“I always like playing St. John’s because it’s one of the better teams we face all year,” senior infielder Dan DeGeorge said. “Midweek games, we pitch guys that don’t get to pitch as much during the weekend. Playing St. John’s would have gotten a couple of guys some more innings.”
Princeton (16-16 overall, 8-8 Ivy League) now turns its attention to a pivotal four-game weekend series against Cornell.
The winner of the series will take home the Gehrig Division title and earn a spot in the Ivy League Championship Series the following weekend against the Rolfe Division winner.
The Tigers have been led all season by their starting rotation. The triumvirate of senior righthander Brad Gemberling, junior righthander David Hale and sophomore lefthander David Palms is as imposing as any group of starters in the Ivy League.
Lately, Princeton’s bats have started to emerge from a midseason slump. Though the team failed to put double digits on the board in any of its four games against Penn this past weekend, it continued to make good contact and hard outs.
Junior catcher Jack Murphy is currently tied with junior outfielder Brian Berkowitz for the team lead with four home runs and 25 RBI, and DeGeorge is tops with a .368 batting average.
“We’re starting to come together as a team finally,” DeGeorge said. “The bats are starting to heat up so that’s a good thing. This is our last Ivy League weekend, and we know what we have to do. We have to win three out of four, and we’re ready.”
This weekend, the Tigers will get a taste of a do-or-die situation. Only time will tell how Princeton will respond.
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