| Probable Starting Pitchers |
| Day |
Cornell |
Yale |
| Sat. 11:30 a.m. ET |
RHP Carson Mayfield (2-2, 8.01 ERA) |
LHP Reid Easterly (2-5, 4.47 ERA) |
| Sat. 2:30 p.m. ET |
LHP Noah Keller (0-3, 5.26 ERA) |
RHP Colton Shaw (2-6, 5.04 ERA) |
| Sun. 12 p.m. ET |
RHP Ethan Hamill (2-1, 5.17 ERA) |
RHP Daniel Cohen (2-3, 5.91 ERA) |
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell baseball team seeks to extend its three-game win streak this weekend when it begins a six-game homestand with a three-game set against Ivy League rival Yale.
PARKING NOTICE
• Please be advised that due to limited parking at Booth Field, spectators are kindly asked to carpool to this weekend's contests.
• A shuttle van will transport fans to and from the East Hill Plaza parking lot if space on-site is full. A parking attendant will also be on-site to provide assistance.
LAST TIME OUT
• Junior right fielder
Kyle Musser hit his first collegiate home run — a three-run blast to left-center field — to cap a four-run ninth inning and seven unanswered runs scored by the Big Red in its 9-7 come-from-behind victory over Binghamton on Tuesday evening.
• Fellow junior outfielder
John Quinlan ignited the Cornell comeback by hitting a leadoff home run in the ninth inning.
• Senior right-handed pitcher
Story Kimura logged his first collegiate victory after hurling two scoreless innings of relief for Cornell, which has now won nine of its previous 11 along with its current three-game win streak.
WEEKEND REWIND
• Cornell posted its first series victory over Penn for the first time since 2019, and its first on the Quakers' home turf since 2018, to stake a two-game lead for second place over Penn, Princeton, and Yale, which are all tied for third in the Ivy League standings with identical 6-6 records.
• Freshman
Mark Quatrani, who was named the Ivy League's Rookie of the Week for the second time in three weeks, paced the Big Red's offense on the weekend behind his .462 average (6-for-13), chipping in a double and six RBI. Junior infielder
Max Jensen (five RBI) and junior outfielder
John Quinlan (seven runs, triple, two RBI) both registered .429 averages (6-for-14) on the weekend.
• The highlight of the weekend was sophomore outfielder
Caden Wildman, who became the first player in the 153-year history of Cornell baseball to hit multiple grand slams in a game, doing so in consecutive at-bats in the seventh and eighth innings in the Big Red's 18-11 victory in the nightcap of last Saturday's doubleheader.
• Wildman, who was named the Ivy League's Co-Player of the Week with Yale's Alec Atkinson, officially became the first Cornell player with an eight-RBI game in program history. The eight-RBI performance matched Princeton's Zach Belski (8 against Brown — April 10, 2016) and Columbia's Jack Cooper (8 against Marist — March 1, 2024) for the third-most RBI on record in a game by an Ivy League player.
• Dartmouth's Scott Shirrell (14 against Harvard — May 4, 2002) and Harvard's Pete Varney (9 against Washington & Lee — March 31, 1970) are the lone players with higher outputs in one game.
OFF TO A GOOD START
• After its first four weekends of Ivy League play, Cornell has an 8-4 record against Ancient Eight opponents, featuring the Big Red going 8-2 over its last 10 conference matchups.
• Cornell's two victories over Penn last weekend marked the 12th time since 1930 — when the Big Red joined the EIBL, which disbanded in 1992 — that it has posted at least eight wins by its 12th conference game, joining teams from 1939 (9-3), 1940 (10-1), 1941 (8-4), 1971 (8-4), 1972 (8-4), 1973 (8-4), 1977 (10-2), 1978 (8-4),
1980 (8-4), 1982 (8-4), and 2012 (10-2).
BEST 12-GAME STARTS TO CONFERENCE PLAY
Cornell Program History (Since 1930)
• 10-2 (1977, 2012)
• 9-3 (1939)
• 8-4 (1941, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1982, 2024)
• With a win over Yale this weekend, Cornell will have at least nine conference victories for the first time since 2018. It would serve as the program's third time in the Ivy League era (since 1993), and 13th overall time since 1930, that it has amassed nine wins within its 15th league game, joining teams from 1939 (9-3), 1940 (10-1), 1971 (9-4), 1972 (10-4), 1977 (11-3), 1978 (9-4), 1979 (9-4-1), 1980 (10-4), 1982 (11-4), 1984 (9-6), 1998 (10-5), 2012 (13-2).
