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Matt Giberti
4
Harvard HARV 0-12
8
Winner Northeastern NU 11-6
Harvard HARV
0-12
4
Final
8
Northeastern NU
11-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Harvard HARV 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 8 0
Northeastern NU 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 X 8 7 2

W: Gottesman,Jordan (1-1) L: Dowling, Brian (0-1) S: Gitlin,Max (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Battles Northeastern in Three-Game Set, Drops Series Finale, 8-4

BROOKLINE, Mass. – Senior Matt Giberti and junior Gio Colasante each tallied two hits, and sophomore Jack Rickheim posted a pair of RBIs, but Harvard University baseball dropped an 8-4 decision to Northeastern University on Sunday afternoon at Friedman Diamond in the series finale.
 
Completing its first series in the New England region, the Crimson (0-12) pulled within 5-3 with a pair of runs in the top of the seventh before the host Huskies (11-6) scored three of the contest's final four runs.
 
For the Crimson, Giberti went 2-for-3 with an RBI, a run scored, and a walk while Colasante finished 2-for-5 with a run scored. On the mound, junior left-hander Brian Dowling threw 4.1 innings in the start, allowing three runs on three hits and three walks with three strikeouts.

Harvard Highlights

  • Senior Matt Giberti went 2-for-3 with an RBI, a run scored, and a walk.
  • Junior Gio Colasante finished 2-for-5 with a run scored.
  • Sophomore Jack Rickheim tallied two RBIs.
  • First-year Liam Wilson posted a hit and a run.
  • Senior George Cooper, junior Jordan Kang, and junior Callan Fang each added a hit. Kang also chipped in a walk.
  • Sophomore Tyler Shulman registered an RBI, and sophomore Ryan Mooney scored a run.
  • Junior left-hander Brian Dowling threw 4.1 innings in the start, allowing three runs – all earned – on three hits and three walks with three strikeouts.
  • Over the three-game series, Harvard's starting pitchers of Dowling, junior Callan Fang, and sophomore Truman Pauley combined to toss 15.0 innings, permitting six runs – five earned – on eight hits and nine walks with 16 strikeouts. 

How It Happened

  • Northeastern opened the game's scoring with a run in the bottom of the first.
  • The Huskies added a run in the each of the fourth and fifth innings to pull ahead 3-0.
  • Harvard cut the lead to 3-1 with a run in the top of the sixth. After Giberti reached with a bunt single, Cooper moved him to third with a single before Rickheim brought Giberti home with a ground ball.
  • The hosts used a two-run home run in the last of the sixth to make the margin 5-1.
  • The Crimson pulled within 5-3 with a pair of runs in the top of the seventh. Following base hits from Colasante and Wilson, a ground ball from Shulman brought in Colasante before Giberti worked a walk with the bases loaded to plate Wilson.
  • Northeastern moved the difference to 6-3 with a run in the bottom of the seventh.
  • Harvard threatened in the top of the eighth, putting runners on first and second with no outs before the Huskies escaped the jam.
  • The hosts tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the last of the eighth to move ahead 8-3.
  • The visitors scored the game's final run In the top of the ninth. Fang and Giberti led off the inning with base hits before Mooney – who came on as a pinch runner for Fang – came around to score following a ground ball from Rickheim. 

Next Up

Harvard plays at Bryant on Tuesday, Mar. 18 at 3:00 p.m. (ESPN+) before opening Ivy League play at Penn with a three-game series from Mar. 22-23 (ESPN+) with a doubleheader on Saturday, Mar. 22 starting at 11:30 a.m. and a single game on Sunday, Mar. 23 at noon.

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