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Alex Blagojevich (Tampa,
Fla.) finished the week with a .320 average, collecting eight hits, including
one double and the grand slam for six RBI on the week.
In the four game series versus Princeton, Columbia’s Steve
Compton (Springfield, Pa.) hit .667 (10-of-15) with two
doubles, two home runs and six RBI. He finished the series with a 1.200
slugging percentage and a .722 on-base percentage.
In game one on Sunday at Columbia, Princeton freshman
Gavin Fabian (Mission Viejo,
Calif.) surrendered just one run on five hits while throwing just 81 pitches.
His performance lowered his ERA to 2.52 and in 50 innings of work, he
has just two walks.
In 7 innings against Dartmouth, Brown senior RHP
Sam Jennings (New Ashford,
Mass.) allowed the League's number one hitting team just four hits and
one unearned run. He cruised through four straight hitless and six straight
scoreless innings in the 4-2 extra innings win.
Dartmouth senior Ed
Lucas (Deltona, Fla.) hit .12-for-23 (.522) with seven
runs scored and six RBI, and had a .607 on base percentage to pace Dartmouth
to a 5-1 record in Ivy games. Against Cornell, he went 6-for-9 with a
home run, double, four runs scored and five RBI in a doubleheader sweep.
Saturday against Brown, Lucas went 5-for-9 with a run and an RBI, including
a 4-for-5 effort in a 6-3 win. The next day, Lucas went 1-for-5 with two
runs scored, but also reached base four times on walks.
Cornell sophomore C/1B William
Pauly (Atlantic Beach, Fla.) drove in the winning run
versus Le Moyne with a double, giving the Red its first win over the Dolphins
in 13 games. In seven games last week, he led team with 14 total bases,
a .519 slugging percentage, a .400 on base percentage, and was second
on the team overall with his .324 batting average.
Dartmouth freshman Stephen
Perry (Milford, N.H.) recorded a win and a no decision
in two Ivy starts this week. Perry surrendered just one run and four hits
in six innings of work in a 13-6 win against Cornell Wednesday. He gave
up three earned runs in 6.1 innings of work in Dartmouth's 10-5 triumph
against Brown Sunday.
Harvard sophomore OF/RHP Lance
Salsgiver (Davison, Mich.) came in relief of Trey Hendricks
on Sunday and tossed three innings of two-hit ball as the Crimson took
the final game of a four-game set with Yale. Salsgiver faced 12 batters,
striking out six and walking just two.
Yale sophomore Alec
Smith (Turlock, Calif.) allowed one run and four hits
in a seven inning, complete game victory over Harvard last Saturday. Smith,
who earned his team-leading fifth win and lowered his ERA to 2.51 on the
season, has allowed three earned runs over his last 21.2 innings and has
won his last three conference decisions.
Cornell senior RHP Luke
Staskal (Vernon, Iowa) threw a four-hitter in a complete
game win 9-2 win over Penn. Staskal was the only Big Red pitcher to not
give up an extra base hit on the week and led all Big Red hurlers with
his five Ks.
Yale sophomore Matt
Stone (Irvine, Calif.) went 7-for-15 with seven RBI in
two doubleheaders, leading Yale to a 3-1 weekend against archrival Harvard,
including a 4-for-4 performance with two RBI in game one on Sunday.
In six League games, Brown freshman 1B/LF Devin
Thomas (Gainesville, Fla.) drove in a team-high 13 runs,
including a three in a walk-off homerun in the Bears thrilling 4-2 victory
over Dartmouth. He went 8-25 at the plate for a .320 average with four
doubles and four runs scored.
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