• Should Cornell post two victories this weekend, it would be the Big Red's first 10-win season in conference play since 2013 (11-9), and the eighth time posting at least 10 wins under the Ivy League's direction (1995, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013). Only seven other Big Red teams have posted a double-digit win total by its 15th league game, having been accomplished in 1940 (10-1), 1972 (10-4), 1977 (11-3), 1980 (10-4), 1982 (11-4), 1998 (10-5), and 2012 (13-2).
• A sweep of Yale this weekend would be the ninth time in program history Cornell has won 11 conference games in a season and be the fourth time achieved by its 15th conference game, joining the squads from 1977 (11-3), 1982 (11-4), and 2012 (13-2).
DIGGING THE LONG BALL
• Despite having its 12-game home run streak snapped last Saturday, Cornell has a home run in 15 of its last 16 games, registering 29 of its 32 blasts during the span.
• Cornell's 32 home runs are the fifth-most in a season in program history and is six round-trippers shy of matching the program record set in 2009 (38).
MOST HOME RUNS IN A SEASON
Cornell Program History
1. 2009 (38)
2. 1999 (35)
3. 2001 (34)
4. 2022 (33)
5. 2024 (32)
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Kevin Hager's first-inning, three-run home run last Sunday was Cornell's 30th home run of the season, marking the first time in program history the Big Red has had three consecutive 30-home run seasons.
• Cornell has six grand slams on the year, the most bases-clearing home runs in a season on record in program history. The six grand slams are one fewer than the combined total over the previous nine years (eight seasons) combined.
TURNING THE CORNER
• Cornell's 11 wins this season have already surpassed its win total from the 2023 season. With its next win, the Big Red will have its highest win total since posting 14-win seasons in 2017 and 2018,
Dan Pepicelli's second and third years seving as the Ted Thoren Head Coach of Cornell Baseball.
• Entering this weekend, Cornell (11-13) is tied with Butler (14-21), Creighton (27-7), Houston Christian (13-22), New Mexico State (16-19), Northwestern (12-20), and Utah (24-11) for the fifth-best improved team from last season, having a one-game improvement from 2023. Dartmouth (10-16) and Florida State (30-6) pace the nation with their respective 31/2-game improvement from its 2023 win totals.
MOST IMPROVED TEAMS FROM 2023
This Season (as of 4/19/24)
T1. Dartmouth (3.5 games)
T1. Florida State (3.5 games)
3. St. Bonaventure (2 games)
T4. New Mexico State (1.5 games)
T4. St. Thomas (1.5 games)
T6. Butler (1 game)
T6. Cornell (1 game)
T6. Creighton (1 game)
T6. Houston Christian (1 game)
T6. Northwestern (1 game)
T6. Tennessee Tech (1 game)
T6. Utah (1 game)
LOOKING TO EXTEND THE STREAKS
• Senior catcher
Nathan Waugh enters this weekend riding a 28-game on-base streak that dates back to last season with a slash line of .296/.406/.491 with six doubles, five home runs, and 29 runs.
• Should Waugh reach base in the first two games of this weekend's series, he will be the first Big Red player since Nathan Ford (2008-09) to have a 30-game on-base streak, when he concluded his collegiate career by reaching safely in his last 42 consecutive games.
• Freshman catcher
Mark Quatrani enters the weekend riding a 12-game on-base streak, which includes his team-leading six-game hit streak. Quatrani is slashing .400/.518/.822 with two doubles, a triple, five home runs, and 23 RBI during his on-base streak, and .522/.621/.739 with a pair of doubles, one home run, and 10 RBI during his hit streak.
WHEN IT RUNS, IT POURS
• Cornell has shown a knack for scoring runs in bundles this season, as 138 of its 169 runs have come in multi-run innings (81.7 percent of its run production).
• Of the Big Red's 336 runs scored since the beginning of last season, 267 have come in innings featuring at least two runs crossing home plate (79.5 percent).
• Cornell has 40 multi-run innings this season through its first eight-plus weekends of play. In last weekend's series at Penn, 32 of the Big Red's 34 runs scored came in multi-run frames (94.1 percent).
Q'S PROVIDING THE A'S
• Junior outfielder
John Quinlan and freshman catcher
Mark Quatrani have been two of Cornell's most reliable hitters since the beginning of Ivy League play.
• Quinlan is hitting a team-leading .418 (23-of-55) in Ivy League play this season, trailing Penn's Wyatt Henseler (.428) for the conference lead in batting average.
• Cornell is the lone Ancient Eight program to have three players with 20-plus hits in Ivy League play, highlighted by Quinlan's league-leading 23 base knocks. Behind Quinlan is sophomore outfielder
Caden Wildman (20) and junior infielder
Max Jensen (20).
