Beasley pitches Tigers to 5‑1 win over Saints

PRINCETON, N.J. (Interstat) — James Beasley threw six strong innings and Jake Koonin hit a two-run homer to lead Princeton to a 5-1 victory over Siena on Wednesday afternoon at Bill Clarke Field. Beasley allowed five hits and no earned runs, striking out one, to improve the Tigers to 14-24. Princeton took an early lead in the first on a sacrifice fly by J. Kernodle, scoring Grant Werdesheim. Werdesheim added an RBI single in the second. Koonin’s home run in the fifth made it 4-1, and B. Kaufman’s sacrifice fly later in the inning pushed the lead to 5-1. Siena scored its lone run in the seventh on an RBI single by Bergamotto. The Saints, now 16-24, had seven hits but grounded into three double plays. Ryan Lundari pitched two hitless innings with three strikeouts for Siena. Princeton’s Ethan Hsu, Charlie Wolf and Will Sword each tossed a scoreless inning of relief. Werdesheim went 2-for-2 with an RBI, and Bennett Crerar added two hits.