TicketsSPARTANBURG, S.C. – The University of Cincinnati baseball team fell to Princeton, 7-5, on Saturday morning at Harley Park in Spartanburg, S.C.
The game was postponed on Friday due to rain and resumed Saturday morning in the bottom of the fourth with Princeton leading 5-1. Cincinnati rallied with two runs in the ninth before falling 7-5 in the first of two meetings with the Tigers.
The Bearcats were led by redshirt junior Ryan Nicholson, who went 3-for-4 with a career-high two doubles, two RBI and a walk.
Sophomore Kerrington Cross furnished a noteworthy performance at the dish as well, going 1-for-2 with his third home run of the season. Sophomore Lauden Brooks put together two hits in five trips to the plate while adding an RBI.
Freshman Chase Horst (1-2) started and took the loss on the mound for Cincinnati. Sophomore pitcher Tommy O'Connor was a bright spot out of the bullpen, going 2.1 shutout innings while allowing two hits, walking two and striking out three.
// HOW IT HAPPENED
Cross put Cincinnati on the board in the first inning with a one-out solo home run off Princeton junior Matt Scannell. The Tigers then rallied to score five runs and take a 5-1 lead heading into the weather delay.
Brooks reached on an error to start the sixth and later came across to score the lone run of the inning. The Bearcats picked up another run on Nicholson's one-out RBI double in the seventh to make it 5-3.
The Tigers responded with two runs in the eighth to lead 7-3.
The Bearcats rallied in the ninth with two runs on two hits, but the comeback fell short. Nicholson doubled to right field to drive in Cross, who was hit-by-pitch. Brooks notched a two-out single through the left side to score Nicholson, but the Tigers would get a fly out on the next batter to close out the contest.
The game was postponed on Friday due to rain and resumed Saturday morning in the bottom of the fourth with Princeton leading 5-1. Cincinnati rallied with two runs in the ninth before falling 7-5 in the first of two meetings with the Tigers.
The Bearcats were led by redshirt junior Ryan Nicholson, who went 3-for-4 with a career-high two doubles, two RBI and a walk.
Sophomore Kerrington Cross furnished a noteworthy performance at the dish as well, going 1-for-2 with his third home run of the season. Sophomore Lauden Brooks put together two hits in five trips to the plate while adding an RBI.
Freshman Chase Horst (1-2) started and took the loss on the mound for Cincinnati. Sophomore pitcher Tommy O'Connor was a bright spot out of the bullpen, going 2.1 shutout innings while allowing two hits, walking two and striking out three.
// HOW IT HAPPENED
Cross put Cincinnati on the board in the first inning with a one-out solo home run off Princeton junior Matt Scannell. The Tigers then rallied to score five runs and take a 5-1 lead heading into the weather delay.
Brooks reached on an error to start the sixth and later came across to score the lone run of the inning. The Bearcats picked up another run on Nicholson's one-out RBI double in the seventh to make it 5-3.
The Tigers responded with two runs in the eighth to lead 7-3.
The Bearcats rallied in the ninth with two runs on two hits, but the comeback fell short. Nicholson doubled to right field to drive in Cross, who was hit-by-pitch. Brooks notched a two-out single through the left side to score Nicholson, but the Tigers would get a fly out on the next batter to close out the contest.