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Logan Bravo
Dylan Goodman
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Yale YALE 17-23, 10-11 Ivy
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Winner Harvard HARV 19-22, 15-6 Ivy
Yale YALE
17-23, 10-11 Ivy
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Harvard HARV
19-22, 15-6 Ivy
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Score By Periods
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Yale YALE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4
Harvard HARV 1 0 0 2 4 1 3 0 X 11 12 0

W: Matson, Sean (3-4) L: Cohen, Daniel (3-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Tops Yale in Series Finale, 11-1, Secures No. 2 Seed for Ivy League Tournament

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Sophomore right-hander Sean Matson threw seven innings with eight strikeouts, senior Logan Bravo hit his seventh homer of the year as part of a three-RBI day, and Harvard University baseball beat Yale University, 11-1, in the rubber match of a three-game series on Sunday afternoon at O'Donnell Field.
 
Playing in its regular season finale, the Crimson (19-22, 15-6 Ivy) stood tied at 1-1 with the Bulldogs (17-23, 10-11 Ivy) entering the bottom of the fourth before the hosts scored the game's final 10 runs, including four runs in the fifth and three runs in the seventh. Harvard took the series following Saturday's doubleheader split and has now gone 6-1 in its last seven games – all Ivy League contests.
 
Harvard won six of its seven Ivy League series on the season, securing the No. 2 seed in the inaugural four-team Ivy League Tournament set to take place at No. 1 seed Penn from May 19-22. The Crimson will open the tournament with a matchup against No. 3 seed Princeton on Friday, May 19 at 11:00 a.m. (ESPN+) in Philadelphia.
 
With the victory on Sunday, Bill Decker -- The Joseph J. O'Donnell '67 Head Coach for Harvard Baseball – captured his 700th career win as a head coach. Decker tallied eight wins in one season at Macalaster (1990), notched 529 wins in 22 seasons at Trinity (1991-2012), and has posted 163 wins over 11 seasons at Harvard (2013-present).  
Earning the win in the start, Matson tossed 7.0 innings with eight strikeouts, giving up one run on five hits and walking one. Senior Logan Bravo led the way offensively for the Crimson, going 3-for-4 in the ballgame with a double, a home run, two runs, a walk, and three RBIs.
 
As part of Sunday's series finale, the Crimson welcomed students, staff, and families from Cunniff Elementary School in Watertown, Massachusetts to O'Donnell Field. The group took part in a ceremonial first pitch prior to the contest. Senior Pryor Thomas has played a key role in organizing the relationship between the Crimson and Cunniff.

Harvard Highlights

  • Sophomore right-hander Sean Matson threw 7.0 innings in the start and win, allowing one run on five hits and one walk with eight strikeouts. He notched eight or more strikeouts for the third time this season.
  • Senior Logan Bravo led the way offensively for the Crimson, going 3-for-4 in the ballgame with a double, a home run, two runs, a walk, and three RBIs. He hit his team-high seventh home run of the season and second of the series.
  • Senior Will Jacobsen contributed both at the plate and on the mound in the contest. At the plate, he went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. On the mound, he hurled a scoreless ninth, while facing the minimum.
  • Junior Jake Berger posted a hit, two RBIs, two runs, and a walk.
  • Sophomore George Cooper finished 2-for-4 with two runs and a double.
  • First-year Gio Colasante registered a 2-for-4 effort with a run scored.
  • Senior Hunter Baldwin registered his team-best third triple of the season.
  • Senior Zach Brown added two RBIs, and junior Peter Messervy tacked on a hit and an RBI.
  • Sophomore right-hander Cole Cleary tossed a scoreless eighth, permitting one hit and no walks.
  • Every Harvard starter reached base safely in the win. Four Crimson had multiple hits in the ballgame.
  • Harvard posted double-figure runs for the seventh time in 2023, including in back-to-back games against the Bulldogs.
  • The Crimson tallied 12 hits in the game, marking the 20th time this year that the team has compiled double-figure hits.
  • Harvard's highest scoring inning was the fifth, when it pushed four runs across.
  • Harvard pitchers limited Yale to just 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position.

How It Happened

  • In the bottom of the first, Bravo sent an RBI single to left field, scoring Cooper for the game's first run.
  • The Bulldogs then tied the ballgame at 1-1 with a run in the top of the fourth.
  • The Crimson reclaimed the advantage in the bottom of the fourth. After Bravo drove an RBI double down the left field line for the frame's first run, he later came home on a wild pitch to make the score 3-1.
  • Harvard expanded the lead to 7-1 in the fifth. The Crimson scored four runs in the stanza, including a two-run single off the bat of Berger.
  • A sacrifice fly from Brown plated Baldwin in the last of the sixth, bringing the count to 8--1.
  • Harvard picked up three runs in the bottom of the seventh to go ahead 11-1. Bravo started the frame's scoring with a solo home run to left field before Messervy and Brown each tallied an RBI.
  • Cleary and Jacobsen did not allow a run in relief over the final two stanzas. 

Next Up

No. 2 seed Harvard will face No. 3 seed Princeton in the opening round of the inaugural four-team Ivy League Tournament on Friday, May 19 at 11:00 a.m. (ESPN+) at Tommy Lasorda Field at Meiklejohn Stadium in Philadelphia on the campus of No. 1 seed Penn.




 
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