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19
Winner Columbia COL 24-17, 16-5 Ivy
1
Harvard HARV 11-26, 8-12 Ivy
Winner
Columbia COL
24-17, 16-5 Ivy
19
Final
1
Harvard HARV
11-26, 8-12 Ivy
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Columbia COL 0 6 0 2 2 3 3 0 3 19 19 1
Harvard HARV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 1

W: Edwards, Jagger (3-3) L: Colasante, Gio (2-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Falls to Columbia in Series Finale, 19-1

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior George Cooper and sophomore Jack Rickheim each tallied two hits, but Harvard University baseball fell to Columbia University, 19-1, in the series finale on Sunday afternoon at O'Donnell Field.
 
Closing out the final full series of the season for both teams, the Crimson (11-26, 8-12 Ivy) dropped the decision to the Lions (24-17, 16-5 Ivy) who clinched at least a share of the Ivy League regular season title with the win.
 
Rickheim went 2-for-5 with a double, notching his 13th multi-hit game of the year while Cooper finished 2-for-4, posting his 14th multi-hit game of the year.

Harvard Highlights

  • Sophomore Jack Rickheim finished 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored. He notched his 13th multi-hit game of the year.
  • Senior George Cooper went 2-for-4, posting his 14th multi-hit game of the year.
  • Senior Matt Giberti hit an RBI single and added a walk.
  • First-year Liam Wilson and sophomore Jordan Kang each contributed a hit while sophomore Lou Targoff added a walk as a pinch hitter. 
 

How It Happened

  • Columbia opened the game's scoring with six runs in the top of the second.
  • The Lions plated two runs in the top of the fourth on a two-run triple to move ahead, 8-0.
  • The visitors added another pair of runs in the top of the fifth to make the score 10-0.
  • Columbia tacked on three runs in the top of the sixth to bring its lead to 13-0.
  • The Lions scored three additional runs in the top of the seventh to take a 16-0 edge.
  • In the bottom of the eighth, Giberti sent an RBI single into left field, plating Rickheim – who doubled to left center earlier in the inning – and making the score 16-1.
  • The visitors moved ahead 19-1 with a three-run home run in the top of the ninth. 

Next Up

Harvard hosts Princeton on Wednesday, May 7 at 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+) for its regular season finale in a rescheduled contest from April.

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