Dartmouth Drops Both Ends of Doubleheader to Cornell

Saturday, May 6

Hanover, N.H.

11:30 AM

Dartmouth College

2-35, 1-18

Cornell

8-25, 7-12

Cornell

Dartmouth

Zackarie Casebonne had three hits, gunned down one runner and tagged another out at the plate.

Photo by: Doug Austin

Dartmouth Drops Both Ends of Doubleheader to Cornell

5/6/2023 6:43:00 PM | Baseball

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Elliot Krewson had four hits on the day while Zackarie Casebonne produced three

By: Rick Bender

HANOVER, N.H. — Coming off its first win in a month and a half, the Dartmouth baseball team could not build any momentum against visiting Cornell on Saturday at Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park as the Big Red swept the Ivy League doubleheader by scores of 6-2 and 7-2. Cornell (9-25, 8-12 Ivy) limited the Big Green (2-36, 1-19 Ivy) to four runs and 14 hits in the twinbill, though Dartmouth did not strike out once for the first time in 10 years in the nightcap.

The Big Red four home runs in the two games, two courtesy of Sam Kaplan. Leadoff hitter John Quinlan provided five hits on the day, scoring three runs and driving in two, and in the second game, Nathan Waugh fell a triple shy of the cycle while Wils Guy needed a home run for the cycle.

Elliot Krewson led the Dartmouth offense with four hits, finishing a four-bagger short of the cycle in the opener, and Zackarie Casebonne chipped in three knocks.

Cornell took the lead in the third inning of the first game against Devin Milberg, who issued a one-out walk before surrendering back-to-back RBI doubles to Quinlan and Max Jensen. After the latter stole third, Waugh brought him home with a fly to right for a 3-0 lead.

The game did not change until the eighth inning when Kaplan cranked a two-run blast into the netting above the fence in left-center to give the Big Red a 5-0 advantage. But Dartmouth battled back in the bottom half, loading the bases with one down on a Max Zajec double and a pair of walks. When Connor Bertsch delivered a two-run single through the hole on the left side, the Big Red summoned Carter Mayfield from the pen. He promptly fanned the next two hitters, and after Cornell tacked on an unearned run in the ninth, gave up a mere two-out single before finishing off the victory for his second save.

Spencer Edwards (2-3) earned the win by hurling shutout ball into the eighth before producing a final line of two runs on eight hits and four walks over 7.1 innings, striking out four along the way.

Milberg (0-3), making his fifth career start and had not allowed a run in any of the first four over 12 innings, provided a quality start, three earned runs over six stanzas. He gave up just four hits and a pair of base on balls while fanning a personal-best five batters.

Following the Senior Day ceremony honoring Dartmouth's seven graduating seniors between the two games, the Big Green were energized and scored first in the second game. Tyler Cox, playing for the first time since March 26, drew a two-out walk, went to second on a Kolton Freeman single and sprinted home when Casebonne lined a single to center for the 1-0 advantage.

It didn't take long for the lead to be erased as Kaplan, with one down in the third, sent a high drive to right that the wind carried right out of the ballpark and off of Leverone Field House, knotting the game at one.

Another walk, this time issued to Tyler Robinson, set up the second Big Green run in their half of the third, as he stole second and scampered to third when the throw sailed into center field. Krewson got the job done with his RBI grounder to short, putting Dartmouth back on top by a run.

But again, Cornell rode the jet stream to right with Matt Barnhorst providing the round-tripper leading off the fourth, his third of the year, tying the game at two. And the Big Red tacked on another run on a one-out walk, a pair of singles to load the bases and a grounder by Waugh, who beat the relay to first to deny the double play and allow the go-ahead run to score.

Cornell knocked Trystan Sarcone from the box in the sixth on a bunt single by Quinlan and an RBI single by Waugh, making it a 4-2 ball game. The Big Red threatened again in the seventh when Guy split the gap in right-center for a leadoff triple, but reliever Luke Carpenter proceeded to strike out the side and keep Dartmouth within two.

Waugh launched his homer onto Park Street beyond left field with two gone in the eighth, and the Big Red added two insurance runs in the ninth on a pair of walks with the bases full.

Ethan Hamill (2-6) worked his way in and out of trouble over five-plus innings to pick up the winner. The right-hander yielded three hits and a season-high six walks, but those led to just two runs, only one of which was earned. Beck Urofsky shut the Big Green bats down the rest of the way, tossing four scoreless stanzas on two hits and one walk to lock down his first save. Waugh, Quinlan and Guy each had three of their team's 14 hits with Waugh driving in three.

Sarcone (0-7) was stuck with the defeat for allowing four runs on 10 hits and four walks over 5.1 innings while striking out two. Casebonne had two of Dartmouth's five hits, his first multi-hit game of the year.

Dartmouth hosts Cornell one more time tomorrow with one final chance to win a home game this season. First pitch is scheduled for noon, and the game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Wayne Young '72 and Brett Franklin calling the action. Live stats also will be available through DartmouthSports.com, the official website of Dartmouth Athletics.

Notes: The last time Dartmouth did not strike out in a game was on March 22, 2013 in a 10-3 win over Babson … the last Division I team to not strike out a Big Green batter in a game was UMBC on March 21, 2011 … senior Will Shepherd, a 2021 finalist for Dartmouth Idol, sang the national anthem prior to the game.