HANOVER, N.H. – The University of Pennsylvania baseball team scored early and often during an Ivy League sweep-sealing 17-3 victory over Dartmouth Monday afternoon.
The Quakers scored nine unanswered runs in the first two innings and 13 unanswered in the first three.
QUAKER NOTEMEAL
* Starting pitcher
Ryan Dromboski matches his career-high with six innings, striking out seven.
*
Brian Zeldin made his first appearance on the mound since March 20 of last year, allowing one run in two innings of work.
* Penn's offense matched its season-high with 18 hits while also drawing nine walks, its second-highest mark of the season, and striking out only three times, its lowest total of the year.
* For the second straight day, Penn's 1-5 hitters ((
Cole Palis,
Jackson Appel,
Ben Miller,
Davis Baker,
Wyatt Henseler) all had big afternoons, finishing the day a combined 13-for-25 with 13 runs and 13 RBIs
* Appel went 4-for-6 with a home run, four runs and six RBIs, finishing the weekend 8-for-15 with four extra-base hits, nine runs, and eight RBIs.
* Baker was 3-for-4 with two runs and four RBIs, wrapping the weekend 7-for-12 with three runs and six RBIs.
* Palis set the table tremendously, going 3-for-6, scoring all four times he reached base; he finished the series 5-for-15 with six runs scored.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Palis and Appel started the game with a walk and a double, with back-to-back productive groundouts scoring Palis. With two out, Henseler singled in Appel.
In the second, walks to
Justin Carboni,
Ryan Taylor and
Seth Werchan loaded the bases with one out. Appel took advantage of the RBI opportunity, plating two with a single, with Appel and Werchan each advancing an extra base on an attempted play at the plate.
Miller followed with a Palis-scoring single and a wild pitch plated Appel. Two more walks to Baker and Henseler reloaded the bases and the sixth walk of the inning, issued to
Jarrett Pokrovsky, forced in Miller. With two out, an infield single by Werchan paired with a fielding error scored Baker and Henseler. In all, Penn scored seven runs in the inning on just three hits.
Penn's offense stayed white hot in the third, with Palis and Appel starting the inning with back-to-back singles. After a wild pitch and Miller hit-by-pitch loaded the bases, Baker unloaded them with a triple down the right field line. He later came in to score on a groundout by Henseler.
Dartmouth got on the board with a run in the fourth and another in the fifth. In the sixth, Werchan led off with a single, advanced to second on a groundout, and scored on an Appel single.
That score held until the top of the eighth. Pinch-hitter
Calvin Brown led off with an infield single and Palis followed with a base hit of his own. Next up stepped Appel, who launched a towering fly ball into the netting beyond the outfield fence for his second round-tripper of the year.
Dartmouth pushed one across in the eighth for the final run of the game. Penn outscored the Big Green 36-13 during the series.
Up Next
Penn continues Liberty Bell Classic action Wednesday afternoon on the road against Saint Joseph's at 3:00 p.m.
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