Baseball Welcomes Dartmouth For Season's First Home Ivy Series

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania baseball team continues Ivy League play this weekend when it hosts Dartmouth University at Meiklejohn Stadium.

Penn (14-7, 2-1) vs. Dartmouth (9-9. 2-1)
Game 1 | Saturday, April 2 | 11:30 a.m. | WATCH | STATS
Game 2 | Saturday, April 2 | 3 p.m. | WATCH | STATS
Game 3 | Sunday, April 3 | 12 p.m. | WATCH | STATS

The Series: Dartmouth
Game one will be the 178th meeting between Penn and Dartmouth. The series has historically been close, with the Big Green holding a 90-85-2 record against the Quakers.

Penn is 9-4-1 against Dartmouth under head coach John Yurkow, including a three-game sweep back in 2019 when they outscored the Big Green 49-19.

Projected Starters
Game 1: Kevin Eaise (1-1, 4.94 ERA, 27.1 IP) vs. Nathan Skinner (2-1, 3.00 ERA, 24.0 IP)
Game 2: Joe Miller (3-1, 4.76 ERA, 28.1 IP) vs. Trystan Sarcone (2-1, 6.75 ERA, 18.2 IP
Game 3: TBD vs. Justin Murray (1-3, 10.29 ERA, 21.0 IP)

NEWS AND NOTES: PENN
*The #QuakeShow ranks first in the Ivies in batting average (.309), slugging percentage (.456) on-base percentage (.388) and runs per game (7.1). The .309 average is also good for 20th in the country.

*Among qualifying hitters, Wyatt Henseler leads the conference in batting average (.438) and RBI (27), and ranks second in slugging percentage (.775), on-base percentage (.520), and home runs (seven).

*Henseler, Jackson Appel (.380), and Tommy Courtney (.355) rank 1st, 4th and 8th in the conference in batting average. Henseler's mark places him 14th in the country.

*Among qualifying pitchers, Owen Coady leads the conference in strikeouts (37), hits allowed (17) and runs allowed (eight). He's also second in ERA (2.70) and batting average against (.181).

*Coady, Joe Miller, and Kevin Eaise are 1st, 2nd, and 4th in the conference in strikeouts and 2nd, 8th, and 9th in ERA.

*Tommy Courtney went 3-for-5 against Lafayette on Tuesday, extending his hitting streak to six games, during which time he's hitting .516 with eight runs and eight RBI.

PENN BY THE NUMBERS
4 • Players with four RBI in a game this season: Henseler, Craig Larsen, Ben Miller, and Cole Palis.

5 • Pitchers with a 2:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio (or better) this season: Coady, Miller, Eaise, Cole Zaffiro, and Brendan Bean.

6 • Players who have started every game this season: Henseler, Larsen, Miller, Palis, Courtney, and Seth Werchan.

11 • Games in which Penn has allowed seven hits or fewer this season; the Red and Blue are 10-1 in those contests

22 • Penn's national ranking in strikeouts per nine innings (10.8).

23 • Runs scored by Appel this season, most by any Ivy athlete.

70 • Errorless chances for Appel this season, tops on the team.

82 • Difference in batting average for Penn and its opponents (.237).

84 • Consecutive starts for Courtney, who has not missed a game during his Penn career.

150 • Head coaching victories for John Yurkow, who reached the mark with Penn's win over Columbia on Sunday.

Scouting Dartmouth
Dartmouth enters the weekend winners of six of its last seven following a 3-8 start.

As a team, the Big Green have five everyday regulars hitting better than .300 with OPS' over .800, including Kade Kretzschmar, who brings a 10-game hitting streak into the series.

On the mound, Skinner has gone at least five innings and allowed no more than three runs in any of his four starts this season; his 10 strikeouts against Brown last Saturday were his season-high. Sarcone went six shutout innings against Brown last Saturday, striking out seven. Jack Metzger has allowed no earned runs over his last four appearances spanning 8.2 innings.

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Players Mentioned

#3 Jackson Appel: C; 6' 0"; Junior; S/R

#28 Brendan Bean: LHP; 6' 1"; Senior; L/L

#19 Owen Coady: LHP; 6' 3"; Junior; R/L

#27 Tommy Courtney: OF; 5' 10"; Senior; L/R

#22 Kevin Eaise: RHP; 6' 2"; Senior; R/R

#8 Wyatt Henseler: 3B; 6' 0"; Sophomore; R/R

#18 Craig Larsen: INF; 6' 0"; Senior; R/R

#2 Ben Miller: UTIL; 6' 1"; Junior; R/R

#33 Joe Miller: LHP; 5' 10"; Senior; L/L

#10 Cole Palis: IF; 6' 0"; Junior; L/R

#16 Seth Werchan: OF; 6' 3"; Junior; L/L

#12 Cole Zaffiro: RHP; 6' 2"; Sophomore; R/R

Players Mentioned

#3 Jackson Appel
: 6' 0"; Junior; S/R
: C

#28 Brendan Bean
: 6' 1"; Senior; L/L
: LHP

#19 Owen Coady
: 6' 3"; Junior; R/L
: LHP

#27 Tommy Courtney
: 5' 10"; Senior; L/R
: OF

#22 Kevin Eaise
: 6' 2"; Senior; R/R
: RHP

#8 Wyatt Henseler
: 6' 0"; Sophomore; R/R
: 3B

#18 Craig Larsen
: 6' 0"; Senior; R/R
: INF

#2 Ben Miller
: 6' 1"; Junior; R/R
: UTIL

#33 Joe Miller
: 5' 10"; Senior; L/L
: LHP

#10 Cole Palis
: 6' 0"; Junior; L/R
: IF

#16 Seth Werchan
: 6' 3"; Junior; L/L
: OF

#12 Cole Zaffiro
: 6' 2"; Sophomore; R/R
: RHP