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Dartmouth Salvages Split at Brown Thanks to Three-Run Sixth
4/16/2016 6:40:00 PM | Baseball
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Dartmouth scored three times in the sixth inning of the second game of a doubleheader at Brown on Saturday afternoon, then held off the host Bears to salvage a split with a 4-3 victory. In the opener, senior Duncan Robinson struck out 10 hitters, but Brown (10-19, 4-6 Ivy) also managed to score four runs (just two earned) against the reigning Ivy League Pitcher of the Year to hand the Big Green (10-19, 4-4 Ivy) a 4-2 defeat.
Both teams had plenty of base runners in the nightcap as Dartmouth collected 12 hits and walked five times, plus reached on a pair of errors, while the Bears had 11 hits, four walks and a hit batter. But both sides also had trouble pushing runs across the plate as the two combined to leave 27 runners on base.
The Big Green found themselves trailing, 2-1, in the sixth inning when senior Adam Gauthier drew a one-out walk against Brown starter Reid Anderson. Following a single by junior Ben Socher, sophomore Dustin Shirley smacked a double to right to tie the game at two. A walk to sophomore Kyle Holbrook loaded the bases, and the Bears turned to J.J. Sliepka out of the bullpen to try to preserve the tie.
On Sliepka's second pitch, junior Michael Ketchmark hit a grounder to short, but the Bears could not turn the double play to end the inning, which allowed Socher to score the go-ahead run. Senior Thomas Roulis ripped the first pitch he saw for an RBI single to right and a 4-2 lead.
Brown managed to get one of those runs back in the seventh against reliever Michael Danielak as Jake Levine led off with a double and Sam Grigo singled him home with one out. Junior Chris Burkholder was then summoned to the mound, and although he walked the first batter he faced, he induced a pair of grounders to end the threat.
In the eighth, the Bears drew a pair of two-out walks, which led to sophomore closer Patrick Peterson to trot in from the bullpen. He got a foul pop to end the inning, and despite a two-out double in the ninth — Brown's sixth two-bagger of the game — he also struck out the side to earn his second save of the season.
The Bears grabbed an early lead in the second inning against freshman starter Cole O'Connor when Marc Sredojevic hit a sacrifice fly to score Josh Huntley, who had stroked a leadoff double. Dartmouth answered right back as Shirley singled, Holbrook doubled him to third and Roulis singled him home.
O'Connor left the game after three plus innings having allowed just one run and faced just 16 batters, but seven went to full counts as his pitch count quickly climbed. Danielak (2-2) entered in a tight spot with runners on second and third an nobody out in the fourth, yet kept Brown from scoring thanks to a pair of strikeouts and a fielder's choice to gun down a runner at the plate.
But the Bears broke through in the fifth on doubles by Kevin Guthrie and Huntley for a 2-1 lead, only to have the Big Green respond with a three-spot in the sixth.
Both Shirley and Roulis went 3-for-5 in the game while the former scored twice and drove in a run and the latter collected two RBIs.
In the first game, Brown took advantage of an error to start the third inning to score two unearned runs. Guthrie drove in one run with a single, and Huntley made it 2-0 with a two-out RBI double, though Dartmouth executed a perfect relay to gun down another runner trying to score a third run.
Meanwhile, Brown hurler Christian Taugner was having his was with the Big Green lineup after getting into a first-and-third jam with one out in the first. But he induced a double play to keep Dartmouth off the board, then retired the next 11 hitters consecutively as well before surrendering a two-out single in the fifth to senior Nick Ruppert.
The Bears doubled their advantage in their half of the fifth after loading the bases with two outs. Noah Shulman got hold of a 1-2 pitch and drove it to center field for a two-run double and a 4-0 Brown lead.
Dartmouth finally touched up Taugner for a pair of runs in the sixth. With two outs and a man on first, Shirley and Ketchmark hit back-to-back doubles as Ketchmark drove in both runs to cut the deficit back to two.
Ruppert managed a single in the seventh, but Taugner closed out the seven-inning, complete-game victory with his fourth strikeout and a fly to left.
Taugner (5-1) gave up the two runs on seven hits without issuing a walk, while Robinson (3-4) yielded the four Bear runs, two earned, on eight hits and an uncharacteristic three free passes to go with his 10 strikeouts.
Guthrie, Huntley and Brian Ginsberg each had two hits for Brown, and Ruppert and Shirley did as well for Dartmouth.
The two teams will complete their four-game series on Sunday afternoon with another doubleheader that starts at noon.
