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George Cooper
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Harvard HARV 0-1
12
Winner Pittsburgh UP 2-2
Harvard HARV
0-1
10
Final
12
Pittsburgh UP
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Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Harvard HARV 1 4 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 10 13 2
Pittsburgh UP 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 4 12 9 2

W: BRYAN (2-0) L: Narottam, Uday (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Falls to Pittsburgh on Opening Day, 12-10

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla.  – Sophomore second baseman George Cooper tallied three RBIs, and four Crimson batters posted multi-hit games, but Harvard University baseball fell to the University of Pittsburgh, 12-10, on Friday afternoon at Centennial Park in its season opener.
 
Beginning competition at the Snowbird Baseball Classic, the Crimson (0-1) took early leads of 5-2 and 6-3 through three innings and rallied to re-gain a 10-8 edge with four runs over the seventh and eighth frames before the Panthers (2-2) hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth.

Harvard Highlights

  • Sophomore second baseman George Cooper posted a team-high three RBIs alongside a hit and a walk.
  • Senior shortstop Hunter Baldwin went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, an RBI, and a double.
  • Sophomore catcher Sawyer Feller finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and a walk.
  • Senior designated hitter Will Jacobsen tallied two hits, a double, an RBI, and a run.
  • Junior third baseman Jake Berger notched two hits, an RBI, and a run.
  • Junior center fielder Peter Messervy and junior left fielder Chris Snopek each scored a pair of runs. Messervy notched a hit and two walks while Snopek added a hit and a walk.
  • Harvard's batters totaled 13 hits while four Crimson student-athletes registered multi-hit games.
  • Senior left-handed pitcher Tim Williamson threw 4.0 innings in relief, allowing one earned run on one hit and two walks with three strikeouts. 

How It Happened

  • Harvard opened the game with a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as Berger drove in the Crimson's first run of 2023 with a single down the right field line.
  • After Pitt scored two runs in the bottom of the first, Harvard responded with four runs in the top of the second to move ahead 5-2. A ground ball from Rounds and a ball put in play from Jacobsen catalyzed the frame's scoring.
  • Still leading 5-3 entering the third inning, the Crimson took a 6-3 advantage off a sacrifice fly from Cooper.
  • The Panthers scored the game's next five runs, claiming an 8-6 edge with two runs in the fourth, two in the fifth, and one in the sixth.
  • Harvard answered with three runs in the top of the seventh to pull ahead 9-6. A double down the left field line from Baldwin brought in the stanza's first run prior to a two-run single up the middle from Cooper.
  • The Crimson extended its margin to 10-8 in the top of the eighth behind an RBI double down the right field line from Jacobsen.
  • Pitt took the walk-off win in the bottom of the ninth off a grand slam from Noah Martinez.

Next Up

Harvard continues its series with Pitt with a doubleheader tomorrow – Saturday, Feb. 25 – beginning at 11:30 a.m. (FloBaseball) prior to the series finale on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 12:30 p.m. (FloBaseball).
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