WEST HAVEN, Conn. (Interstat) — Yale defeated Columbia 12-3 on Friday afternoon at Yale Field. The Bulldogs took control after the Lions jumped out to an early lead.

Columbia scored three runs in the top of the first inning on a Jackson Brewer RBI groundout. Yale answered with two unearned runs in the bottom half. The Lions reclaimed a 3-2 lead in the third on Cole Fellows’ RBI single, but Yale tied it in the bottom of the inning on Jack Dauer’s RBI single.

The Bulldogs seized command in the fourth when Chris DiPrima doubled to center field for three RBIs, making it 6-3. Yale added a run in the fifth on Davis Hanson’s RBI double, then pushed across a run in the seventh on Owen Turner’s RBI single. The Bulldogs erupted for four runs in the eighth, keyed by Garrett Larsen’s RBI double and two unearned runs on a Columbia error. Columbia scored an unearned run in the ninth.

Yale outhit Columbia 10-9. The Bulldogs improved to 28-13 overall; the Lions fell to 14-23-1.