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Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Jalen Campbell
Baseball Headed Back to Ivy League Tournament After 4-3 Win at Penn
4/25/2025 7:46:00 PM | Baseball
The Lions broke a 2-2 tie in the top of the ninth and held off the Quakers to win the series opener
PHILADELPHIA — Owen Estabrook and Hunter Snyder came through with clutch ninth-inning RBI doubles, and Columbia held off a late Penn rally to earn a pivotal 4-3 Ivy League victory on Friday at Tommy Lasorda Field. The victory, coupled with a Dartmouth win over Harvard, clinched an Ivy League Tournament berth for the Lions (20-16, 12-4), who have qualified for the postseason for the seventh consecutive season.
Locked in a 2-2 tie with two outs in the top of the ninth, Estabrook dropped a hit just in front of a diving Penn rightfielder. The ball bounced into the corner for a double, allowing Tate Vogler to come all the way around to put the Lions in front. Snyder followed with his second RBI of the game, tacking on a crucial insurance run with a double to left-center.
That extra run proved vital. In the bottom half of the inning, Penn (18-15, 11-5) threatened with back-to-back one-out singles. Davis Baker laced a ball into the right-center gap, scoring one and nearly tying the game, but Columbia executed a textbook relay from the outfield to cut down the tying run at the plate. Reliever Alex Sotiropoulos then induced a flyout to seal the win.
Sotiropoulos (4-3) picked up the victory with 2.2 innings of relief, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits. Starter Joe Sheets gave the Lions a strong outing, tossing 6.1 innings of five-hit, one-run ball with four strikeouts.
Columbia's offense was paced by Vogler, who went 2-for-4 and scored twice. Skye Selinsky sparked a fifth-inning rally with a leadoff double, followed by a Vogler single that set up a Snyder sacrifice fly and Sam Miller's RBI double, which gave Columbia its first lead at 2-1.
Penn tied the game in the eighth after a leadoff walk came around to score on a defensive miscue, one of the few blemishes on an otherwise sound day for Columbia's defense. The Quakers got a shutdown effort from reliever Marty Coyne, who struck out five over three perfect innings to keep the game within reach before the decisive ninth.
Baker finished 2-for-4 with two RBI for Penn, while leadoff man Connor Chavez added four hits. Despite out-hitting Columbia 8-7 and committing just one error, the Quakers left nine runners stranded.
Columbia, which is winners of seven-straight, moves one game ahead of Penn in the conference standings. The Lions can clinch at least a share of the Ivy League title with two more wins and a pair of Yale losses over the weekend.
The Lions and Quakers will wrap up the series with a doubleheader on Sunday, April 27, with game one set to begin at 11:30 a.m. on ESPN+.
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Locked in a 2-2 tie with two outs in the top of the ninth, Estabrook dropped a hit just in front of a diving Penn rightfielder. The ball bounced into the corner for a double, allowing Tate Vogler to come all the way around to put the Lions in front. Snyder followed with his second RBI of the game, tacking on a crucial insurance run with a double to left-center.
That extra run proved vital. In the bottom half of the inning, Penn (18-15, 11-5) threatened with back-to-back one-out singles. Davis Baker laced a ball into the right-center gap, scoring one and nearly tying the game, but Columbia executed a textbook relay from the outfield to cut down the tying run at the plate. Reliever Alex Sotiropoulos then induced a flyout to seal the win.
Sotiropoulos (4-3) picked up the victory with 2.2 innings of relief, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits. Starter Joe Sheets gave the Lions a strong outing, tossing 6.1 innings of five-hit, one-run ball with four strikeouts.
Columbia's offense was paced by Vogler, who went 2-for-4 and scored twice. Skye Selinsky sparked a fifth-inning rally with a leadoff double, followed by a Vogler single that set up a Snyder sacrifice fly and Sam Miller's RBI double, which gave Columbia its first lead at 2-1.
Penn tied the game in the eighth after a leadoff walk came around to score on a defensive miscue, one of the few blemishes on an otherwise sound day for Columbia's defense. The Quakers got a shutdown effort from reliever Marty Coyne, who struck out five over three perfect innings to keep the game within reach before the decisive ninth.
Baker finished 2-for-4 with two RBI for Penn, while leadoff man Connor Chavez added four hits. Despite out-hitting Columbia 8-7 and committing just one error, the Quakers left nine runners stranded.
Columbia, which is winners of seven-straight, moves one game ahead of Penn in the conference standings. The Lions can clinch at least a share of the Ivy League title with two more wins and a pair of Yale losses over the weekend.
The Lions and Quakers will wrap up the series with a doubleheader on Sunday, April 27, with game one set to begin at 11:30 a.m. on ESPN+.
Follow The Lions
For the latest on Columbia baseball, follow @CULionsBaseball on X and Instagram, and the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Sotiropoulos, Alex (4-3)
L: Shurtleff, Thomas (2-3)
Batting:
2B: Snyder, Hunter 1 ; Miller, Sam 1 ; Selinsky, Skye 1 ; Estabrook, Owen 1
RBI: Snyder, Hunter 2 ; Miller, Sam 1 ; Estabrook, Owen 1
SF: Snyder, Hunter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Selinsky, Skye 1 ; Vogler, Tate 2 ; Estabrook, Owen 1
HBP: Palfrey, Griffin 1 ; Selinsky, Skye 1
Batting:
2B: Chavez, Connor 1 ; Baker, Davis 1
RBI: Baker, Davis 2
SH: O'Brien, Nick 1 ; Taylor, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Baker, Davis 1 ; O'Brien, Nick 1 ; Taylor, Ryan 1
SB: Taylor, Ryan 1
CS: Ruggeri, Andrew 1
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