Harvard added another tally in the fourth when sophomore right fielder Lance Salsgiver scored on a single by sophmore left fielder Chris Mackey.
After the Tigers scored their lone run in the fifth on an RBI double by first baseman Stephen Wendell, the Crimson added two more insurance runs. Sophomore second baseman Zak Farkes drove in both, the first coming on a sixth inning solo home run and the second on an eighth inning double that scored Hale.
The home run was Farkes’ Ivy League-leading sixth of the season.
Farkes finished the game 3-for-4 and Hale was 2-for-4. Hendricks had a double and an RBI.
HARVARD 11, PRINCETON 7
Multimedia
With Princeton’s star pitchers Ross Ohlendorf and Erik Stiller already burned in a two-game set with Dartmouth the day before, the Crimson probably expected to put up some runs in Sunday’s doubleheader.
It did just that in the first game, racking up 11 runs on 10 hits behind a 2-for-3, three-RBI ouput from sophomore designated hitter Frank Herrmann.
After falling behind 6-0 after two innings, Harvard needed all the offense it could get.
The Tigers roughed up freshman starting pitcher Jake Bruton for three earned runs before he was relieved by Herrmann, who earned the win, after recording only one out. A two-RBI single by designated hitter Will Venable off of Herrmann then put Princeton ahead 5-0 after one.
Trailing 7-2 entering the sixth inning, Herrmann got the comeback started by blasting a two-run homer to score junior catcher Schuyler Mann and pull Harvard within three, 7-4.
Three consecutive singles off the bats of Salsgiver, Mackey and freshman pinch hitter David Bach loaded the bases for junior shortstop Ian Wallace, who singled to right field to score Salsgiver. Hale then tied the game at 7-7 with a two-RBI single to left.
Hale later scored on a fielder’s choice to give the Crimson an 8-7 lead. In all, the Crimson scored seven runs in the frame.
Brian Kappel (0-2), who relieved starting pitcher Eric Walz in the sixth, took the loss for Princeton.
HARVARD 2, CORNELL 0
Morgalis tossed a complete game shutout and his roommate Hendricks drove in both Crimson runs as Harvard picked up its first Ivy win of the season in the second game of a doubleheader with Cornell (4-13, 1-1) at Hoy Field.
Read more in Sports
Brine Deserving of Number Nine