BRIGHTON, Mass. – Junior left-hander
Brian Dowling permitted just two runs over 6.0 innings in the start, sophomore
Jordan Kang tallied a career-high four hits, and Harvard University baseball beat the University of Massachusetts, 10-3, on Tuesday afternoon in the third-place game of The Baseball Beanpot.
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Playing a neutral-site contest at Boston College's Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at the Harrington Athletics Village, the Crimson (6-19) took a 4-0 lead in the fourth and led the rest of the way en route to the victory over the Minutemen (9-18).
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On the mound, Dowling threw a career-high 6.0 innings in his first collegiate win, allowing two runs – both earned – on five hits and no walks with four strikeouts while first-year right-hander
Truman Pauley tossed 2.0 innings in relief, giving up no runs on no hits and one walk with a career-best five strikeouts. Senior left-hander
Uday Narottam struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth.
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At the plate, the Crimson scored double-figure runs for the fourth time this year and totaled 12 hits, marking the sixth time in the last seven games that Harvard has posted double-figure hits. Five members of the Crimson registered multi-hit games, including Kang (4-for-5, three runs), senior
Ben Rounds (2-for-5, two RBIs), first-year
Jack Rickheim (2-for-5, two RBIs), junior
George Cooper (2-for-5, two runs), and senior
Jake Berger (2-for-4, two runs).
Harvard Highlights
- Sophomore Jordan Kang went 4-for-5 with three runs, a double, and an RBI. He registered a career-high four hits in the game.
- Senior Ben Rounds posted a 2-for-5 effort with two RBIs, a double, a run, and a walk. He has reached base safely in 24 of the Crimson's 25 games in 2024.
- First-year Jack Rickheim finished 2-for-5 with two RBIs and a run.
- Junior George Cooper compiled a 2-for-5 day with two runs and a walk.
- Senior Jake Berger went 2-for-4 with two runs, a double, and a walk.
- Junior Peter Levin posted two RBIs and a run, and senior Peter Messervy and junior Sawyer Feller each added an RBI.
- Sophomore left-hander Brian Dowling threw a career-high 6.0 innings in the start, allowing two runs – both earned – on five hits and no walks with four strikeouts. He recorded his first career win.
- First-year right-hander Truman Pauley hurled 2.0 scoreless innings in relief, allowing no hits and one walk with a career-best five strikeouts.
- Senior left-hander Uday Narottam struck out the side in the ninth.
- The Crimson's pitching staff totaled 12 strikeouts against three walks in the contest.
- Harvard scored 10 or more runs for the fourth time this season.
- The Crimson totaled 12 hits, marking its 13th game this year with double-figure hits. Harvard notched double-digit hits for the sixth time in its last seven games.
- Five members of the Crimson posted multi-hit games in the contest.Â
Gallery: (4-9-2024) Baseball vs. UMass in The Beanpot
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How It Happened
- The Crimson opened the game's scoring with four runs in the top of the fourth. Feller started the frame's scoring with a sacrifice fly to left field before Kang hit an RBI single through the left side. Levin capped the stanza's scoring with a ground ball that brought home two following an error.
- In the bottom of the fifth, the Minuteman hit a two-run home run to right field to pull within 4-2.
- Harvard pushed its advantage back to four runs at 6-2 with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth. A ground ball from Messervy allowed the first run to score prior to an RBI single through the left side from Rickheim.
- Rounds drove a two-run double to center field to extend the Crimson's edge to 8-2 in the top of the eighth.
- The Crimson plated another two runs in the top of the ninth to move ahead 10-2. Messervy worked a bases loaded walk before Rickheim absorbed a hit by pitch with the bases loaded.
- UMass scored once in the bottom of the ninth for the game's final run.
Next Up
Harvard competes in a three-game Ivy League series at Princeton with a doubleheader on Apr. 13 starting at 11:30 a.m. (ESPN+) and a single game on Apr. 14 at noon (ESPN+).
