Game 1 Box Score

Game 2 Box Score

PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania baseball team completed the four-game, weekend sweep of Princeton Sunday at Meikejohn Stadium, 17-5 and 10-2. The Quakers now control sole possession of first place in the Ivy League Gehrig Division standings after the third weekend of conference play, while also extending their home win streak over Princeton to eight.

GAME 1
Princeton 3, Penn 17
WP: Gabe Kleiman (2-0) LP: James Proctor (1-4)

GAME 2
Princeton 2, Penn 10
WP: Mike Reitcheck (3-3) LP: Ben Gross (3-3)

BY THE NUMBERS
*7 - Daniel Halevy drove in seven runs in the game one win, setting a single-game high and tying for the most RBI in a game since Greg Zebrack did so against Villanova on March 27, 2012. Zebrack fell a single shy of the cycle that day.
*8 - Gabe Kleiman struck out eight in his second win of the season in game one, setting a new career-high for the junior lefty.
*17 - Penn posted 17 runs in Sunday's opener - the most in a game this season - falling just shy of the mark set by the 2016 team that scored 19 times in a win over Yale (4/3/2016).
*22 - Tim Graul extended his team-high on-base streak to 22 games with multi-hit games in both ends of the doubleheader. The senior is batting .440 (37-84) with ten doubles and 24 RBIs in his last 22 games, while the Quakers have gone 16-6 over that stretch.
*36 - With a double in each game Sunday, Tim Graul now has 36 in his career which moves him into a tie for sixth on Penn's all-time career doubles list with Nate Moffie. 
*86 - The Quakers improve to 12-1 at home this season following the four-game sweep of Princeton, and have outscored their opponents 86-42 in those 13 games.
*242 - The Penn pitching staff struck out eleven Princeton batters Sunday, increasing its total to an Ivy League-leading 242 on the season. That total is currently good for ninth all-time in a single season with ten games remaining.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Game One
After two scoreless innings from Gabe Kleiman to begin game three of the series Sunday, Matt McGeagh broke the scoreless tie with a solo home run to left to lead off the bottom of the second on the first pitch he saw from Princeton starter James Proctor. The solo shot was McGeagh's fifth of the season and second at Meiklejohn Stadium this year.

The Tigers (9-22, 5-7 Ivy) responded with a tally of their own to tie the game at one when Nick Hernandez singled and stole second in the top of the third before coming around to score on a single to left from Cody Phillips.

Tim Graul continued his hot streak at the plate, extending his on-base streak to 21 games with a go-ahead, RBI double to right-center in the fourth to drive in Chris Adams who was hit by a pitch to lead off the frame. Graul's double was the tenth of the season and 35th of his career - moving him into seventh on the all-time list.

Penn broke the game wide open in the bottom of the fifth, erupting for six runs on five hits. With one out and Graul at first, Sean Phelan drove the first pitch he saw over the wall in right-center for a two-run home run - his first of the season - to give Penn a four-run lead. Phelan's long ball was only the start, however, as McGeagh, Andrew Murnane and Tommy Pellis all reached to load the bases with two outs for Daniel Halevy. The junior followed with a towering grand slam to left for his third home run of the season - setting a new single-season career-high - to make it a 9-1 game after five complete.

The offensive onslaught carried into the sixth, as the Quakers batted around for the second time in the game to put up a season-high eight runs in the inning on seven hits. Murnane, Halevy, Graul and Adams all produced run-scoring singles before Phelan capped off the frame with a two-run double to right-center for his third and fourth runs batted in.

Gabe Kleiman tossed five and two-thirds innings on the mound, allowing just three runs while striking out a career-high eight to pick up his second win of the season. Every starter in the lineup recorded at least one hit in the 17-5 victory, led by Halevy and McGeagh with three each.

Game Two
The Quakers jumped all over Princeton starter Ben Gross, who entered Sunday with an Ivy League-best 1.46 ERA. Graul lined a one-out single in the bottom of the first to extend his on-base streak to 22 games before Phelan drove him in with a double to left-center to get Penn on the board first. After McGeagh singled to right to put runners on the corners with one out, Pellis lined a base hit to center on the first pitch he saw to make it a two-run lead.

Penn tacked on three more in both the second and third innings, as Adams, Graul and Phelan combined to drive in five of those six runs. Graul and Phelan produced run-scoring singles in the second before Adams came through with a two-out, two-run double to right-center to extend the lead to seven. Graul followed with his second run-scoring knock in as many innings - this time a ringing double to left to score Adams - as the Quakers took a commanding 8-0 lead into the middle innings.

After failing to score in the fourth for the first time since the first inning of game one, Penn put two more runs on the board in the fifth to take a 10-2 lead. The top of the order was back at it again, as Adams lined a two-out single to right and came around to score on a Graul triple into the left field corner. Phelan capped off the inning with his fourth hit of the game - a run-scoring double to left-center to score Graul.

Left-hander Mike Reitcheck rebounded from his last start at Yale, going the distance in game four of the series for his second complete-game of the season to close out the weekend sweep of Princeton. Reitcheck only struck out three on the day, but found success in pitching to contact all afternoon en route to his third win of the year.

The Quakers cruised to a 10-2 victory in game two, making it the second-consecutive home sweep of Princeton at Meiklejohn Stadium. Adams, Phelan and Graul finished a combined 10-for-14 with eight RBIs at the top of the order, as Pellis provided the ninth run batted in for Penn.

WHAT'S NEXT

Penn (18-14, 8-4 Ivy) returns to action Tuesday in the Liberty Bell Classic Championship against La Salle at Citizens Bank Park. The Quakers are seeking their first-ever Liberty Bell title in their second visit to the championship game in program history. First pitch is scheduled for 5:30 p.m., and tickets can be purchased the day of the game at the West ticketing windows of Citizens Bank Park.

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