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Baseball Welcomes Princeton for Weekend Series
4/6/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown baseball team will continue Ivy League play this weekend when the Bears host Princeton for a three-game set at Attanasio Family Field at Murray Stadium. The first game of Saturday's doubleheader will start at 11:30 AM. Sunday's finale will start at 1 PM and will be broadcast on the Ivy League Network.
Probable Pitching Matchups
Saturday (GM1): RHP Collin Garner vs. RHP Ben Gross
Saturday (GM2): RHP Will Tomlinson vs. LHP Ryan Smith
Sunday: RHP Garett Delano vs. RHP Andrew Gnazzo
Ivy League Network: Sunday
Leading Off
- Brown is 2-4 in the Ivy League after playing two three-game sets against Penn and Yale.
- The Bears will kick off a seven-game homestand this weekend against Princeton.
- This is the first year of the new Ivy format. All Ivy teams will now play a 21-game league schedule without divisions, as each team will play three nine-inning games against all seven teams. The two teams with the best records will advance to the Ivy League Championship for a best-of-three series.
- The Bears dropped both games at Princeton last season. Sam Grigo and Willy Homza had four hits apiece in the doubleheader.
- Calvin Farris is ranked fourth in the Ivy League with a .357 batting average and Sam Grigo is ranked fourth with 19 RBIs.
- On defense, the Bears are ranked ninth in the nation in turned double plays per game (1.16).
- Brown will have three alums start their professional seasons this month, as J.J. Franco '14 will play for the St. Lucie Mets (NY Mets affiliate), Rob Henry '17 plays for the Carolina Mudcats (Brewers affiliate) and Christian Taugner '17 begins with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Brewers affiliate).
Last Time Out
- Brown (6-13) dropped three games at Yale last weekend.
- Brown had three players hit over .300 in the series, led by Hunter Carey, who batted .625 with two RBIs.
- Calvin Farris and Garett Delano hit .429 and .385 against the Bulldogs, respectively.
- Rookie Collin Garner tossed a strong outing in game one against Yale, allowing just one earned run over 7.0 innings with five strikeouts and one walk. He held the Bulldogs to a .130 batting average and recorded 12 straight outs to end the outing.
About Princeton
- Princeton (5-12, 2-1) most recently dropped a midweek contest to Monmouth, 7-1, on Thursday. The Tigers previously beat Cornell in the three-game series, 2-1, over the weekend to open Ivy play.
- Princeton went 7-12 in the Ivy League last season.
- Shortstop Asher Lee-Tyson leads the Tigers with a .317 batting average. Joseph Flynn is hitting .303 and paces the Tigers with 15 RBIs.
- Jake Boone was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week after hitting 4-for-9 against the Big Red last weekend.
- Ryan Smith is the team's best starting pitcher with a 4.82 ERA and leads the squad with 20 strikeouts.
Next Up
After the weekend, Brown will host Rhode Island on Tuesday at 3:30 PM.
