HANOVER, N.H. – The Yale baseball team began the final regular season series on a high note, routing Dartmouth 18-4 on the road. The Bulldogs recorded season-high totals in runs and hits to earn the crucial, series-opening win.  

With the victory, Yale improved to 28-12 overall with a 14-5 record in the Ivy League. With two regular season games remaining, the Bulldogs can clinch a share of the conference title with Columbia if they can win both contests. Dartmouth dropped to 11-23 overall with an 8-11 mark in Ivy play. The Big Green can secure a berth in the conference tournament with one win against the Elis on Sunday in the doubleheader.

Key Performers

• Kaiden Dossa went 4-for-5 with four RBI and three runs scored. He reached base five times
• Jake Williams went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI.
• Starting pitcher Jack Ohman picked up his eighth win of the season, tossing 6.0 innings while only allowing two runs on four hits. He also struck out seven batters.

Scoring Summary

• Top 1^st | After Dossa got on to lead off the game, Williams hit an opposite-field two-run home run to give Yale the lead early on. 2-0 YALE
• Top 2^nd | Yale added four runs in the second. Garrett Larsen singled up the middle to score the first run of the inning. Following a bases-loaded walk by Alec Atkinson, Tommy Martin delivered with a two-out single to center, scoring two more runs. 6-0 YALE
• Bottom 2^nd | Jackson Hower hit a solo homer to right to put Dartmouth on the board. 6-1 YALE
• Top 3^rd | Dossa singled home two runs for the Bulldogs. 8-1 YALE
• Bottom 3^rd | Dartmouth tallied a run in the third to cut into the lead. 8-2 YALE
• Top 6^th | Martin executed a safety squeeze to score Atkinson. 9-2 YALE
• Top 7^th | Yale tacked on eight more runs to break the game open. 17-2 YALE
• Bottom 7^th | The Big Green added one run in the seventh. 17-3 YALE
• Bottom 8^th | Dartmouth tacked on another run in the eighth. 17-4 YALE
• Top 9^th | Brady Ruiz-Weiss drove in Colin Sloan with a groundout for the Bulldogs' final run. 18-4 YALE

Game Notes

• Yale's 14-run win over Dartmouth is its largest margin of victory over the Big Green since 1982.
• The Bulldogs won their 28^th game of the season, matching the third-highest total in program history.
• Every Bulldogs' starter picked up a base hit. Seven Yale players tallied multi-hits.
• Ohman improved to 8-0 this season. He leads the nation with a 1.09 ERA
• Williams hit his second home run of the season.
• Dossa extended his on-base streak to 35 games.
• Yale scored double-digit runs for the ninth time this season. The Bulldogs batted around the order twice during Saturday's contest.
• Sloan tallied his first hit of the season with a pinch-hit triple in the ninth.
• Ruiz-Weiss picked up his first collegiate RBI with a groundout in the ninth inning.

Up Next
The Bulldogs will wrap up the regular season with a doubleheader at Dartmouth beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.