Alec Atkinson
Sam Rubin
Alec Atkinson
3
Winner Yale YALE 9-6
2
Princeton PRIN 2-14
Winner
Yale YALE
9-6
3
Final
2
Princeton PRIN
2-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yale YALE 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 8 1
Princeton PRIN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 1

W: Walsh, Mike (3-0) L: Emus, Jackson (0-3) S: Easterly, Reid (2)

14
Winner Yale YALE 10-6
8
Princeton PRIN 2-15
Winner
Yale YALE
10-6
14
Final
8
Princeton PRIN
2-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yale YALE 1 0 0 1 3 7 1 1 0 14 15 2
Princeton PRIN 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 8 14 6

W: Kipp, Grant (2-2) L: Chmielewski, Tom (1-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Ernie Bertothy

Yale Sweeps Princeton to Open Ivy Play

Jimmy Chatfield Homered in Both Games

The Bulldogs opened the Ivy League season with a doubleheader sweep at Princeton on Saturday afternoon.

Yale won the first game 3-2, and outslugged the Tigers 14-8 in the second.  The Bulldogs improved to 10-6 overall and have won eight of 10. 

In game one, Mike Walsh (3-0) tossed six solid innings to earn the victory and Jimmy Chatfield added two hits including his first of two homers on the day.  Reid Easterly came on to get the final eight outs to pick up his second save of the season.  

Alec Atkinson opened the scoring in the sixth with a two-run single to score Mason LaPlante and Colton Shaw.  Later in the inning, Chatfield launched a solo shot over the left field wall for his fourth homer of the season.  

Yale's defense ended the game on a nifty double play.  Atkinson ran into foul territory, caught a fly ball against the wall for the second out, turned and threw a strike to second where Tommy Martin tagged the runner attempting to move up from first.  

The Bulldogs offense provided a lift in game two.  Yale scored in five straight innings -- including seven runs in the sixth -- to pace the team to a sweep.

LaPlante went 4 for 6 with three runs scored and began the sixth-inning rally with a two-run single. Ben Metzner capped the sixth with a three-run shot down the right field line.  Metzner finished with five RBI in the game. 

Atkinson had two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored, while Colton Shaw went 2 for 5 with three runs scored.  

Grant Kipp (2-2) struck out nine over 6 and 1/3 innings to earn the win. Ben Gibbs came on in relief and allowed one earned run over the final 2 and 2/3 innings.

The two teams will close out the series tomorrow with a single game beginning at noon. 
 
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