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Ben Rounds
18
Winner Princeton PRIN 10-11, 4-0 Ivy
9
Harvard HARV 5-16, 2-2 Ivy
Winner
Princeton PRIN
10-11, 4-0 Ivy
18
Final
9
Harvard HARV
5-16, 2-2 Ivy
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Princeton PRIN 3 1 2 0 1 2 5 0 4 18 18 0
Harvard HARV 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 3 9 6 4

W: Justin Kim (4-0) L: Driver, Jay (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Jacobsen, Rounds Hit Homers, Baseball Falls to Princeton in Series Opener, 18-9

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior Will Jacobsen and junior Ben Rounds each hit home runs, but Harvard University baseball fell to Princeton University, 18-9, on Friday afternoon at O'Donnell Field in the series opener of its first Ivy League home series of the season.
 
The Crimson (5-16, 2-2 Ivy) pulled within 7-5 in the fifth inning following a three-run homer from Jacobsen and two-run shot from Rounds before the visiting Tigers (10-11, 4-0 Ivy) plated seven runs over the sixth and seventh frames to gain separation.
 
Rounds hit his team-high fifth home run of the season while Jacobsen launched his second homer of the year.
 
Due to weather, officials revised the weekend series' format to begin with a single game on Friday. The final two games of the series are tentatively slated for Saturday and Sunday. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Sunday if Saturday's contest is rained out. 

Harvard Highlights

  • Junior Ben Rounds hit his team-high fifth home run of the season alongside two RBIs, two runs, and three walks.
  • Senior Will Jacobsen notched his second homer of the year, registering three RBIs, a run, and a walk.
  • Junior Chris Snopek tallied his seventh double of the season and worked a walk.
  • Senior Logan Bravo totaled two hits, a double, an RBI, two runs, and a walk.
  • Sophomore Sawyer Feller contributed an RBI on a sacrifice fly.
  • Junior Jake Berger added an RBI, a run, and two walks. 

How It Happened

  • The Tigers opened the game with a 6-0 lead through three innings, scoring three runs in the first, one in the second, and two in the third.
  • The Crimson cut into the lead with a three-run home run to left center field from Jacobsen, bringing Harvard within 6-3 in the bottom of the fourth. Princeton moved ahead 7-3 with a run in the top of the sixth.
  • Harvard trimmed the margin to 7-5 in the last of the fifth as Rounds launched a two-run homer to right field, notching his team-high fifth homer.
  • Princeton plated two runs in the sixth and five runs in the seventh to stake itself to a 14-5 edge.
  • In the bottom of the eighth, Feller hit a line drive to center field to bring in a run with a sacrifice fly.
  • Princeton added four runs in the top of the ninth.
  • In the bottom of the ninth, Bravo hit an RBI double, and Berger brought in a run with a ground ball. Bravo later scored on a wild pitch.

Next Up

Harvard is tentatively slated to complete the series with Princeton with a single game on Saturday, Apr. 1 at 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+) and a single game on Sunday, Apr. 2 at noon (ESPN+). If Saturday's contest is rained out, the two teams will finish the series with a doubleheader on Sunday, Apr. 2 beginning at 11:30 a.m. (ESPN+).
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