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Chris Snopek
Dylan Goodman
3
Penn PENN 28-12
4
Winner Harvard HARV 18-20
Penn PENN
28-12
3
Final
4
Harvard HARV
18-20
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Penn PENN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2
Harvard HARV 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 X 4 9 2

W: Driver, Jay (1-0) L: Coady, Owen (6-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Uses Three-Run Eighth to Top Penn in Home Finale, 4-3

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University baseball used a three-run eighth inning to power its way past the University of Pennsylvania in a Mother's Day matinee at O'Donnell Field on Sunday.
 
The contest marked the final home game of the season for the Crimson (18-20, 9-9 Ivy) and was played as a makeup for the originally scheduled meeting between Harvard and the Quakers (28-12, 14-4 Ivy) back on April 10.
 
Sophomore Chris Clark drew the start for the Crimson, yielding an unearned run in the first inning before keeping the Quakers off the board for the remainder of his five-inning outing. Clark struck out nine on the day, including a stretch in which the right-hander mowed down the side in both the second and third innings.
 
Sophomore Jake Berger put Harvard on the board in the bottom of the fourth, driving a double over the right fielder's head to score junior Logan Bravo from first and tie the score at one. With the Quakers threatening in the top half of the eighth, sophomore Jay Driver induced a three-two-three double play to escape a bases loaded jam. 
 
Then, in the bottom half of the eighth, the Crimson loaded the bases with two down. Sophomore Chris Snopek came through in the clutch, roping a single to center field to drive in a pair. A fourth run was added on the ensuing play when first-year catcher Sawyer Feller reached on an error, allowing sophomore Ben Rounds to cross the plate and make it 4-1.
 
Facing a three-run deficit, Penn mounted a charge in the ninth before Driver shut the door. After a double by the Quakers' Nate Polo plated two, Driver stranded a runner on third by recording three straight outs, including a strikeout to end the game.

Harvard Highlights

  • Sophomore right-hander Chris Clark tied his season long outing, going five strong on the day. Clark's nine strikeouts were his second most in a game this season and give the right-hander 45 punch-outs on the year.
  • Sophomore right-hander Jay Driver notched his first win of the 2022 campaign, pitching the final two frames for the Crimson.
  • First-year second baseman George Cooper and junior first baseman Logan Bravo each had multi-hit days at the plate, recording two hits apiece. Cooper finished the season-series vs. Penn going 6-for-12, while Bravo now has a team-high 18 multi-hit games on the year.
  • Sophomore shortstop Jake Berger registered his 26th RBI of the season on a double in the fourth inning.
  • Sophomore left fielder Chris Snopek had the biggest hit of the afternoon, bringing home two on his go-ahead, two-out single in the eighth inning. It was his fifth multi-RBI game of the season.

Game Notes

  • Sunday's contest completed the season's three-game series between Harvard and Penn. The two teams played a partial game on April 9 before finishing that game and playing game two on April 10.
  • Harvard moves to 118-71-1 all-time vs. Penn. The Crimson went 1-2 against the Quakers this season. 
  • Seven of the nine hitters in Harvard's starting lineup picked up at least one hit.
  • Harvard totaled nine hits total in the contest compared to six for Penn.
  • The Crimson pitching staff did not surrender an earned run on the day through the first eight innings.
  • Harvard completed the home portion of its schedule with a 5-8 record in Cambridge.

Next Up

Harvard plays its final Ivy League series of the year at Yale with a doubleheader on Saturday, May 14 beginning at 11:30 a.m. and a single game on Sunday, May 15 at noon.
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