Jimmy Chatfield and Jake Gehri hit back-to-back homers and Colton Shaw tossed six solid innings to lead the Bulldogs to an 18-5 victory at Cornell on Sunday afternoon.

With the win, the Bulldogs improved to 13-8 and 4-2 in Ivy League play. 

The Bulldogs scored two in the first and four in the second and never trailed in the game.  Yale got things going in the first.

Mason LaPlante and Colton Shaw pulled off a double steal, with LaPlante scoring on the play to put Yale on the board.  Ben Metzner added a run-scoring single to give Yale a 2-0 lead after one.  

In the second, Alec Atkinson started the scoring with a sac fly.  Chatfield blasted a two-run shot and Gehri followed with a solo homer to make it 6-0.  

Yale scored four more in the fifth, with Gehri and Shaw doing the damage. Shaw drove home Jeff Pierantoni with a hit, and Gehri scored Atkinson and Shaw.

Shaw allowed two runs over six innings, struck out five and held the lead.  Quinn Cleary allowed two earned over the seventh and eighth.  Ben Gibbs struck out the side in a scoreless ninth.

Up next, the Bulldogs travel to Fairfield on Wednesday.

IT'S OUTTA HERE!

Jimmy Chatfield with the 2-run blast! ??#ThisIsYale pic.twitter.com/aZrcNmc1iW

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BACK TO BACK!

Jake Gehri follows Jimmy Chatfield with a solo homer! ??#ThisIsYale pic.twitter.com/JcauWqIEiH

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