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Matthew Witkow
Nate Gardner
5
Winner Dartmouth DART 9-18, 5-8 Ivy
3
Harvard HARV 7-20, 5-7 Ivy
Winner
Dartmouth DART
9-18, 5-8 Ivy
5
Final
3
Harvard HARV
7-20, 5-7 Ivy
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dartmouth DART 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 12 0
Harvard HARV 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 8 1

W: Burke, Mac (2-3) L: McHugh, Ryan (1-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Drops Decision to Dartmouth in Series Opener, 5-3

MEDFORD, Mass. – First-year designated hitter Matthew Witkow contributed two hits, two RBIs, and a double, and first-year right-handed pitcher Davis Kahn allowed just one run over 6.1 innings in the start, but Harvard University baseball dropped a 5-3 decision to Dartmouth College on Friday afternoon at Tufts University's Sol Gittleman Park.
 
Starting off a stretch of seven straight games in which it will compete as the home team after playing 23 of its first 26 games as the away team, the Crimson (7-20, 5-7 Ivy) held a 3-0 lead through six innings before the Big Green (9-18, 5-8 Ivy) plated the game's final five runs over the last three frames.
 
Witkow finished 2-for-2 with two RBIs, a double, a run, and a walk, junior second baseman Tyler Shulman posted a 2-for-4 effort with an RBI, and senior Gio Colasante went 2-for-4 with a double and a run to round out the Crimson's three batters with multi-hit games.
 
In his first career start in Ivy League play, Kahn tossed a career-high 6.1 innings, allowing just one run on eight hits and no walks with three strikeouts.
 
Officials rescheduled the contest – originally scheduled for Sunday – to Friday due to expected weather conditions and then moved the game to Tufts' artificial turf facility due to field conditions.

Harvard Highlights

  • First-year designated hitter Matthew Witkow finished 2-for-2 with two RBIs, a double, a run, and a walk. He registered his sixth double of the season.
  • Junior second baseman Tyler Shulman notched a 2-for-4 effort with an RBI.
  • Senior first baseman Gio Colasante went 2-for-4 with a double and a run. He notched his fourth double of the season.
  • Senior center fielder Max Lane posted a triple and a run scored.
  • Junior shortstop Jack Rickheim added a hit.
  • First-year right-hander Davis Kahn threw a season-high 6.1 innings in his first career Ivy start, allowing just one run on eight hits and no walks with three strikeouts.
Gallery: (4-17-2026) Baseball vs. Dartmouth - Game 1
 

How It Happened

  • Harvard opened the game's scoring in the bottom of the second as Shulman sent an RBI single to center field to plate Witkow, who doubled earlier in the inning.
  • The Crimson extended its edge to 2-0 in the last of the fourth behind a sacrifice fly from Witkow that brought home Lane after Lane led off the inning with a triple to right field.
  • Harvard moved ahead 3-0 in the bottom of the sixth as Witkow notched his second RBI of the day with a single to center field that scored Colasante from second after Colasante doubled to open the stanza.
  • Dartmouth pulled within 3-1 in the top of the seventh with an RBI double down the left field line.
  • In the top of the eighth, the Big Green knotted the score at 3-3 with runs scoring on a pair of ground balls.
  • Dartmouth scored twice in the top of the ninth to take a 5-3 edge behind two RBI doubles. 

Next Up

Harvard closes the series with Dartmouth tomorrow – Saturday, Apr. 18 – with a doubleheader beginning at 11:30 a.m. (ESPN+).

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