Baseball Locked In and Ready for Ivy Weekend at Harvard

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania baseball team travels to Cambridge this weekend, continuing Ivy League play against Harvard in a series between two of the early conference leaders.

Penn (16-8, 4-2) vs. Harvard (13-10, 5-1)
Game 1 | Saturday, April 9 | 11:30 a.m. | WATCH | STATS
Game 2 | Saturday, April 9 | 3 p.m. | WATCH | STATS
Game 3 | Sunday, April 10 | 12 p.m. | WATCH | STATS

The Series: Harvard
Harvard has the series advantage with a 119-74-1 record against Penn dating back to 1886.

Even with Harvard taking two of three in the teams' last series back in 2019, Penn is 9-5 against the Crimson under head coach John Yurkow, including seven wins in eight games between 2014 and 2017.

Projected Starters
Game 1: Kevin Eaise (2-1, 4.45 ERA) vs. Tim Williamson (3-1, 4.60 ERA)
Game 2: Joe Miller (3-2, 4.37 ERA) vs. Adam Stone (2-2, 3.20 ERA)
Game 3: TBD vs. Jaren Zinn (2-1, 6.57 ERA)

NEWS AND NOTES: PENN
*Through two Ivy series, the #QuakeShow rank among the top three in in batting average (.310), extra-base hits (27), home runs (12), and slugging percentage (.533). On the mound, Penn's among the top three in WHIP (1.4), strikeouts (67), and opponents' batting average (.256), while sporting a conference-best .968 fielding percentage.

*Jackson Appel is hitting .458 through the first two Ivy series (8th in conference) with a 1.650 OPS (2nd in conference) thanks to a conference-leading five home runs. Ben Miller also ranks among the top 20 hitters with a .385 average and 1.179 OPS and ranks second, trailing only Appel in runs scored through the first two Ivy weekends.

*Eaise is one of only three pitchers with two Ivy League wins, while his 2.45 ERA and 15 strikeouts both rank 5th and his .214 opponent batting average ranks 6th among all conference hurlers.

PENN BY THE NUMBERS
2 • Appel and Tommy Courtney have two of the three multi-home run games among all players in Ivy League action this season.

4 • Penn has four everyday players hitting over .300 in Ivy action (Appel, Miller, Courtney, Craig Larsen).

5 • Penn has five pitchers who have thrown at least 10 innings while averaging more than a strikeout per inning (Eaise, Miller, Owen Coady, Cole Zaffiro, Danny Heintz).

6 • Six Penn hurlers have held opposing Ivy hitters under a .250 batting average (Eaise, Heintz, Bryce Mangene, Sam Bennett, Seth DeVries, David Shoemaker).

12 • Runs scored by Appel in Ivy play, tops in the conference.

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

Scouting Harvard
The Crimson took two of three from Brown last weekend a week after sweeping Cornell to open Ivy League play.

Through the first two conference series, Harvard is first in batting average (.353), on-base percentage (.434), strikeouts (76), and opponent batting average (.208). Chris Snopek and Spencer Williams have each hit .500 through the first two Ivy weekends with Snopek posting a .613 on-base percentage, second among qualifying hitters. Ben Rounds and Jake Berger are both hitting over .400 with OPS' over 1.000.

Chris Clark has picked up a win and a save in his two appearances in Ivy play, not allowing a run over 7.2 innings of work while allowing just six base runners and striking out nine.

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Players Mentioned

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

#32 Sam Bennett: RHP; 6' 1"; Senior; R/R

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

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

#5 Seth DeVries: RHP; 6' 1"; Senior; R/R

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

#29 Danny Heintz: RHP; 6' 6"; Sophomore; R/R

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

#21 Bryce Mangene: RHP; 6' 0"; Junior; R/R

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

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

#23 David Shoemaker: LHP; 6' 0"; Junior; R/L

Players Mentioned

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

#32 Sam Bennett
: 6' 1"; Senior; R/R
: RHP

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

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

#5 Seth DeVries
: 6' 1"; Senior; R/R
: RHP

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

#29 Danny Heintz
: 6' 6"; Sophomore; R/R
: RHP

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

#21 Bryce Mangene
: 6' 0"; Junior; R/R
: RHP

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

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

#23 David Shoemaker
: 6' 0"; Junior; R/L
: LHP