Completed Event: Baseball versus Cornell on April 27, 2025 , Win , 7, to, 4
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Friday, February 25
Louisville, Ky. / Jim Patterson Stadium
3:00 PM
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Kade Kretzschmar after scoring in the eighth.
Photo by: Connor Cunningham
Rough Return In Loss at Louisville
2/25/2022 7:36:00 PM | Baseball
Five-run seventh highlights the first game in nearly two years
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A five-run seventh was the highlight for the Dartmouth baseball team in its season opener at Louisville on Friday afternoon, but the host Cardinals showed little mercy on a Big Green team playing its first game in almost two years. Louisville (3-2) scored at least one run in each of the eight innings they came to the plate, handing Dartmouth (0-1) a 19-5 defeat.
Senior Kade Kretzschmar had two of the Big Green's six hits and drove in two runs to lead the offense. Freshman Elliot Krewson also had two hits, sophomore Nathan Cmeyla ripped a two-run double and rookie Jackson Hower had the other knock as each one collected their first collegiate hits.
The Cardinals banged out 15 hits, three by Christian Knapczyk while scoring twice and driving in a run. Both Levi Usher and Ben Bianco drove in three runs, and 15 different players scored at least once to help Louisville win its second straight game.
Left-hander Tate Kuechner (1-0) earned the victory by hurling two-hit ball over five shutout innings while striking out five.
Louisville touched Big Green senior Justin Murray (0-1) for a only one run in the first after loading the bases with nobody out. The right-hander induced a double play that brought the run home then got a flyout to retire the side.
Usher tripled in a run and scored in the second, and then singled home two more in the third as the Cardinals took a 6-0 lead through three frames. When the first two batters reached base to start the fourth, Murray's afternoon was complete. Both runners came around to score thanks to a double steal, sacrifice fly and a grounder.
After Louisville scored twice in the fifth and sixth stanzas, the Big Green bats got going in the seventh. The rally began with reliever Carter Lohman issuing three consecutive one-out walk before sophomore Tyler Cox brought home the first run with a grounder to third. Following another walk, Kretzschmar drove a two-run single to left, and Cmeyla greeted another reliever, Evan Webster, by lining a double down the right-field line to plate the final two Dartmouth runs.
But the Cardinals would not relent, tacking on a solitary run in the bottom half and six more in the eighth before junior Will Shepherd took the mound and got the final three outs without allowing a run.
The two teams will continue their series on Saturday in a duel of right-handers, the Big Green's Nathan Skinner and Louisville's Jared Poland. First pitch is at 1 p.m.
Senior Kade Kretzschmar had two of the Big Green's six hits and drove in two runs to lead the offense. Freshman Elliot Krewson also had two hits, sophomore Nathan Cmeyla ripped a two-run double and rookie Jackson Hower had the other knock as each one collected their first collegiate hits.
The Cardinals banged out 15 hits, three by Christian Knapczyk while scoring twice and driving in a run. Both Levi Usher and Ben Bianco drove in three runs, and 15 different players scored at least once to help Louisville win its second straight game.
Left-hander Tate Kuechner (1-0) earned the victory by hurling two-hit ball over five shutout innings while striking out five.
Louisville touched Big Green senior Justin Murray (0-1) for a only one run in the first after loading the bases with nobody out. The right-hander induced a double play that brought the run home then got a flyout to retire the side.
Usher tripled in a run and scored in the second, and then singled home two more in the third as the Cardinals took a 6-0 lead through three frames. When the first two batters reached base to start the fourth, Murray's afternoon was complete. Both runners came around to score thanks to a double steal, sacrifice fly and a grounder.
After Louisville scored twice in the fifth and sixth stanzas, the Big Green bats got going in the seventh. The rally began with reliever Carter Lohman issuing three consecutive one-out walk before sophomore Tyler Cox brought home the first run with a grounder to third. Following another walk, Kretzschmar drove a two-run single to left, and Cmeyla greeted another reliever, Evan Webster, by lining a double down the right-field line to plate the final two Dartmouth runs.
But the Cardinals would not relent, tacking on a solitary run in the bottom half and six more in the eighth before junior Will Shepherd took the mound and got the final three outs without allowing a run.
The two teams will continue their series on Saturday in a duel of right-handers, the Big Green's Nathan Skinner and Louisville's Jared Poland. First pitch is at 1 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Tate Kuehner (1-0)
L: Murray, Justin (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Cmeyla, Nathan 1
RBI: Cox, Tyler 1 ; Kretzschmar, Kade 2 ; Cmeyla, Nathan 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Krewson, Elliot 1 ; Freeman, Kolton 1 ; Kretzschmar, Kade 1 ; Zajec, Max 1 ; Daniel, Bryce 1
SB: Hower, Jackson 1
Batting:
2B: Jack Payton 1 ; Logan Beard 1
3B: Isaac Humphrey 1 ; Ben Bianco 1 ; Levi Usher 1
HR: Dalton Rushing 1 ; Cameron Masterman 1
RBI: Christian Knapczyk 1 ; Dalton Rushing 2 ; Cameron Masterman 2 ; Chris Seng 1 ; Tyeler Hawkins 1 ; Jack Payton 1 ; Ben Bianco 3 ; Levi Usher 3 ; Logan Beard 2 ; Noah Smith 1
SF: Dalton Rushing 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Christian Knapczyk 2 ; Ben Metzinger 1 ; Dalton Rushing 2 ; Brandon Anderson 1 ; Cameron Masterman 1 ; Chris Seng 1 ; JT Benson 1 ; Austin Bode 1 ; Isaac Humphrey 1 ; Tyeler Hawkins 1 ; Jack Payton 2 ; Ben Bianco 1 ; Levi Usher 2 ; Logan Beard 1 ; Noah Smith 1
SB: Christian Knapczyk 1 ; Ben Metzinger 1 ; Levi Usher 2
HBP: Brandon Anderson 1 ; Chris Seng 1 ; Levi Usher 1
Game Leaders
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