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Another Tough Road Test for Baseball at Yale
4/8/2022 4:26:00 PM | Baseball
The Big Green are looking for their first series win over the Bulldogs since 2015
DARTMOUTH (10-12, 3-3) at YALE (13-8, 4-2)
April 9-10, 2022 • George H.W. Bush '48 Field • New Haven, Conn.
Road Doesn't Get Any Easier
Last weekend, Dartmouth was tasked with taking on a Penn team — on the road — that was in the top 50 in the RPI. Now the Big Green hit the road once again to go up against the preseason favorite Yale Bulldogs, a squad that has won the last four series when matched up with the Big Green.
Overall Record vs. Yale
• The two teams have met 234 times on the diamond with the Bulldogs leading 131-102-1.
• The Bulldogs have hosted Dartmouth for 105 games since the steel and concrete structure was built at the recently renamed George H.W. Bush Field in 1928, with the Green going 39-65-1 in those contests.
• Although Dartmouth has beaten the Bulldogs just once each season between 2016-19, Dartmouth has won 26 of the last 42 meetings going back to 2009.
• The last sweep in the series was by the Big Green in 2015, winning all four games in New Haven.
• Big Green head coach Bob Whalen enters this series with a 60-54 mark versus Yale.
• The first game in the series took place 141 years ago in 1881 when the Big Green defeated Yale, 6-3.
Scouting the Bulldogs
• Yale has a win over Auburn and two over Washington to its credit, then began Ivy play with a sweep at Princeton before dropping two of three at Cornell.
• While Penn led the league in scoring entering last weekend, the Bulldogs now hold that distinction at 6.81 runs per game with a slash line of .254/.362/.394.
• Jimmy Chatfield has been Yale's best threat at the plate at .351/.505/.622 with six homers and 25 RBIs, but Jake Gehri has overcome a slow start to hit six homers in the last five games (four in one game) with 17 RBIs.
• The Bulldogs love to run with a league-high 43 stolen bases led by Mason LaPlante who is 9-of-10 while four others have swiped five bags.
• The pitching staff ranks third in the league in ERA (5.57) and is one of three teams to have struck out more than one batter per inning.
• Yale leads the conference in fielding percentage (.973) with 21 errors but turned the fewest double plays (8).
Last Time Against Yale
Dartmouth opened a three-game series with the Bulldogs in Hanover by claiming a 7-5 victory thanks to some late-inning heroics and a little help from the Yale defense. The Big Green turned a 5-3, seventh-inning deficit into a 6-5 lead after loading the bases on three consecutive singles, a fielder's choice, an RBI double by Ubaldo Lopez and a throwing error. Bryce Daniel singled home an unearned insurance run in the eighth, and Max Hunter saved the game for Cole O'Connor who pitched 8.0 innings. Nate Ostmo and Matt Feinstein both homered early in the game.
The Bulldogs rebounded from the loss, however, to win the final two games and the series. Dartmouth did put a scare into Yale in the second game when it scored four times in the ninth and had the tying run at the plate with one out. But a double play grounder ended the unlikely comeback attempt and gave the Bulldogs a 7-4 win.
Yale finished off the shutout in the series finale as Kumar Nambiar twirled a two-hit shutout in a 4-0 final.
Probable Starting Pitchers
• Senior RHP Nathan Skinner (2-2, 4.55) is looking to rebound from a rough start at Penn where he surrendered three home runs. But he still boasts the team's best ERA and has a 4.7-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Yale will counter with RHP Mike Walsh (3-0, 3.82) who has allowed just one run in each of his first two Ivy starts (and is not the former Big Green head coach).
• For the second game, senior LHP Trystan Sarcone (3-1, 5.13) gets the nod. The reigning Ivy League Pitcher of the Week has a 2.88 ERA over his last four starts and yielded just one run in his first two league starts combined. His opponent on the mound will be RHP Grant Kipp (2-2, 7.71) who has struck out 16 in 12.1 Ivy innings but also allowed nine earned runs on 18 hits.
• The finale will feature a battle of two-way players with Dartmouth turning to senior RHP Justin Murray (1-3, 9.99) and Yale RHP Colton Shaw (2-2, 5.23). Twice Murray has pitched seven innings in a start this season, including a scoreless stint versus Brown with 10 strikeouts. Shaw has posted quality starts in both Ivy weekends thus far, allowing five runs on 13 hits and strikeouts in 13 innings. Both have produced similar numbers at the plate with Murray posting an .841 OPS and Shaw at .810.
What's Up Next
Dartmouth will complete an eight-game road stretch with a non-conference tilt at Albany (14-10) on Wednesday. Next weekend the Big Green return to Hanover for three games against Princeton (2-20, 0-6 Ivy).
