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Baseball -- Wyatt Henseler vs. Wagner
Hunter Martin
5
Winner Penn PENN 24-13, 12-4 Ivy
4
Cornell COR 6-24, 5-11 Ivy
Winner
Penn PENN
24-13, 12-4 Ivy
5
Final
4
Cornell COR
6-24, 5-11 Ivy
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Penn PENN 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 9 0
Cornell COR 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 6 2

W: Coady, Owen (5-3) L: Edwards, Spencer (1-3) S: Ozmer, Carson (4)

9
Penn PENN 24-14, 12-5 Ivy
11
Winner Cornell COR 7-24, 6-11 Ivy
Penn PENN
24-14, 12-5 Ivy
9
Final
11
Cornell COR
7-24, 6-11 Ivy
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Penn PENN 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 9 12 1
Cornell COR 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 X 11 15 0

W: Porter, Ryan (1-0) L: Zeldin, Brian (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Henseler Sets Career Home Run Record in Baseball's Doubleheader Split with Cornell

ITHACA, N.Y. - The University of Pennsylvania baseball team split a doubleheader Friday afternoon against Cornell, with the Quakers taking Game 1, 5-4, and Cornell taking Game 2, 11-9
 
Quaker Notemeal How it Happened -- Game 1
The Quakers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning, thanks to a two-run double from freshman Ryan Taylor. The two-bagger brought home the other two freshmen in the starting lineup, Baker and Pokrovsky.
 
 
In the bottom half of the inning, Penn starter Owen Coady conceded three runs as the Big Red took the lead 3-2.
 
The teams traded zeroes in the third inning, but the Quakers knotted things back up in the top of the fourth. Asa Wilson doubled with one out to set the table for Palis, who drove in the catcher with a two-out double of his own knotting the score at three.
 
 
Cornell would threaten again in the bottom of the fifth with a leadoff single, but Coady would work around that with back-to-back strikeouts and a nice backhand play by Baker.
 
The Quakers would jump back in front with a two-spot in the sixth inning. Wilson was hit by a pitch and advanced on a Seth Werchan sacrifice bunt. The next batter, Palis, reached on a throwing error, with Wilson coming all the way around to score. Appel then brought home Palis with an RBI double down the left field line.
 
 

With one out in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Big Red loaded the bases, knocking Coady out of the game. Reliever Will Tobin conceded a run on a wild pitch, but kept the Quakers in front heading to the seventh inning.
 
Tommy Delany came on in the seventh and worked two scoreless innings, striking out four. In the ninth, Coach John Yurkow turned to Carson Ozmer and the side-armer locked down the win for his 4th save of the season.
 
How it Happened - Game 2
The Quakers got going quickly, with Appel singling with one out in the first, bringing Henseler to the plate. The third baseman stepped in and launched his 13th home run of the year, and the 27th of his career, setting the new all-time Penn record.



Baker and Miller followed with back-to-back singles, and a wild pitch to Taylor plated Ben Miller. Cornell came right back and scored a run in the bottom of the first, but Penn got the run right back in the top of the second inning on a Palis double that brought home Werchan. 
 
Game 2 starting pitcher Cole Zaffiro got two quick outs in the bottom of the second inning, but a two-out single and two-run homer got Cornell back within a run at 4-3, and a three-run homer in the bottom of the third shot them out in front, 6-4.
 
Each team had opportunities, but the score remained unchanged until the top of the seventh. Henseler led off with a single, and then advanced to second base on a balk. The next two batters, Baker and Miller, would each fly out, advancing Henseler to third, then home, pulling Penn back within a run.
 
With the Quakers down to their last six outs, Werchan worked a walk to start things for Penn, and was sacrificed to second by Palis, bringing Appel to the plate. On a 1-0 count, the switch-hitting senior ripped a go-ahead home run over the left-center field wall.
 
 
Penn's lead was short-lived, as the Big Red stormed back with five in the bottom of the 8th, jumping back in front 11-7.
 
The Quakers threatened in the top of the 9th inning, loading the bases on three consecutive walks, scoring twice and bringing the go-ahead run to the plate, but the tying runs were stranded on base to end the game.
 
Up Next
The teams will play a rubber game tomorrow afternoon at 11 a.m.
 
 
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