Dartmouth Topped by Princeton in Ivy Opener, 10-6

Friday, March 24

Princeton, N.J. / Clarke Field

2:30 PM

Dartmouth College

1-14, 0-1

Princeton

7-11, 1-0

Dartmouth

Princeton

James House provided a two-run triple and a total of three RBIs on the afternoon

Photo by: Richard C. Lewis

Dartmouth Topped by Princeton in Ivy Opener, 10-6

3/24/2023 5:26:00 PM | Baseball

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James House drove in three runs to lead the Big Green

By: Rick Bender

PRINCETON, N.J. — Dartmouth battled back from an early 4-0 lead, but host Princeton powered up to hit four home runs on the day and subdue the Big Green, 10-6, in the Ivy League opener for both teams on Friday afternoon at Clarke Field. Kyle Vinci provided two of those round-trippers to lead the Tigers (7-11, 1-0 Ivy), while senior James House drove in three runs for Dartmouth (1-14, 0-1 Ivy).

Vinci wrapped up his day 2-for-4 at the plate — one of seven Tigers with at least two hits in the game — with three runs and three RBIs as Princeton pounded out 15 hits against three Dartmouth pitchers. Nick DiPietrantonio and Jake Bold also cranked two-run homers and Scott Bandura had two doubles and an RBI single for the hosts, helping the Tigers win the first game between the two teams at Princeton in seven years.

House collected his three RBIs on a two-run triple and an infield single, plus was hit by a pitch and scored a run. Sophomore Luke Carroll added a solo homer late, his team-leading second of the year, but it was not enough to keep the Big Green from dropping their seventh straight decision.

Trailing 4-0 after a four-run Princeton second fueled by an error and DiPietrantonio's two-run blast, Dartmouth answered right back with three runs of its own in the third, all coming with two gone. Sophomore Elliot Krewson drew a four-pitch walk, senior Connor Bertsch lined a single to center and House drove a pitch over the center fielder's head for his two-run triple. When freshman Milo Suarez laced a ball into right-center for an RBI single, the Big Green were back within a run at 4-3.

Princeton starter Jackson Emus was knocked from the box in the fifth when Krewson led off with another walk, stole second and came around to score on consecutive singles by Bertsch and House, tying the game at four. Reliever Justin Kim came on and fanned the first two batters he faced but then uncorked a wild pitch and committed a balk, allowed Bertsch to trot home with the go-ahead run.

That lead was short-lived, however, as Vinci belted a two-run dinger in the bottom half, putting Princeton back on top, 6-5, and ending Trystan Sarcone's day on the mound.

Sophomore reliever Danny Will held the Tigers scoreless for 1.2 innings, but the Princeton power surge continued in the seventh when Bold connected on his first collegiate homer to plate Bandura, and Vinci followed with his second round-tripper for back-to-back jacks.

Carroll got one of those runs back in the eighth with a two-out shot over the fence in deep left-center, but the Tigers boosted their lead back to four on Bandura's infield hit, scoring Eric Marasheski who had doubled with one down and taken third on a high chopper to third.

Kim (3-0) earned the win by hurling the final five frames while surrendering just one run on one hit — Carroll's four-bagger — without a walk and striking out six.

Sarcone (0-4) was stuck with the loss, yielding six runs, four earned, on eight hits over 4.1 innings while walking three and fanning five.

Following the game, it was decided to move Saturday's scheduled single game to Sunday as part of a doubleheader due to impending weather. The first game of the twinbill will be at 11 a.m., and both contests will be streamed live on ESPN+ with live stats available through the official site of Dartmouth Athletics, DartmouthSports.com.

Notes: Princeton improved to 101-94 all-time against the Big Green after Dartmouth had won nine of the previous 10 meetings … the Big Green had not lost their Ivy League opener since their last trip to Princeton in 2016.