Cox Surging
For the second time this season, sophomore Tyler Cox was chosen as the Ivy League Rookie of the Week. This time he earned the honor for his performance at Penn as he went 9-for-13 (.643) with a walk, two doubles, three runs, five RBIs and a pair of stolen bases. He scored both runs in the Big Green's 2-1 victory, and he did all he could to help Dartmouth earn a series victory by going 4-for-5 with two two-run doubles in a 10-9 loss. And while he had his streak of six straight multi-hit games end at UMass Lowell on April 5, he still managed to extend his hitting streak to 10 games with a bunt single. Over those 10 games, Cox is hitting an even .500 (21-for-42) with 15 runs and 11 RBIs. And his 16 hits in conference play easily lead the league.
House Flies
In each of the last two games, junior James House has hit a home run, both in the ninth inning. Granted, his homer at UMass Lowell was inconsequential Dartmouth suffered a 14-2 defeat, but his other long ball put a scare into Penn as it closed the gap to one before the Big Green came up short. Both big flies were also of the solo variety, making 10 of the 15 Dartmouth home runs this season coming with no one on base. Timing is everything …
Sarcone Pitcher of the Week
Tyler Cox wasn't the only Big Green player recognized for his play during the week prior to April 4 as senior Trystan Sarcone was named the Ivy League Pitcher of the Week. The southpaw held the Quakers' league-leading offense (at the time) to a solitary run over a career-long 7.2 innings, striking out seven along the way. Sarcone earned his third victory of the year in the 2-1 pitchers' duel.
Meet the Metzger
Junior Jack Metzger continued to shut down opposing hitters in the 2-1 win at Penn, retiring all four batters he faced for his third save. He then extended his scoreless streak to 11 innings with his first inning of work the next day, though an inherited runner did score. All good things must end, however, as he was touched for two runs the following frame, but he dropped his season ERA more than four full points since the start of his scoreless streak.
Kretzschmar and Cox for the Win
The Dartmouth offense struggled to put runs on the board in the second game against Penn, but thanks to the team-up of Tyler Cox and Kade Kretzschmar, the Big Green got all they needed. Cox led off the game with a single and came around to score eventually on a Kretzschmar RBI groundout. Then in the third inning, Cox drew a one-out walk, stole second, went to third on a single and scored on Kretzschmar sacrifice fly. Those two runs held up in the 2-1 win.
Cmeyla Doubles the Cmiles
Sophomore catcher Nathan Cmeyla has hit safely in seven of his last eight games, including a three-hit game in the 14-1 win over Brown. But he also stroked a double in each of the three games at Penn. Can he cmack another in the opener at Yale?
April 9-10, 2022 • George H.W. Bush '48 Field • New Haven, Conn.
Road Doesn't Get Any Easier
Last weekend, Dartmouth was tasked with taking on a Penn team — on the road — that was in the top 50 in the RPI. Now the Big Green hit the road once again to go up against the preseason favorite Yale Bulldogs, a squad that has won the last four series when matched up with the Big Green.
Overall Record vs. Yale
• The two teams have met 234 times on the diamond with the Bulldogs leading 131-102-1.
• The Bulldogs have hosted Dartmouth for 105 games since the steel and concrete structure was built at the recently renamed George H.W. Bush Field in 1928, with the Green going 39-65-1 in those contests.
• Although Dartmouth has beaten the Bulldogs just once each season between 2016-19, Dartmouth has won 26 of the last 42 meetings going back to 2009.
• The last sweep in the series was by the Big Green in 2015, winning all four games in New Haven.
• Big Green head coach Bob Whalen enters this series with a 60-54 mark versus Yale.
• The first game in the series took place 141 years ago in 1881 when the Big Green defeated Yale, 6-3.
Scouting the Bulldogs
• Yale has a win over Auburn and two over Washington to its credit, then began Ivy play with a sweep at Princeton before dropping two of three at Cornell.
• While Penn led the league in scoring entering last weekend, the Bulldogs now hold that distinction at 6.81 runs per game with a slash line of .254/.362/.394.
• Jimmy Chatfield has been Yale's best threat at the plate at .351/.505/.622 with six homers and 25 RBIs, but Jake Gehri has overcome a slow start to hit six homers in the last five games (four in one game) with 17 RBIs.
• The Bulldogs love to run with a league-high 43 stolen bases led by Mason LaPlante who is 9-of-10 while four others have swiped five bags.
• The pitching staff ranks third in the league in ERA (5.57) and is one of three teams to have struck out more than one batter per inning.
• Yale leads the conference in fielding percentage (.973) with 21 errors but turned the fewest double plays (8).
