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Ivy Season Begins for Baseball This Weekend
4/2/2010 10:45:00 AM | Baseball
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Starting the Ivy Season
With the rainout of Wednesday's game
at Siena, Dartmouth now has its sights set on defending its Ivy League
crown. The Big Green just completed an 11-game trip to Florida during
spring break, posting a 5-6 record during the trek with seven of the 11
games decided by one or two runs, including each of the last five.
Dartmouth suffered a bit of tough luck in the Sunshine State with a 2-5
mark in those tight ball games.
Head coach Bob Whalen would be happy
with a start even half as good as last year's 11-game winning streak
against Ivy teams. The first doubleheader, as it turns out, is a rematch
of last year's Ivy Championship Series in which the Green defeated
Cornell, two games to one. The next day, Dartmouth plays two at
Princeton, a team which lost both in Hanover last year.
Games Broadcast on Dartmouth Sports Network
Veteran Dartmouth radio announcer and former Big Green baseball player Wayne Young '72 is headed on the road with the team this weekend to bring all the action to Dartmouth fans live on the Dartmouth Sports Network. Most of the Big Green home games will be available over the internet, as well as the four on the road this weekend. Tune in to hear Dartmouth beginning its Ivy League title defense.
Last Time Against the Big Red
The Big Green beat Cornell four of the five meeting last year, including two of three in the Ivy Championship Series. In the opener of the title series, the Big Red took a 6-0 lead into the bottom of the fifth, only to have Dartmouth score seven runs en route to an 8-6 victory. Cornell jumped out to another six-run lead in game two, 7-1, and then the game became a see-saw battle. The Green took an 8-7 lead, lost it in the bottom of the fifth at 10-8, regained it in the sixth at 12-10, then lost it for good in the seventh in a 14-12 loss. No matter as Dartmouth cruised to a 10-0 win in the clincher with Kyle Hendricks throwing 7.1 innings of shutout ball and a season-high nine strikeouts. At the plate, Johnathon Santopadre belted two homers as he and Jim Wren each drove in four runs.
The Overall Record vs. Cornell
• Dartmouth has squared off against the Big Red 161 times, owning an 86-74-1 record.
• The Big Green have won 14 of the past 18 meetings, dating back to the 2002 season.
• Dartmouth head coach Bob Whalen has a 27-16 mark in games against Cornell.
• The first games in the series took place on April 10-11, 1906, with Cornell winning both games.
Scouting Report on the Big Red
• Cornell won three of its first four games of the season, but has since lost four in a row and six of its last seven, including a 7-6 defeat at LeMoyne on Wednesday.
• Offense has been a little in short supply as the Big Red are hitting just .251 as a team while scoring 4.5 runs per game. Cornell is a relatively free-swinging team with 86 strikeouts and 26 walks.
• Outfielder Brian Billigen and first baseman/pitcher Mickey Brodsky lead the squad with a .351 average, but only two other regulars are hitting even .250.
• One of those is center fielder Nate David at .342 with two of the team's six home runs and four of its eight stolen bases.
• Cornell pitchers have been quite effective with a combined 4.75 ERA with 71 strikeouts in 85.1 innings.
• The staff ace is Corey Pappel who has struck out 23 batters in just 16.0 innings while posting a 3.38 ERA over three starts.
• Closer David Rochefort had been nearly untouchable until yielding two runs, one earned, in the ninth of the 7-6 loss at LeMoyne.
Probable Starting Pitchers
• For the Cornell series, senior LHP Robert Young (1-1, 4.95) is expected to take the mound first. The team captain is 2-1 in his career against the Big Red and has two quality starts so far this season. He also just picked up his first career save to boot. Toeing the slab for game two will likely be RHP Ben Murray (0-3, 16.20), who has been roughed up in his first three starts. But in a seven-inning complete game against Illinois, he was more efficient and effective.
• The Big Red will likely counter with staff ace RHP Corey Pappel (1-1, 3.38), who has struck out 23 batters in just 16 innings. For game two, the smart money is on RHP Taylor Wood (1-1, 5.94) taking the mound for Cornell. Unlike Pappel, Wood pitches to contact having struck out just seven batters while yielding 25 hits in 16.2 innings.
Last Time Against the Tigers
Dartmouth took both games against Princeton last year at Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park, 4-1 and 8-5. The first game, a seven-inning affair, lasted less than 90 minutes as Robert Young dazzled in the complete-game victory, allowing just four hits and two walks while striking out seven. The Big Green didn't produce much offense save for a pair of two-run homers off the bats of Nick Santomauro and Jeff Onstott for all the runs they would need. The second game was tied at three in the third when Jim Wren sent a first-pitch fastball over the left-field fence for a two-run shot, giving Dartmouth the lead for good. Ben Murray got the win, surrendering five runs in six innings with six whiffs, while Ryan Smith got the final seven outs for the save.
The Overall Record vs. Princeton
• The Tigers have the advantage in the all-time series, going 88-78 against Dartmouth.
• Over the last five seasons, the Big Green have won nine of the 10 meetings.
• Princeton has defeated Dartmouth three times in the Ivy Championship Series since the 2000 season — 2000, 2001 and 2004.
• Dartmouth head coach Bob Whalen has a 19-28 record against the Tigers.
• The two teams first met on the diamond in 1880 with Princeton winning both contests, 2-0 and 9-4, and the Tigers won 17 of the first 18 games.
Scouting Report on the Tigers
• Princeton lost eight of its first nine games on the season, but has improved of late with four wins in its last nine contests.
• The Tigers are coming off a four-game series on the West Coast at Santa Clara, losing three but salvaging a 16-8 triumph in the third game.
• Like Cornell, the offense has sputtered at times with a .253 average and about five runs a game. While the Tigers will draw a walk with 70 bases on balls, they also strike out about once every four official at-bats.
• Noel Gonzales-Luna (.375) and Sam Mulroy (.324) are the only players hitting at least .300.
• Jon Broscius leads the team with five home runs and 12 RBIs, but is hitting just .206.
• Princeton, which had the league's best overall ERA by nearly a full run last year, currently sports an unsightly 8.28 staff ERA.
• Opponents have hit .320 off the Tiger hurlers, and they have walked more hitters (97) than they have struck out (87) in 154.1 innings.
• David Palms has been the most effective starter with a 3.55 ERA, fanning 14 with just six walks in 25.1 innings, but has just a 1-2 record.
• Nearly every reliever has an ERA over 10.00, save John Mishu at 4.50 over four innings and Kevin Link at 6.61 in four relief outings and one start.
• Perhaps due to the high walk total, the defense has struggled with 38 errors and a .945 fielding percentage.
Probable Starting Pitchers
• Against Princeton, sophomore RHP Kyle Hendricks (1-2, 4.00) will pitch the seven-inning game. This will be the first time the Tigers will face Hendricks, who pitched well enough to win in his last start, a 4-2 loss at Bethune-Cookman. The second game will feature either sophomore RHP Cole Sulser (2-0, 5.21), who leads the team in strikeouts with 21 in 19 innings, or freshman LHP Kyle Hunter (1-0, 3.63), who has surrendered just three earned runs in 14.1 innings over his first two collegiate starts.
• If Princeton sticks with its recent pattern of starting pitchers, Dartmouth will face senior LHP Langford Stuber (1-1, 10.98) and freshman RHP Zack Hermans (0-2, 10.31). Stuber has gotten off to a slow start, but entered the season with a 6-7 career record and a 5.42 ERA. But the Tigers could hold junior LHP David Palms (1-2, 3.55) until Sunday to face the defending Ivy champs.
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