Princeton University
The Quakers scored twice in the bottom of the first on an RBI knock from Davis Baker and sacrifice fly from Ryan Taylor.
Princeton got a runner to third base with one out in the top of the second inning, but a double play ended the threat.
Caden Shapiro blasted a two-run home run over the right field fence to tie the score at 2-all in the top of the third frame.
ALL TIED UP. @PUTigerBaseball‘s Caden Shapiro hit a two-run blast in the third to even the score at 2-2. ???? pic.twitter.com/vG7jbquiOt
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Princeton got a runner in scoring position in the fourth, but a strikeout retired the side. Penn put runners on second and third with one out in the bottom of the frame, but Jackson Baldrate got a strikeout and groundout to escape the jam.
The Tigers loaded the bases in the fifth, but couldn’t push across a run.
Nick Spaventa’s RBI single put the Quakers in front, 3-2, in the home half of the fifth.
It took a half inning for the Tigers to respond as Matt Scannell hit a ball that hit the top of the wall and went over for a two-run two-out home run to put the Tigers back in front, 4-3.
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Penn retook the lead on a two-run home run by Spaventa in the bottom of the seventh before a wild pitch made it 6-4. The Quakers tacked on three insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth to finish the scoring.
Scannell and Shapiro had two hits each. Baldrate threw five innings and allowed three runs as the Tigers’ starter.
Princeton finishes at 18-26 overall and went to the Ivy League Tournament for the second straight season.
