added another run in the bottom of the fourth with a sac fly to make it a 5-1 ballgame. When the Tigers weren't scoring runs, Emus was on the mound dealing. He had three K's in the first and third, and two in the second and fifth innings.
The Tigers blew the lead open in the sixth inning. A HBP, single, and walk loaded the bases with no outs. Back-to-back strikeouts for the Cornell pitcher made it look like the Big Red would get out of the jam, but Lewis smacked a no-doubt grand slam over the right field wall to extend Princeton's lead to 9-1.
Cornell pulled one back with another solo shot in the top of the seventh, but an RBI double by Jordan Kelly and a sac fly from Cumming extended Princeton's lead to 11-2. The two sides would once again exchange runs in the top of the eighth to finish the scoring and seal Princeton's first Ivy League victory, a big 12-3 win over the Big Red.
Game 2
Those hot Princeton bats didn't carry over to game two. Cornell took a quick first inning lead with an RBI single and a sac fly. The visitors doubled their lead later in the fifth with a two-run double to make it 4-0.
The Big Red continued to pile them on with a solo home run and a couple bases loaded walks for a 7-0 lead by the seventh-inning stretch. An RBI double from Kaden Kram in the bottom of the seventh got the Tigers on the board. Princeton could not score any more runs beyond that, however, as it dropped game two, 7-1.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Emus, Jackson (1-3)
L: Yacinich (1-2)
S: Rabin, Reece (1)
Batting:
2B: Jensen 1 ; Kaplan 1
HR: Guy 1 ; Jensen 1
RBI: Guy 1 ; Jensen 1 ; Kaplan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Guy 1 ; Jensen 2
SB: Guy 1 ; Apostle 1
HBP: Waugh 1
Batting:
2B: Lewis, Nadir 1 ; Marasheski, Eric 1 ; Shapiro, Caden 1 ; Kelly, Jordan 1
HR: Lewis, Nadir 1
RBI: Cumming, Brendan 1 ; Lewis, Nadir 5 ; DiPietrantonio, Nick 1 ; Marasheski, Eric 1 ; Shapiro, Caden 1 ; Kelly, Jordan 2
SH: Abello, Carlos 1
SF: Cumming, Brendan 1 ; DiPietrantonio, Nick 1 ; Kelly, Jordan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cumming, Brendan 1 ; Granet, Noah 1 ; Lewis, Nadir 1 ; Scannell, Matt 2 ; DiPietrantonio, Nick 1 ; Abello, Carlos 1 ; Marasheski, Eric 2 ; Shapiro, Caden 2 ; Kelly, Jordan 1
SB: Lewis, Nadir 1
CS: Marasheski, Eric 1
HBP: Abello, Carlos 1 ; Marasheski, Eric 2
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