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Gio Colasante and Max Lane
Eddie Monigan
3
Yale YALE 13-7, 1-3 Ivy
6
Winner Harvard HARV 2-16, 1-3 Ivy
Yale YALE
13-7, 1-3 Ivy
3
Final
6
Harvard HARV
2-16, 1-3 Ivy
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yale YALE 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 8 2
Harvard HARV 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 X 6 8 1

W: Fang, Callan (1-2) L: Colton Shaw (2-2) S: McHugh, Ryan (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Tops Yale for First Ivy Victory, 6-3

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior George Cooper hit a home run for the third straight game, junior right-hander Callan Fang tallied a season-high seven strikeouts over 7.0 innings in the start, and Harvard University baseball topped Yale University, 6-3, on Friday afternoon in the Crimson's first game at O'Donnell Field this season.
 
Earning its first Ivy victory of the year, the Crimson (2-16, 1-3 Ivy) claimed a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third behind Cooper's two-run homer and did not relinquish the lead over the remainder of the game to take the series opener from the Bulldogs (13-7, 1-3 Ivy).
 
At the plate, Cooper hit his fourth homer of the year and 10th homer of his career, finishing the game 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs. Junior Max Lane went 2-for-3 with a home run, an RBI, and two runs, and senior Matt Giberti contributed a 2-for-4 effort with two runs, an RBI, and a stolen base.
 
On the mound, Fang tossed 7.0 innings in the win, allowing three runs on six hits and three walks with his season-high seven strikeouts, while sophomore right-hander Ryan McHugh earned his first collegiate save, throwing 2.0 innings of relief and permitting no runs on two hits and no walks with a career-high four strikeouts. 

Harvard Highlights

  • Senior George Cooper went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs, a run scored, and a stolen base. He hit a homer for his third straight game, belted his team-high fourth homer of the season, and recorded his 10th career home run.
  • Junior Max Lane finished 2-for-3 with a home run, an RBI, two runs scored, a walk, and a stolen base. He posted his second homer of the year and third of his career.
  • Senior Matt Giberti registered a 2-for-4 effort with two runs, an RBI, and a stolen base. He improved to 8-for-9 on stolen base attempts this season.
  • Senior Sawyer Feller added a hit and an RBI, sophomore Jack Rickheim contributed a double, and first-year Liam Wilson scored a run.
  • Junior right-hander Callan Fang threw 7.0 innings in the win, allowing three runs – all earned – on six hits and three walks with a season-high seven strikeouts.
  • Sophomore right-hander Ryan McHugh earned his first career save, tossing 2.0 innings of relief and permitting no runs on two hits and no walks with a career-high four strikeouts.
  • Fang and McHugh combined to tally 11 strikeouts against three walks. 
Gallery: (3-28-2025) Baseball vs. Yale
 

How It Happened

  • Cooper opened the game's scoring with a two-run home run to right field in the bottom of the third, giving the Crimson a 2-0 lead.
  • Yale pulled within 2-1 behind a solo homer in the top of the fourth.
  • The Crimson moved ahead 3-1 in the last of the fifth as Giberti lifted a sacrifice fly to center field to plate Lane.
  • An RBI single to left field from Feller pushed the Crimson's margin to 4-1 in the bottom of the sixth.
  • The Bulldogs narrowed the difference to 4-2 in the top of the seventh on a ground ball.
  • Harvard gained a 6-2 advantage in the last of the seventh as Lane blasted a solo homer to left center field and Giberti came home to score on a ground ball from Fang.
  • After Yale trimmed the deficit to 6-3 in the top of the eighth, McHugh retired six of the next seven batters that he faced, including four strikeouts to close the game. 

Next Up

Harvard plays a doubleheader with Yale tomorrow – Saturday, Mar. 29 – starting at 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+) at the Bulldogs' George H.W. Bush Field in New Haven, Connecticut. The Crimson will bat as the home team in both relocated contests.




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