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Hunter Baldwin
Samuel Navarro
11
Harvard HARV 1-11
12
Winner Florida Atlantic FAU 11-6
Harvard HARV
1-11
11
Final
12
Florida Atlantic FAU
11-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Harvard HARV 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 11 15 2
Florida Atlantic FAU 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 1 12 10 2

W: Smith (2-0) L: Smith, Jack (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Makes Comeback before Falling in Extra Innings at FAU, 12-11

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Harvard University baseball rallied from a five-run deficit to take an 11-9 lead in the ninth inning before falling in 10 innings at Florida Atlantic University, 12-11, on Monday night at FAU Stadium.
 
Closing out a four-game series, the Crimson (1-11) trailed 8-3 entering the seventh inning before scoring eight of the game's next nine runs to pull ahead 11-9 in the top of the ninth prior to the host Owls (11-6) tying the game at 11-11 in the bottom of the ninth and walking off with the win in the 10th.
 
Junior Ben Rounds posted three RBIs and hit his second home run of the season. Senior Hunter Baldwin and junior Peter Messervy each tallied three hits. Harvard scored double-figure runs for the third time this year and double-figure hits for the sixth time. 

Harvard Highlights

  • Junior Ben Rounds tallied three RBIs, two hits, and a home run – his second of the season.
  • Junior Peter Messervy finished 3-for-5 with two runs, a double, an RBI, and a walk.
  • Senior Hunter Baldwin went 3-for-5 with a double, RBI, and a walk.
  • Sophomore George Cooper posted wo hits, a double, two RBIs, and two runs.
  • Sophomore Sawyer Feller notched two hits, an RBI, and a run, junior Jake Berger added a hit, an RBI, and a run, and senior Will Jacobsen chipped in an RBI.
  • Harvard scored 10 or more runs for the third time this season.
  • The Crimson totaled 15 hits, marking its sixth game this year with double-figure hits.

How It Happened

  • FAU opened the game with a 3-0 lead behind three runs in the bottom of the first.
  • Harvard responded in the top of the third, tying the game at 3-3. Cooper started the scoring with an RBI double to left field before Rounds followed with a two-run home run down the left field line.
  • The Owls re-took a 4-3 edge with a run in the last of the third. The hosts extended their advantage to 8-3 with a four-run fifth inning.
  • The Crimson knotted the score at 8-8 with five runs in the top of the seventh. Baldwin started the stanza's scoring with an RBI double to left field before Messervy scored on a passed ball. Cooper and Rounds each followed with RBI singles before Berger capped the frame with a sacrifice fly to center field.
  • The hosts moved back ahead at 9-8 with a run in the bottom of the eighth.
  • Harvard took its first lead of the game behind a three-run top of the ninth inning. Feller and Messervy each knocked RBI singles before Jacobsen lifted a sacrifice fly to center field.
  • FAU plated two runs in the last of the ninth, tying the game at 11-11 as the Crimson went to extra innings for the third time this season. The Owls walked off with the win behind a run in the bottom of the 10th.

Next Up

Harvard closes its spring break trip with a four-game series at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi from Mar. 16-18. The series opens on Mar. 16 at 8:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. CT), continues with game two on Mar. 17 at 8:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. CT), and concludes with a doubleheader on Mar. 18 beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET (noon CT).
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