MIAMI, Fla. – Harvard University baseball totaled 17 hits, 17 RBIs, six doubles, three home runs, and two grand slams in game one but dropped a doubleheader to Florida International University, 18-17 and 7-1, on Saturday afternoon and evening at FIU Baseball Stadium.
Playing in games two and three of a four-game set, the Crimson (1-6) took leads of 4-0, 8-4, 14-6, and 17-14 in game one before the host Panthers (6-6) walked off with the win in the opener prior to taking the second game.
In game one, senior
Will Jacobsen tallied three hits, six RBIs, a grand slam, and a double, junior
Chris Snopek posted four hits, five RBIs, a grand slam, two doubles, and two runs, sophomore
George Cooper registered four hits, three runs, two doubles, and an RBI, and sophomore
Sawyer Feller hit a two-run home run.
GAME 1: FIU 18, Harvard 17
Senior
Will Jacobsen and junior
Chris Snopek each hit grand slams and combined for 11 RBIs, but Harvard fell to FIU in game one, 18-17.
The Crimson took leads of 4-0, 8-4, 14-6, and 17-14 before the Panthers walked off with the win with four runs in the bottom of the ninth.
In the batter's box, junior
Chris Snopek helped lead the Crimson, going 4-for-6 on the day with two doubles, a home run and five RBIs. Senior
Will Jacobsen put together a standout day at the dish as well, going 3-for-6 with a double, a home run and six RBIs. Sophomore
George Cooper contributed four hits in six trips to the plate while adding two doubles and an RBI.
Harvard Highlights
- The Crimson got four-hit games from both Cooper and Snopek.
- Harvard had three players put together games with multiple extra-base hits.
- Four Harvard hitters had multiple base knocks in the ballgame.
- The Crimson tallied three home runs in the game off the bats of Jacobsen, Snopek, and sophomore Sawyer Feller.
- Harvard batters had a total of 17 hits in the game. The Crimson out-hit the Panthers at a 17-16 clip.
- Harvard went 7-for-18 (.389) with runners in scoring position. The Crimson got two hits in four at-bats with the bases loaded for its pair of grand slams.
- Snopek helped lead the Crimson at the plate, going 4-for-6 with two doubles, a home run on a grand slam, and five RBIs.
- Jacobsen finished 3-for-6 with six RBIs, a home run on a grand slam, and a double.
- Cooper posted a 4-for-6 effort with two doubles, three runs scored, and an RBI.
- Junior Peter Messervy tallied two hits, a double, two runs, and an RBI.
- Feller hit his two-run home run after entering the game in the eighth inning.
How It Happened
- Jacobsen staked the Crimson to an early 4-0 lead in the first inning with a grand slam to right field. FIU plated four runs in the bottom of the first to tie it at 4-4.
- Snopek answered in the top of the second, driving another grand slam to left center field and giving the Crimson an 8-4 edge.
- After FIU pulled within 8-6 through three innings, Harvard plated one run in the fourth, three in the fifth, and two in the sixth to move ahead 14-6.
- Jacobsen started that stretch with an RBI in the fourth before Messervy hit an RBI double in the fifth. Senior Logan Bravo and Snopek each drove in runs in the fifth. Rounds capped the streak with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
- The Panthers knotted the score at 14-14 with three runs in the sixth and five runs in the seventh.
- Harvard regained the lead in the top of the ninth with an RBI double from Jacobsen and a two-run homer to right center from Feller, bringing the score to 17-14.
- FIU took the victory with four runs in the bottom of the ninth.
GAME 2: FIU 7, Harvard 1
Harvard dropped the second game of the doubleheader against FIU, 7-1.
The Crimson scored once in the top of the third to trim its deficit to 4-1 before the Panthers scored the game's final three runs. Harvard's bullpen combination of junior
Porter Jordheim and first-year
Brian Dowling threw 3.1 scoreless innings.
Harvard Highlights
- Sophomore George Cooper went 2-for-2 with two doubles and a run scored.
- Junior Peter Messervy posted an RBI double.
- Junior Porter Jordheim threw 2.1 innings out of the bullpen, allowing no runs on one hit and three walks with one strikeout.
- First-year Brian Dowling tossed 1.0 inning, permitting no runs on no hits and no walks.
How It Happened
- FIU opened the game with a 2-0 lead in the first inning and pushed its edge to 4-0 with two runs in the second.
- Harvard got on the board in the top of the third as Messervy hit an RBI double to right center field, scoring George Cooper and trimming the margin to 4-1.
- FIU plated two runs on a home run in the last of the fourth to move ahead 6-1 and scored the game's final run in the bottom of the fifth.
Next Up
Harvard closes the series with FIU tomorrow – Sunday, Mar. 5 – at 1:00 p.m. (CUSA.TV).
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