CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Crimson tallied 11 hits, including a home run from senior
Hunter Baldwin, but Harvard University baseball dropped an 8-4 decision to Stonehill College in in its non-league home finale on Tuesday afternoon at O'Donnell Field.
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In the first-ever meeting between the two programs, the Crimson (12-20) took a 4-3 lead into the seventh inning before the visiting Skyhawks (6-25) plated two runs in the seventh and three runs in the ninth to take the decision.
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Baldwin hit his second home run of the year while sophomore
George Cooper, junior
Ben Rounds, and senior
Logan Bravo each posted two-hit efforts as the Crimson tallied double-figure hits for the 14
th time this season.
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On the mound, Harvard permitted just four earned runs. Sophomore right-hander
Cole Cleary threw one scoreless inning, allowing no hits, with no walks and three strikeouts while junior right-hander Porter Jordehim also tossed a scoreless frame.Â
Harvard Highlights
- Senior Hunter Baldwin launched his second homer of the year.
- Sophomore George Cooper went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
- Senior Logan Bravo finished 2-for-5 with a double.
- Junior Ben Rounds tallied two hits, including a double.
- First-year Gio Colasante contributed a hit, run, and RBI, junior Chris Snopek added a hit, a run, an RBI, and a walk, and junior Jake Berger tacked on a double, a run, and a walk.
- Junior right-hander Porter Jordheim threw a scoreless fifth inning, tossing 1.0 inning and permitting no runs on one hit and one walk.
- Sophomore right-hander Cole Cleary struck out the side in the top of the eighth, tallying three strikeouts with no hits and no walks.
- Junior left-hander Uday Narottam hurled 2.0 innings without giving up an earned run.
- Senior right-hander Will Jacobsen threw 4.0 innings in the start, allowing three runs on four hits and one walk with three strikeouts.
- Every Crimson starter reached base safely in the game.
- Harvard tallied 11 hits in the game, marking the 14th time this season the team has registered double-figure hits.Â
How It Happened
- The Crimson got on the board immediately, starting the scoring with one run in the bottom of the first inning. Baldwin put Harvard on the board with a leadoff home run to right center field.
- The Crimson then plated a run in the bottom of the second. Snopek came across to score the lone run of the inning for Harvard on a sacrifice fly from Cooper, which brought the score to 2-0 in favor of the Crimson.
- Harvard expanded the lead to 4-0 in the third. The Crimson scored twice, with runs coming across on singles from Colasante and Snopek.
- Stonehill scored the game's final eight runs with three in the fourth, two in the seventh, and three in the ninth.Â
Next Up
Harvard plays 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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