CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior
Will Jacobsen went 4-for-7 with two doubles and three runs scored on the day, but Harvard University baseball dropped an Ivy League doubleheader to Cornell University, 11-6 and 3-2 on Saturday afternoon at O'Donnell Field.
The Crimson (12-19, 8-4 Ivy) held early leads in both contests before the visiting Big Red (6-20, 5-7 Ivy) came back to win both games and take the series, 2-1, after Harvard won the series opener on Friday. Harvard has still won three of its first four Ivy League series on the year.
Jacobsen led the Crimson with his .571 average over the two games while first-year
Gio Colasante finished 3-for-7 with three RBIs and two runs over the two contests. In game two, sophomore right-hander
Sean Matson and first-year right-hander
Callan Fang combined to toss 9.0 innings without allowing an earned run.
Harvard Athletics' Bark at the Park event took place alongside the doubleheader.
Gallery: (4-15-2023) Baseball vs. Cornell | Bark at the Park
GAME 1: Cornell 11, Harvard 6
Senior
Hunter Baldwin went 3-for-4 with two RBIs as four Crimson recorded at least two hits, but Harvard University baseball fell to Cornell in the day's first game, 11-6.
The Crimson held a 2-0 lead through three innings before the Big Red scored the game's next nine runs on its way to evening up the series at one game apiece.
Senior
Hunter Baldwin led the Crimson at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, and two RBIs. Junior
Peter Messervy, senior
Will Jacobsen, and first-year
Gio Colasante each contributed two hits.
Harvard Highlights
- Senior Hunter Baldwin led the Crimson at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs, a walk, and two stolen bases.
- Senior Will Jacobsen finished 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored.
- Junior Peter Messervy notched two hits, a double, and an RBI.
- First-year Gio Colasante posted two hits, an RBI, two runs scored, a walk, and two stolen bases.
- Senior Zach Brown added an RBI and a run.
- Harvard totaled 11 hits, reaching double-figure hits for the 13th time on the season.
- Four Harvard hitters had multiple base hits in the game.
- Both Baldwin and Colasante stole two bases in the game. The Crimson stole a season-high five bases as a team for the second straight game.
- The Crimson drew seven walks from Cornell pitching.
- In relief, senior right-hander Pryor Thomas thew 2.0 innings, allowing one run on one hit with no walks.
- In his collegiate debut, sophomore right-hander Cole Cleary hurled 1.0 inning, permitting one run on two hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
How It Happened
- The Crimson got on the scoreboard first, starting in the second inning. First-year Gio Colasante's run-scoring single highlighted a two-run inning for Harvard as he later came home on a double steal.
- The Big Red then rallied to score nine runs and take a 9-2 lead, scoring seven runs in the fourth and two runs in the sixth.
- The Crimson got back on the board in the bottom of the sixth. Harvard picked up two runs in the frame behind an RBI single from Brown and an RBI double from Messervy, which tightened the Big Red lead to 9-4.
- Cornell expanded its lead to 10-4 in the seventh.
- The Harvard offense got back in action, reducing that lead to 10-5 in the seventh. The Crimson notched a run on Baldwin's two-out RBI double.
- The Big Red pushed its margin to 11-5 in the ninth.
- Harvard scored once in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI single up the middle from Baldwin.
GAME 2: Cornell 3, Harvard 2
Sophomore right-hander
Sean Matson and first-year right-hander
Callan Fang combined to not allow an earned run in the game, but Harvard dropped a 3-2 decision to Cornell in the season finale.
The Crimson took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning and pulled within 3-2 in the sixth before the Big Red held on for the win.
Matson went five innings, giving up three runs, zero earned, on eight hits, allowing one walk and striking out five. Fang came out of the bullpen and threw four shutout innings, allowing two hits, with one walk and four strikeouts. At the plate, first-year
Gio Colasante tallied a hit, a walk, and two RBIs, and senior
Will Jacobsen went 2-for-4 with a double and a run.
Harvard Highlights
- Sophomore right-hander Sean Matson threw 5.0 innings in the start, allowing three runs – all unearned – on eight hits and one walk with five strikeouts.
- First-year right-hander Callan Fang came out of the bullpen to toss 4.0 innings, permitting no runs on two hits and one walk with four strikeouts.
- Senior Will Jacobsen went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored.
- First-year Gio Colasante tallied a hit, two RBIs, and a walk.
- Junior Ben Rounds contributed a hit and a run scored while junior Peter Messervy and senior Logan Bravo each added a hit.
How It Happened
- The Crimson got on the scoreboard first, starting in the fourth inning. Harvard plated a run on a based-loaded walk from Colasante.
- The Big Red then rallied to score three runs in the fifth to take a 3-1 lead.
- The Crimson got back on the board in the sixth. Harvard scored once on an RBI single off the bat of Colasante, which tightened the Big Red lead to 3-2.
- The Crimson were unable to get any closer, as neither team scored again in the ballgame.
Next Up
Harvard hosts Stonehill on Tuesday, Apr. 18 at 3:00 p.m. (ESPN+) prior to playing a three-game Ivy League series at Brown with a doubleheader on Saturday, Apr. 22 at 11:30 a.m. (ESPN+) and a single game on Sunday, Apr. 23 at noon (ESPN+).
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