Princeton at Dartmouth preview

HANOVER, N.H. (Interstat) — Princeton and Dartmouth will play the rubber match of their Ivy League series Sunday at Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park, with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m. The teams split a doubleheader Saturday, with Princeton winning the opener 6-1 and Dartmouth taking the nightcap 8-2.

The Tigers (12-24) and Big Green (11-21) enter the final game of the three-game set with identical 4-5 conference records.

The forecast calls for cloudy skies with a game-time temperature of 53 degrees.

Princeton will send right-hander Elliot Eaton to the mound. Eaton has struggled recently, taking losses in each of his past four starts. On Saturday against Dartmouth, he allowed six earned runs on no hits over 4 1/3 innings, walking six and striking out four. The junior has allowed 14 earned runs across his past two outings, spanning 10 1/3 innings.

Dartmouth counters with left-hander Nate Isler, who took a hard-luck loss in Saturday’s opener despite allowing three earned runs on six hits over seven innings with 11 strikeouts. Isler is 3-2 on the season with a 3.18 ERA. In his previous start, the sophomore earned a win at Harvard on April 18, yielding three earned runs over 4 1/3 innings with nine strikeouts.

Princeton won the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader behind a dominant performance from right-hander Liam Kinneen, who pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out four. Second baseman Isaac Lamson drove in two runs for the Tigers.

Dartmouth’s victory Saturday afternoon was powered by three home runs.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a 5-4 Dartmouth victory, though its ELO system gives Princeton a 50.6 percent probability to win.

Princeton hosts Siena on Wednesday before a three-game series against Harvard beginning May 2. Dartmouth hosts Merrimack on Wednesday before a three-game series against Manhattan beginning May 2, then travels to Yale on May 9.