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Jake Berger
Katherine Harvey
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Harvard HARV 12-25, 8-11 Ivy
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Winner Yale YALE 17-22, 10-9 Ivy
Harvard HARV
12-25, 8-11 Ivy
3
Final
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Yale YALE
17-22, 10-9 Ivy
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Harvard HARV 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 9 2
Yale YALE 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4 8 3

W: T. Evans (3-2) L: Matson, Sean (3-3)

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Winner Harvard HARV 13-25, 9-11 Ivy
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Yale YALE 17-23, 10-10 Ivy
Winner
Harvard HARV
13-25, 9-11 Ivy
3
Final
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Yale YALE
17-23, 10-10 Ivy
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Harvard HARV 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 8 2
Yale YALE 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0

W: Pauley, Truman (1-4) L: D. Cohen (3-4) S: Smith, Tanner (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Takes Game Two from Yale, 3-2, to Split Saturday Doubleheader

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Harvard University baseball rallied to take a 3-2 win in game two after dropping a narrow 4-3 decision in game one in an Ivy League doubleheader against Yale University on Saturday afternoon at George H.W. Bush '48 Field.
 
Opening its final series of the season, the Crimson (13-25, 9-11 Ivy) came back from a 2-0 deficit to take the nightcap and nearly captured the decision from the Bulldogs (17-23, 10-10 Ivy) in the opener as the hosts broke a 3-3 tie with a run in the eighth. Harvard has now earned at least one win against all seven other Ivy League teams on the season.
 
In game one, junior right-handed pitcher Sean Matson tossed a complete-game 8.0 innings, allowing four runs – all earned – on eight hits and no walks with 10 strikeouts. At the plate. Sophomore Callan Fang tallied two hits and a run, senior Ben Rounds hit an RBI double, and junior George Cooper added an RBI single.
 
In game two, first-year right-hander Truman Pauley threw 5.2 innings in the win, allowing two runs on three hits with six strikeouts, first-year right-hander Will Burns hurled 1.1 innings of scoreless relief, and junior right-hander Tanner Smith tossed 2.0 innings in his first save of the year. At the plate, sophomore Callan Fang tallied three hits, senior Jake Berger notched two hits and an RBI, and senior Ben Rounds added a hit and an RBI.

GAME 1: Yale 4, Harvard 3 

Junior right-handed pitcher Sean Matson threw the Crimson's first complete game of the year and tallied 10 strikeouts, but Harvard fell to Yale, 4-3, in the series opener.
 
The Crimson rallied from one-run deficits on three different occasions to knot the score, including tying the score at 3-3 in the top of the seventh, before the Bulldogs scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth.
 
Matson tossed 8.0 innings, allowing four runs – all earned – on eight hits and no walks with 10 strikeouts. At the plate. Sophomore Callan Fang tallied two hits and a run, senior Ben Rounds hit an RBI double, and junior George Cooper added an RBI single.

Harvard Highlights

  • Junior right-hander Sean Matson threw a complete game, throwing a season-high 8.0 innings and allowing four runs – all earned – on eight hits and no walks with 10 strikeouts. He notched double-digit strikeouts for the second time this year and did not permit a walk for the first time this year.
  • Sophomore Callan Fang went 2-for-5 with a run.
  • Senior Ben Rounds posted an RBI double. He hit his 16th double of the season.
  • Junior George Cooper notched an RBI single.
  • First-year Jack Rickheim tallied a hit, run, and walk.
  • Sophomore Jordan Kang registered a hit and a run.
  • The Crimson totaled nine hits as a team with eight different members of the Crimson notching hits. 

How It Happened

  • Yale opened the game's scoring with a solo home run in the bottom of the first.
  • The Crimson tied the score at 1-1 in the top of the third as Rickheim came home to score following a wild pitch after he reached on a walk and moved to third on a single from Fang.
  • Yale re-gained a 2-1 lead with a run in the bottom of the fourth.
  • Harvard knotted the score at 2-2 in the top of the fifth as Cooper sent an RBI single to center field to plate Kang.
  • The Bulldogs moved ahead 3-2 in the last of the sixth on a sacrifice fly.
  • The Crimson evened the score again in the top of the seventh behind an RBI double to right center from Rounds that brought home Fang.
  • The hosts went back into the lead at 4-3 with an RBI single in the eighth. 

GAME 2: Harvard 3, Yale 2

First-year right-hander Truman Pauley allowed just two runs over 5.2 innings in the start before first-year right-hander Will Burns and junior right-hander Tanner Smith combined to threw 3.1 innings of scoreless relief as Harvard topped Yale in the nightcap, 3-2.
 
Trailing 2-0, the Crimson plated two runs in the fourth to tie the score at 2-2 and scored the go-ahead run in the top of the sixth to rally past the host Bulldogs and even up the series at one game apiece.
 
Pauley threw 5.2 innings in the win, allowing two runs on three hits with six strikeouts, Burns hurled 1.1 innings of scoreless relief, and Smith tossed 2.0 innings in his first save of the year. At the plate, sophomore Callan Fang tallied three hits, senior Jake Berger notched two hits and an RBI, and senior Ben Rounds added a hit and an RBI. 

Harvard Highlights

  • First-year right-hander Truman Pauley threw 5.2 innings in the win, allowing two runs – both earned – on three hits and four walks with six strikeouts.
  • Junior right-hander Tanner Smith earned his first save of the season, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings, permitting one hit and no walks with four strikeouts.
  • First-year right-hander Will Burns hurled 1.1 innings of scoreless relief, giving up one hit and no walks.
  • Sophomore Callan Fang went 3-for-4 with a run, notching multi-hit games in both ends of the doubleheader.
  • Senior Jake Berger finished 2-for-4 with the go-ahead RBI in the sixth.
  • Junior George Cooper tallied a hit and two runs scored.
  • Senior Ben Rounds notched a hit, an RBI, and a walk.
  • Junior Sawyer Feller added an RBI on a sacrifice fly.
  • The Crimson pitching staff permitted just two runs on five hits and four walks with 10 strikeouts. 

How It Happened

  • Yale opened the game's scoring with a pair of runs in the bottom of the third.
  • Harvard responded with two runs in the top of the fourth to tie the score at 2-2. Rounds started the scoring with an RBI single to right field to plate Fang before Feller sent a sacrifice fly to left field to score Cooper.
  • The Crimson took a 3-2 lead in the top of the sixth as Berger sent an RBI single to right field to drive in Cooper.
  • Burns and Smith combined to threw 3.1 innings of scoreless relief to close the contest, allowing just two hits and no walks. 

Next Up

Harvard closes the series with Yale with game three tomorrow – Sunday, May 12 – at noon (ESPN+).

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