NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The University of Pennsylvania baseball team's offense was the story of the day Friday, as the Quakers picked up a 27-4 win over the Yale University Bulldogs in an Ivy League series opener from George H.W. Bush '48 Field.
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Penn (27-10, 13-2) scored 27 runs for the second time this season, the first coming back on April 9/10 against Harvard in a game that was suspended due to lightning.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
The Quakers jumped out to an early lead, scoring five runs in the first inning; all with two outs. Starting with back-to-back doubles from
Wyatt Henseler and
Ben Miller, two hit batsmen were followed by two walks, which
Nate Polo took full advantage of, driving in two more with a single. The five runs would be all the Quakers would need, but the offense was long done from scoring
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Ben Miller launched his sixth home run of the season in the second, putting two more on the board. The Quakers tacked on another run in the fourth on a
Jackson Appel solo shot.
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Kevin Eaise held the Bulldogs scoreless through the first three innings, striking out six along the way. In the fourth, he gave up two home runs as Yale (17-16, 7-9) closed to within 8-3, but Penn's bats provided additional breathing room in the fifth.
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Cole Palis lead off with a single and then stole second with
Andrew Hernandez at the plate. The senior, DHing in the game, would hit his first of three RBI doubles, plating Palis.
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Tommy Courtney sac fly and Appel single produced two more runs for the Quakers, who held a commanding 11-3 advantage.
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Eaise battled through a fifth inning that resulted in another run for the Bulldogs, but Penn through the 5th inning, where he gave up another run, but quickly ended the Bulldogs threat with a big strikeout with two outs and two runners on base… to the 6th inning we go.
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The Quakers doubled their run total for the day with an 11-run sixth inning put the Quakers up 22-4, which started with three straight singles from Henseler, Miller, and Larsen (which scored Henseler).Â
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Hernandez followed up with his second RBI double of the game, and Polo followed with a single driving in his third run of the day to make it 15-4.
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Courtney dumped a single into left field to load the bases, and Appel followed with a sac fly. Henseler was then hit by a pitch to reload them for Miller, who continued his great day at the plate, ripping a single into center field to score two more.
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After an infield single from Larsen, the bases were once again loaded for
Cole Palis, who drilled a double down the left field line for Penn's 19th and 20th runs of the day.
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Next up stepped Hernandez, who drilled his third RBI double of the day, this time scoring two.
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Seth Devries entered in the seventh for Eaise, and the senior worked a quick and easy scoreless 6th inning.
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The Quakers monster day at the plate was
still far from over, so they put up another five runs in the 7th. Polo led off with a long double, and
Cole McGonigal, pinch-hitting for Courtney, drove in Polo with a single on the first pitch, which made it a 23-4 game.
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As was the case in the first inning, back-to-back hit batsmen were followed by back-to-back walks, making the score 25-6.Â
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Freshman
Alex Gabauer came to the plate for his first plate appearance of the season, and, after a run came home on a wild pitch, he drove in a run with a groundout. Fellow Freshman
Eli Trop worked three scoreless, hitless innings, earning the save, striking out three batters over those three framesinnings.
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Quaker Notemeal
* Every Quaker who had an at bat had an RBI.
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* Devries now has pitched 12.2 innings to a 3.68 ERA, all out of the bullpen.
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* Miller set a career high in hits (four) and runs (five).
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* Henseler set a career high in hits (five) and runs (five).
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* Trop's three-inning outing was 1.2 innings longer than any of his six prior appearances this season.
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Up Next
The teams wrap the series tomorrow with a doubleheader schedule to begin at 11:30 a.m.
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