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Chris Snopek
17
Winner Boston College BC 16-11
9
Harvard HARV 4-17
Winner
Boston College BC
16-11
17
Final
9
Harvard HARV
4-17
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston College BC 1 3 0 1 3 2 2 5 0 17 10 4
Harvard HARV 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 9 15 7

W: Travis Lane (1-0) L: Narottam, Uday (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Tallies 15 Hits, Falls to Boston College in Beanpot Semifinals, 17-9

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – First-year Dominic Brancel hit his first collegiate home run, and senior Chris Snopek totaled five RBIs for the second straight game, but Harvard University baseball fell to Boston College, 17-9, on Tuesday afternoon at O'Donnell Field in the semifinals of The Baseball Beanpot.
 
The Crimson (4-17) rallied to tie the score at 4-4 after facing a 4-0 deficit and pulled within one run at 10-9 after trailing 10-4 before the visiting Eagles (16-11) added insurance runs in the seventh and eighth innings to hold on for the decision.
 
Brancel went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and his first career home run, Snopek finished 2-for-4 with five RBIs and two doubles, and senior Ben Rounds contributed a 3-for-3 effort with two runs and an RBI. Rounds has reached base safely in all 21 of the Crimson's games in 2024.
 
In the other semifinal of The Baseball Beanpot, Northeastern topped Massachusetts, 12-1. The Crimson will face the Minutemen in the tournament's third-place game on Apr. 9. 

Harvard Highlights

  • First-year catcher Dominic Brancel went 3-for-5 with his first collegiate home run, two RBIs, and a run scored.
  • Senior first baseman Chris Snopek finished 2-for-4 with five RBIs, two doubles, a run, and a walk. He notched five RBIs for the second straight game.
  • Senior right fielder Ben Rounds posted a 3-for-3 effort with two runs, an RBI, and a walk. He has reached base safely in all 21 of the Crimson's games in 2024 and tallied his fourth game this season with three or more hits.
  • Sophomore designated hitter Callan Fang registered a hit and an RBI.
  • Sophomore Jordan Kang contributed a hit and a run at the plate before throwing 1.2 innings of relief as a pitcher, allowing no runs on one hit and no walks with one strikeout.
  • Junior left fielder George Cooper, first-year shortstop Tyler Shulman, senior center fielder Peter Messervy, and first-year second baseman Jack Rickheim each added a hit and a run scored.
  • The Crimson totaled 15 hits as a team, marking its 10th game this season with double figure hits. 
Gallery: (4-2-2024) Baseball vs. Boston College
 

How It Happened

  • BC scored the game's first four runs with one run in the top of the first and three runs in the top of the second.
  • The Crimson countered with four runs in the bottom of the third to tie the score at 4-4. A two-run double to left center from Snopek highlighted the frame's scoring while Rounds and Fang each added RBI singles.
  • The Eagles moved ahead 10-4 with one run in the fourth, three runs in the fifth and two runs in the sixth.
  • Harvard responded with five runs in the last of the sixth to pull within 10-9. Brancel started the rally with a two-run home run – his first collegiate homer – to left field before Snopek capped the scoring with a bases-clearing, three-run double to left field.
  • Boston College scored the contest's final seven runs with two runs in the seventh and five runs in the eighth. 

Next Up

Harvard plays a three-game Ivy League series at Cornell with a doubleheader on Saturday, Apr. 6 starting at 11:30 a.m. (ESPN+) and a single game on Sunday, Apr. 7 at noon (ESPN+).

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