PRINCETON, N.J. – The Bulldogs used a 21-hit outburst in game two – capped by a
Max Imhoff grand slam – to earn a doubleheader split at Princeton on Saturday afternoon. Yale won game two 22-2, and dropped the opener 4-3. Yale will go for the series win tomorrow with the first pitch set for 12 p.m.
Game 1
How it happened:
Bottom 2
nd | Kyle Vinci scored the first run of the game after scoring from third on a pickoff rundown at first base.
Bottom 4
th | Nick DiPietrantonio homered to center on a 2-2 pitch.
Top 6
th |
Davis Hanson singled home
Garrett Larsen, who led off the inning with being hit by a pitch and advanced on a
Jeff Pierantoni single. Pierantoni scored later in the inning on an error to tie the game.
Bottom 7
th | Jake Kernodle led off with a walk and moved to second on a sac bunt. Matt Scannell singled home Kernodle to give Tigers the lead.
Bottom 8
th | Princeton added an insurance run without the benefit of a hit.
Top 9
th |
Alec Atkinson reached on an error and scored on an Imoff pinch-hit double.
Game notes:
- Reid Easterly allowed three runs over seven innings.
- Pierantoni finished with two hits.
- The Bulldogs turned two double plays in the game.
Game 2
How it happened:
Top 2
nd | Imhoff scored
Jake Williams on a sac fly.
Bottom 2
nd | The Tigers scored their only two runs of the game.
Top 3
rd| The Bulldogs tied the game on a Pierantoni sac fly to score Larsen.
Top 4
th |
Kaiden Dossa and Atkinson both homered. Atkinson blasted a solo shot, and Dossa added a two-run blast.to give Yale a 5-2 lead.
Top 5
th | Hanson added a RBI single.
Top 6
th| Hanson,
Chace Chaplin, Williams, Imhoff and Dossa all had run-scoring hits for a seven-run inning.
Top 7
th | Imhoff's grand slam capped another seven-run inning. Williams added another run-scoring single and Chris DiPrima finished off the scoring with a RBI single.
Top 9
th |
Colin Sloan and Chaplin had run-scoring hits.
Game notes:
- Dossa launched his first collegiate homer.
- Imoff finished with six RBI.
- Daniel Cohen went seven solid innings to earn the victory.
- Eleven Bulldogs scored at least one run.
- Davis Hanson went 4-for-5 and reached base five times.
- Williams and Dossa both had three hits.
- Yale stole a season-high seven bases.
- Josh Richardson finished off the game with two scoreless innings.