Last Time Against Yale
Dartmouth opened a three-game series with the Bulldogs in Hanover by claiming a 7-5 victory thanks to some late-inning heroics and a little help from the Yale defense. The Big Green turned a 5-3, seventh-inning deficit into a 6-5 lead after loading the bases on three consecutive singles, a fielder's choice, an RBI double by Ubaldo Lopez and a throwing error. Bryce Daniel singled home an unearned insurance run in the eighth, and Max Hunter saved the game for Cole O'Connor who pitched 8.0 innings. Nate Ostmo and Matt Feinstein both homered early in the game.
The Bulldogs rebounded from the loss, however, to win the final two games and the series. Dartmouth did put a scare into Yale in the second game when it scored four times in the ninth and had the tying run at the plate with one out. But a double play grounder ended the unlikely comeback attempt and gave the Bulldogs a 7-4 win.
Yale finished off the shutout in the series finale as Kumar Nambiar twirled a two-hit shutout in a 4-0 final.
Probable Starting Pitchers
• Senior RHP Nathan Skinner (2-2, 4.55) is looking to rebound from a rough start at Penn where he surrendered three home runs. But he still boasts the team's best ERA and has a 4.7-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Yale will counter with RHP Mike Walsh (3-0, 3.82) who has allowed just one run in each of his first two Ivy starts (and is not the former Big Green head coach).
• For the second game, senior LHP Trystan Sarcone (3-1, 5.13) gets the nod. The reigning Ivy League Pitcher of the Week has a 2.88 ERA over his last four starts and yielded just one run in his first two league starts combined. His opponent on the mound will be RHP Grant Kipp (2-2, 7.71) who has struck out 16 in 12.1 Ivy innings but also allowed nine earned runs on 18 hits.
• The finale will feature a battle of two-way players with Dartmouth turning to senior RHP Justin Murray (1-3, 9.99) and Yale RHP Colton Shaw (2-2, 5.23). Twice Murray has pitched seven innings in a start this season, including a scoreless stint versus Brown with 10 strikeouts. Shaw has posted quality starts in both Ivy weekends thus far, allowing five runs on 13 hits and strikeouts in 13 innings. Both have produced similar numbers at the plate with Murray posting an .841 OPS and Shaw at .810.
What's Up Next
Dartmouth will complete an eight-game road stretch with a non-conference tilt at Albany (14-10) on Wednesday. Next weekend the Big Green return to Hanover for three games against Princeton (2-20, 0-6 Ivy).
Cox Surging
For the second time this season, sophomore Tyler Cox was chosen as the Ivy League Rookie of the Week. This time he earned the honor for his performance at Penn as he went 9-for-13 (.643) with a walk, two doubles, three runs, five RBIs and a pair of stolen bases. He scored both runs in the Big Green's 2-1 victory, and he did all he could to help Dartmouth earn a series victory by going 4-for-5 with two two-run doubles in a 10-9 loss. And while he had his streak of six straight multi-hit games end at UMass Lowell on April 5, he still managed to extend his hitting streak to 10 games with a bunt single. Over those 10 games, Cox is hitting an even .500 (21-for-42) with 15 runs and 11 RBIs. And his 16 hits in conference play easily lead the league.
House Flies
In each of the last two games, junior James House has hit a home run, both in the ninth inning. Granted, his homer at UMass Lowell was inconsequential Dartmouth suffered a 14-2 defeat, but his other long ball put a scare into Penn as it closed the gap to one before the Big Green came up short. Both big flies were also of the solo variety, making 10 of the 15 Dartmouth home runs this season coming with no one on base. Timing is everything …
Sarcone Pitcher of the Week
Tyler Cox wasn't the only Big Green player recognized for his play during the week prior to April 4 as senior Trystan Sarcone was named the Ivy League Pitcher of the Week. The southpaw held the Quakers' league-leading offense (at the time) to a solitary run over a career-long 7.2 innings, striking out seven along the way. Sarcone earned his third victory of the year in the 2-1 pitchers' duel.
Meet the Metzger
Junior Jack Metzger continued to shut down opposing hitters in the 2-1 win at Penn, retiring all four batters he faced for his third save. He then extended his scoreless streak to 11 innings with his first inning of work the next day, though an inherited runner did score. All good things must end, however, as he was touched for two runs the following frame, but he dropped his season ERA more than four full points since the start of his scoreless streak.
Kretzschmar and Cox for the Win
The Dartmouth offense struggled to put runs on the board in the second game against Penn, but thanks to the team-up of Tyler Cox and Kade Kretzschmar, the Big Green got all they needed. Cox led off the game with a single and came around to score eventually on a Kretzschmar RBI groundout. Then in the third inning, Cox drew a one-out walk, stole second, went to third on a single and scored on Kretzschmar sacrifice fly. Those two runs held up in the 2-1 win.
Cmeyla Doubles the Cmiles
Sophomore catcher Nathan Cmeyla has hit safely in seven of his last eight games, including a three-hit game in the 14-1 win over Brown. But he also stroked a double in each of the three games at Penn. Can he cmack another in the opener at Yale?
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