NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A hot-hitting Princeton team took a pair of games against Yale at George H.W. Bush '48 Field Friday, as the Tigers won game one 8-0 and game two 9-1. The wins extended Princeton's winning streak to eight, and the Tigers have scored at least seven runs in all of those games. The nightcap also saw three Princeton pitchers -- Jackson Emus (6.2 innings), Jacob Faulkner (1.1 innings) and Justin Kim (1.0 inning) -- combine on a no-hitter.
Yale (14-21, 8-9 Ivy League) fell behind 5-0 after the first three innings in game one and could not rally.
Ethan Lewis provided 1.1 innings of scoreless relief, but Princeton's Tom Chmielewski limited Yale to five hits and no walks while striking out 10.
In game two, Yale starter
Colton Shaw held the Tigers at bay for three innings. But Princeton (21-17, 12-5 Ivy League) erupted for four runs in the fourth, then tacked on single runs in the fifth and sixth and three more in the seventh. Yale scored a run in the sixth without the benefit of a hit, as leadoff hitter
Alec Atkinson was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a walk by
Max Imhoff, stole third and eventually scored on a
Davis Hanson flyout.
Reliever
Mark Capell provided a highlight for Yale by striking out three of the four batters he faced in 1.1 innings.
Kim, the final pitcher of the night for the Tigers, capped the no-hitter with a strikeout to conclude a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth.
Between games, the Bulldogs honored their senior class:
Jimmy Chatfield,
Quinn Cleary,
Jamis DeKay,
AJ Gaich,
Dylan Kim,
Ben Metzner and captain
Carson Swank.
The series concludes with game three Monday at noon.
