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Winner Dartmouth DART 10-18, 6-8 Ivy
4
Harvard HARV 7-21, 5-8 Ivy
Winner
Dartmouth DART
10-18, 6-8 Ivy
6
Final
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Harvard HARV
7-21, 5-8 Ivy
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Dartmouth DART 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 8 1
Harvard HARV 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 9 1

W: Burke, Mac (3-3) L: Sams, Daniel (1-2)

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Dartmouth DART 10-19, 6-9 Ivy
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Winner Harvard HARV 8-21, 6-8 Ivy
Dartmouth DART
10-19, 6-9 Ivy
6
Final
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Harvard HARV
8-21, 6-8 Ivy
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dartmouth DART 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 0
Harvard HARV 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 X 7 6 2

W: Dowling, Brian (1-1) L: Sejnoha, Trey (2-2) S: Alagheband, Luca (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Beats Dartmouth in Series Finale, 7-6, to Split Saturday Doubleheader

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Sophomore Cullen Stone hit a bases-clearing double before sophomore Gavin Smith posted the go-ahead RBI single in an eighth-inning rally as Harvard University baseball came back to beat Dartmouth College, 7-6, in the series finale after the visitors took the game's first contest, 6-4, in 12 innings on Saturday afternoon at O'Donnell Field.
 
Competing in an Ivy League doubleheader to close the series, the Crimson (8-21, 6-8 Ivy) rallied from a 6-3 deficit in the eighth to take the set's final contest after the two teams went to extra innings in the day's opening game with the Big Green (10-19, 6-9 Ivy) plating the go-ahead runs in the 12th after the two teams entered extra innings tied at 3-3.
 
At the close of Saturday's contests, Harvard stands in a tie for fourth place in the Ivy League standings with Columbia (6-8 Ivy) with the Lions set to close their series with Brown on Sunday.
 
In game one, senior right-hander Jack Smith threw a season-high 4.1 innings, permitting no runs on no hits and no walks with a season-best three strikeouts. At the plate, junior Jack Rickheim went 2-for-5 with an RBI, junior Tyler Shulman notched a pair of RBIs, senior Gio Colasante finished 2-for-5 with a double, and senior Jordan Kang posted two hits and an RBI.
 
In game two, Stone tallied three RBIs, a double, and a run while Smith went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run. Colasante tallied a home run – his seventh of the season – with two RBIs. Senior left-hander Brian Dowling earned the win, throwing 3.0 scoreless innings and allowing no runs on one hit and one walk before sophomore left-hander Luca Alagheband captured the save, hurling 1.0 inning and permitting no runs on one hit and no walks. 
 
Gallery: (4-18-2026) Baseball vs. Dartmouth -- Doubleheader
 

Game 1: Dartmouth 6, Harvard 4 (12 Innings)

Senior right-hander Jack Smith threw 4.1 innings without allowing a base runner and three Crimson posted multi-hit games, but Harvard fell to Dartmouth, 6-4, in 12 innings in the first game of the doubleheader.
 
Competing in the second game of the weekend series, the Crimson tied the score at 3-3 in the bottom of the fifth and knotted it again at 4-4 in the last of the 10th before the Big Green scored a pair of runs in the top of the 12th to take the decision in extra innings.
 
Smith threw a season-high 4.1 innings, permitting no runs on no hits and no walks with a season-best three strikeouts.
 
At the plate, junior Jack Rickheim went 2-for-5 with an RBI, junior Tyler Shulman notched a pair of RBIs, senior Gio Colasante finished 2-for-5 with a double, and senior Jordan Kang posted two hits and an RBI.

Harvard Highlights

  • Junior shortstop Jack Rickheim with 2-for-5 with an RBI and a walk.
  • Junior second baseman Tyler Shulman tallied two RBIs and a hit.
  • Senior right-handed pitcher/designated hitter Gio Colasante finished 2-for-5 with a double and a walk as a batter, while throwing 4.2 innings in the start and allowing three runs on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
  • Senior third baseman Jordan Kang finished 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI.
  • Senior right-handed pitcher Jack Smith did not allow a base runner over his season-high 4.1 innings pitched, permitting no runs on no hits and no walks with a season-best three strikeouts.
  • Over the game's first nine innings, Colasante and Smith combined to give up just three runs on five hits and two walks with seven strikeouts.