Both teams had plenty of base runners in the nightcap as Dartmouth collected 12 hits and walked five times, plus reached on a pair of errors, while the Bears had 11 hits, four walks and a hit batter. But both sides also had trouble pushing runs across the plate as the two combined to leave 27 runners on base.
The Big Green found themselves trailing, 2-1, in the sixth inning when senior Adam Gauthier drew a one-out walk against Brown starter Reid Anderson. Following a single by junior Ben Socher, sophomore Dustin Shirley smacked a double to right to tie the game at two. A walk to sophomore Kyle Holbrook loaded the bases, and the Bears turned to J.J. Sliepka out of the bullpen to try to preserve the tie.
On Sliepka's second pitch, junior Michael Ketchmark hit a grounder to short, but the Bears could not turn the double play to end the inning, which allowed Socher to score the go-ahead run. Senior Thomas Roulis ripped the first pitch he saw for an RBI single to right and a 4-2 lead.
Brown managed to get one of those runs back in the seventh against reliever Michael Danielak as Jake Levine led off with a double and Sam Grigo singled him home with one out. Junior Chris Burkholder was then summoned to the mound, and although he walked the first batter he faced, he induced a pair of grounders to end the threat.
In the eighth, the Bears drew a pair of two-out walks, which led to sophomore closer Patrick Peterson to trot in from the bullpen. He got a foul pop to end the inning, and despite a two-out double in the ninth — Brown's sixth two-bagger of the game — he also struck out the side to earn his second save of the season.
The Bears grabbed an early lead in the second inning against freshman starter Cole O'Connor when Marc Sredojevic hit a sacrifice fly to score Josh Huntley, who had stroked a leadoff double. Dartmouth answered right back as Shirley singled, Holbrook doubled him to third and Roulis singled him home.
O'Connor left the game after three plus innings having allowed just one run and faced just 16 batters, but seven went to full counts as his pitch count quickly climbed. Danielak (2-2) entered in a tight spot with runners on second and third an nobody out in the fourth, yet kept Brown from scoring thanks to a pair of strikeouts and a fielder's choice to gun down a runner at the plate.
But the Bears broke through in the fifth on doubles by Kevin Guthrie and Huntley for a 2-1 lead, only to have the Big Green respond with a three-spot in the sixth.
Both Shirley and Roulis went 3-for-5 in the game while the former scored twice and drove in a run and the latter collected two RBIs.
In the first game, Brown took advantage of an error to start the third inning to score two unearned runs. Guthrie drove in one run with a single, and Huntley made it 2-0 with a two-out RBI double, though Dartmouth executed a perfect relay to gun down another runner trying to score a third run.
Meanwhile, Brown hurler Christian Taugner was having his was with the Big Green lineup after getting into a first-and-third jam with one out in the first. But he induced a double play to keep Dartmouth off the board, then retired the next 11 hitters consecutively as well before surrendering a two-out single in the fifth to senior Nick Ruppert.
The Bears doubled their advantage in their half of the fifth after loading the bases with two outs. Noah Shulman got hold of a 1-2 pitch and drove it to center field for a two-run double and a 4-0 Brown lead.
Dartmouth finally touched up Taugner for a pair of runs in the sixth. With two outs and a man on first, Shirley and Ketchmark hit back-to-back doubles as Ketchmark drove in both runs to cut the deficit back to two.
Ruppert managed a single in the seventh, but Taugner closed out the seven-inning, complete-game victory with his fourth strikeout and a fly to left.
Taugner (5-1) gave up the two runs on seven hits without issuing a walk, while Robinson (3-4) yielded the four Bear runs, two earned, on eight hits and an uncharacteristic three free passes to go with his 10 strikeouts.
Guthrie, Huntley and Brian Ginsberg each had two hits for Brown, and Ruppert and Shirley did as well for Dartmouth.
The two teams will complete their four-game series on Sunday afternoon with another doubleheader that starts at noon.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Taugner, Christian (5-1)
L: Robinson, Duncan (3-4)
Batting:
2B: Shirley, Dustin 1 ; Ketchmark, Michael 1
RBI: Ketchmark, Michael 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Holbrook, Kyle 1 ; Shirley, Dustin 1
Batting:
2B: Huntley, Josh 1 ; Shulman, Noah 1
RBI: Guthrie, Kevin 1 ; Huntley, Josh 1 ; Shulman, Noah 2
SH: Levine, Jake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Henry, Rob 1 ; Levine, Jake 1 ; Guthrie, Kevin 1 ; McKeithan, Tim 1
SB: McKeithan, Tim 1
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