MOST HITS IN IVY LEAGUE PLAY
This Season
1. 23, John Quinlan (Cornell)
T2. 20, Caden Wildman (Cornell)
T2. 20, Max Jensen (Cornell)
T4. 19, George Cooper (Harvard)
T4. 19, Ryan Taylor (Penn)
T6. 18, Nathan Brasher (Brown)
T6. 18, Wyatt Henseler (Penn)
• Quatrani has five home runs in Ivy League contests, tied with Columbia's Sam Miller for second in the conference in home runs in league games, trailing Henseler (six) for the conference lead. Quatrani's 21 RBI lead the conference by four, ahead of Wildman and Columbia's Eric Jeon, who both have 17 ribbies.
MOST HOME RUNS IN IVY LEAGUE PLAY
This Season
1. 6, Wyatt Henseler (Penn)
T2. 5, Sam Miller (Columbia)
T2. 5, Mark Quatrani (Cornell)
4. 4, Jack Cooper (Columbia)
T5. Eight players tied with 3 (including Cornell's Caden Wildman and Matt Barnhorst).
• Four Cornell players have OPS figures in Ivy League play above 1.000, with Quatrani leading the way (1.310) and Quinlan (1.066), Wildman (1.044), and Jensen (1.044) behind the first-year catcher.
PLAYERS WITH 1.000+ OPS IN IVY LEAGUE PLAY
This Season
1. 1.593, Wyatt Henseler (Penn)
2. 1.310, Mark Quatrani (Cornell)
3. 1.205, Ben Rounds (Harvard)
4. 1.202, Skye Selinski (Columbia)
5. 1.099, Davis Hanson (Yale)
6. 1.066, John Quinlan (Cornell)
7. 1.063, Nathan Cmeyla (Dartmouth)
8. 1.055, Sam Miller (Columbia)
9. 1.046, Ryan Taylor (Penn)
10. 1.04444, Logan Meusy (Brown)
11. 1.04443, Caden Wildman (Cornell)
12. 1,04359, Max Jensen (Cornell)
13, 1.037, Cole Hage (Columbia)
14. 1.009, DJ Dillehay (Brown)
SCOUTING YALE
• Yale enters this weekend with a 12-17 overall record and a 6-6 mark in Ivy League play, which is tied with Penn and Princeton for third place in the Ancient Eight.
• The Bulldogs are coming off a series victory over Columbia last weekend in New York City, posting an eight-run comeback to take the opening game, 10-8, before falling in the nightcap of last Saturday's doubleheader, 10-3. Yale took the rubber match, 13-10, using a pair of five-run innings to claim its first series victory over the Lions since 2017.
• Over its last six games, Yale is 5-1 with its lone blemish coming in last Saturday's contest to Columbia. The Bulldogs took a midweek contest from its Nutmeg State rival Fairfield, 12-3, on Wednesday. In each of its last five victories, Yale has scored at least 10 runs and has 12-plus runs in four of its last five triumphs.
• Davis Hanson paces the Bulldogs' offense in numerous categories including batting average (.324), runs (22), hits (35), doubles (11), home runs (6), RBI (25), on-base percentage (.440), slugging percentage (.593), and OPS (1.033). Alec Atkinson is the only other Yale player to bat .300 on the season (.301), while he is one of two Bulldog players with 10-plus steals this season, going 16-of-18 on steal attempts.
• The Bulldogs have stolen 65 bases this season, the 38th-most by a Division I program this season. Its 2.24 steals-per-game average ranks 17th nationally.
• Another strength of the Bulldogs this season has been its pitching, combining for a 5.15 ERA which leads the Ivy League by 181 points (Penn — 6.96). It also leads the league in hits allowed per 9 innings with its 8.64 figure that is situated 44th among Division I programs heading into this weekend's slate.
• Reid Easterly paces the pitching staff with his team-leading 4.47 ERA over 54.1 innings pitched, where he has struck out 53 batters tied with Harvard's Sean Matson for the second-most punchouts by an Ivy League hurler.
136 YEARS, 255 MILES, 189 MEETINGS
• Yale owns the lead in the series with Cornell, 111-78, dating back to the first meeting between Ivy League rivals on May 17, 1887 in New Haven, Conn., where Bulldogs pitcher Amos Alonzo Stagg — inventor of the batting cage — pitched a five-hit complete game in the Bulldogs' 9-1 triumph.
• The Big Red has claimed the season series in each of the last two seasons, claiming victory in four of the last six games against the Bulldogs.
• With a series victory this weekend, it would mark the first time Cornell took three consecutive season series from Yale since doing so in four straight years from 1969-72 (1-0 in 1969, 2-0 in 1970, 1-0 in 1971, 1-0 in 1972), as a part of the program's six-game win streak over the Bulldogs, its longest win streak ever against Yale.