How It Happened

  • Dartmouth opened the game's scoring with a pair of runs in the top of the second to take a 2-0 lead.
  • The Big Green added a run in the top of the fifth to move ahead 3-0.
  • The Crimson responded with three runs in the bottom of the fifth to knot the score at 3-3. Rickheim brought in a run with a bases-loaded walk before Shulman sent a two-run single into right center to tie the game.
  • Smith did not allow a Big Green base runner to reach over the sixth through ninth innings.
  • The visitors pulled ahead, 4-3, with a run in the top of the 10th on a ground ball.
  • Harvard answered in the last half of the 10th as an RBI single through the left side from Kang once again brought the Crimson even with Dartmouth at 10-10.
  • Dartmouth scored the go-ahead runs in the top of the 12th behind a two-run single up the middle for the final score of 6-4. 

Game 2: Harvard 7, Dartmouth 6

Sophomore Cullen Stone hit a bases-clearing double in the bottom of the eighth, sophomore Gavin Smith notched the go-ahead RBI also in the eighth, and sophomore left-lander Luca Alagheband induced a double play for the game's final two outs as Harvard rallied past Dartmouth, 7-6, in the second game of the doubleheader.
 
Competing in the series finale, the Crimson rallied from a 6-3 deficit entering the eighth, scoring four times in the bottom of the eighth to earn the come-from-behind win over the Big Green.
 
Stone tallied three RBIs, a double, and a run while Smith went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run. Senior Gio Colasante tallied a home run – his seventh of the season – with two RBIs.
 
Senior left-hander Brian Dowling earned the win, throwing 3.0 scoreless innings and allowing no runs on one hit and one walk before Alagheband captured the save, hurling 1.0 inning and permitting no runs on one hit and no walks. 

Harvard Highlights

  • Sophomore left fielder Cullen Stone hit a bases-clearing double in the bottom of the eighth to tie the score at 6-6, finishing the contest with three RBIs, a double, and a run scored.
  • Sophomore right fielder Gavin Smith posted a 2-for-4 effort with an RBI and a run. He hit the go-ahead RBI single in the bottom of the eighth.
  • Senior designated hitter Gio Colasante totaled a home run, two RBIs, two runs, and a walk. He hit his team-high seventh homer of the year and his 17th homer of his career.
  • Junior shortstop Jack Rickheim compiled a hit, an RBI, and a run scored.
  • Senior left-hander Brian Dowling earned the win, throwing 3.0 shutout innings and allowing no runs on one hit and one walk. He tallied his first win of the season.
  • Sophomore left-hander Luca Alagheband captured his first save of the season, hurling 1.0 inning and permitting no runs on one hit and no walks.
  • Junior right-hander Andrew Abler tossed 5.0 innings in the start, giving up six runs – four earned – on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
  • Dowling and Alagheband combined to throw four innings of scoreless relief, allowing just two hits and one walk.

How It Happened

  • Dartmouth plated the game's first run in the top of the first to take a 1-0 edge.
  • Harvard jumped in front 2-1 in the bottom of the first as Colasante launched a two-run home run to left field.
  • The Big Green scored five runs in the top of the fourth to move ahead 6-2.
  • The Crimson trimmed the margin to 6-3 in the last of the fifth behind an RBI single from Rickheim.
  • In relief, Dowling did not allow a run across the sixth, seventh, and eighth frames.
  • In the bottom of the eighth, Stone drove a bases-clearing double into right field to tie the score at 6-6 before Smith sent an RBI single up the middle to plate Stone and put the Crimson back in front, 7-6.
  • Alagheband closed the game in the ninth, inducing a double play for the contest's final two outs.

Next Up

Harvard hosts Brown in a rescheduled series finale on Tuesday, Apr. 21 at 3:30 p.m. (ESPN+) before hosting Penn in a three-game series with a doubleheader on Saturday, Apr. 25 at 11:30 a.m. (ESPN+) and a single game on Sunday, Apr. 26 at noon (ESPN+).

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