CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University baseball plays in its final Ivy League road series of the season when it plays at Brown University at Attanasio Family Field at Murray Stadium with a doubleheader on Saturday, Apr. 22 beginning at 11:30 a.m. (ESPN+) and a single game on Sunday, Apr. 23 at noon (ESPN+).

What to Know

• The Crimson (12-20, 8-4 Ivy) meets the Bears (7-21, 4-8 Ivy) in Providence, Rhode Island as Harvard enters the weekend in second place in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson stands tied for second with Columbia at 8-4 in Ivy play and trails first-place Penn (9-3) by just one game.
• Harvard's weekend rotation is set to feature RHP Jay Driver (0-2, 4.53 ERA) in game one, RHP Chris Clark (3-3, 6.26 ERA) in game two, and RHP Sean Matson (1-3, 5.36 ERA) in game three.
• Brown will counter with RHP Paxton Meyers (0-1, 6.43 ERA) in game one, RHP Santhosh Gottam (2-4, 8.29 ERA) in game two, and a to be determined pitcher in game three.
• Harvard leads Brown in the all-time series, 198-124-1. Last season, the Crimson took two of three games from the Bears. The two teams first met in 1868.
• Harvard ranks 18^th in the NCAA in doubles per game (2.38) as a team while junior Peter Messervy stands 13^th in the nation in doubles per game (0.47) as an individual. Messervy leads the Ivy League with 14 doubles. Harvard has hit at least two doubles in 24 games this year and knocked a season-high six in game two vs. FIU (Mar. 4).
• As a team, Harvard leads the Ivy League in doubles (76) as well as sacrifice flies (16) and stands third in home runs (28). In Ivy play, Harvard ranks second in doubles (26) and OBP (.390). The Crimson has tallied double-figure runs in five games and double-figure hits in 14 games in 2023.
• Junior Ben Rounds has posted a .303 batting average, 36 hits, 23 runs, nine doubles, five home runs, and 27 RBIs. He stands seventh in the Ancient Eight in doubles (nine), third in walks (20), and second in sacrifice flies (three). In Ivy only play, he leads the conference in walks (13) and stands fifth in OBP (.482), seventh in OPS (1.040), and eighth in runs (12), while hitting .326. Rounds notched a season-best four hits in game three at FAU (Mar. 12).
• Junior Jake Berger has posted a .286 batting average alongside 34 hits, 20 runs, eight doubles, and five home runs. He paces the league in sacrifice flies (four). In Ivy only play, he stands fifth in homers (three), sixth in RBIs (13), seventh in slugging (.596), and ninth in OPS (1.017). He hit a key two-run home run in the Crimson's 3-2 win in 10 innings in game one at Penn (Mar. 24). Berger notched four hits in game two vs. Princeton (Apr. 4).
• Junior Peter Messervy leads the Ivy League with 14 doubles and ranks 13^th in the NCAA with 0.47 doubles per game. Messervy stands third in the conference in walks (20). In Ivy only play, he sits ninth in OBP (.444) and fifth in walks (nine). Overall, he has hit .287 with 33 hits, 26 runs, and 13 RBIs. Messervy hit a go-ahead, bases-clearing double to help lead Harvard to a game two win over Dartmouth (Apr. 8).
• Senior Logan Bravo has notched a .283 average with 36 hits, 23 runs, nine doubles, four homers, and 18 RBIs. In Ivy only play, he has hit .298 with 14 hits, 10 runs, and 11 RBIs. He tallied three two-hit games in the Texas A&M-CC series (Mar. 16-18) before a 3-for-5 effort with the go-ahead home run in the 10^th inning in the series opener with Penn (Mar. 24).
• Senior Hunter Baldwin has hit .309 on the season with 29 hits, 20 runs, six doubles, and 17 RBIs. In conference play, he ranks ninth in the conference in batting average (.343) and fourth in stolen bases (six). Baldwin launched a go-ahead grand slam in the ninth inning in Harvard's game one win at Dartmouth (Apr. 8), blasting his second career homer and first since March 2019.
• Senior Will Jacobsen serves as a two-way player for the Crimson. At the plate, he has hit .299 with 23 hits, 10 runs, six doubles, two homers, and 21 RBIs. In Ivy play, he ranks eighth in the league in average (.349) with 15 hits, eight runs, three doubles, and 11 RBIs. On the mound, he has thrown 28.2 innings over eight appearances and seven starts. As a hitter, he posted six RBIs in game two of the FIU series (Mar. 4), and as a pitcher, he allowed just two runs over 6.0 innings in the Beanpot semifinals against Northeastern (Apr. 4).
• Junior right-handed pitcher Chris Clark ranks 14^th in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings (13.61), while ranking second in the Ivy League in strikeouts (63). He has tallied seven or more strikeouts in six of his eight starts in 2023, including a career-high 11 strikeouts at Dartmouth (Apr. 8). Clark has registered 63 strikeouts over 41.2 innings pitched on the season. In Ivy play, he ranks second in the league with 33 strikeouts over 22.2 innings.
• Junior right-handed pitcher Jay Driver ranks fourth in the Ivy League in strikeouts (50) and has notched a 4.53 ERA, throwing 43.2 innings on the year. He has posted six or more strikeouts in six of his last seven starts.
• Sophomore right-handed pitcher Sean Matson has tallied a 2.82 ERA in conference play, ranking eighth in the league, while standing fifth in the Ancient Eight in strikeouts (27) in Ivy play. Overall, he has notched a 5.36 ERA over 40.1 innings.
• Senior left-handed pitcher Harrison Stovern ranks fourth in the Ivy League in wins (four) and sixth in saves (two) after notching saves against Holy Cross (Mar. 28) and Northeastern (Apr. 4). In Ivy play, he leads the conference in wins (three). Over his last seven outings, he has allowed three earned runs over 11.2 innings.

Up Next

Harvard plays at UMass Lowell on Tuesday, Apr. 25 at 5:00 p.m. (AmericaEast.TV) in its non-league finale before hosting Columbia University in a three-game Ivy League series with a doubleheader on Saturday, Apr. 29 at 11:30 a.m. (ESPN+) and a single game on Sunday, Apr. 30 at noon (ESPN+).