CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University baseball hosts Brown University in a rescheduled series finale on Tuesday, Apr. 21 at 3:30 p.m. (ESPN+) at O'Donnell Field with the Crimson coming off a 7-6 win over Dartmouth in its last outing.

What to Know

• The Crimson (8-21, 6-8 Ivy) and Bears (17-14, 9-4 Ivy) complete a three-game series after the two teams split a doubleheader on Apr. 4 before having the series finale, originally scheduled for Apr. 5, postponed due to weather. Entering Tuesday, Harvard stands in a tie for fourth place in the Ivy standings while Brown sits in second place.
• The pitching matchup is set to feature Crimson LHP Luca Alagheband (0-3, 7.80 ERA) against Brown RHP Dylan Reid (3-2, 3.58 ERA).
• Harvard leads Brown in the all-time series, 205-128-1. The two teams first met in 1868. The Crimson swept last season's series, 3-0.
• After playing 23 of its first 26 games as the away team, the Crimson is in the midst of playing seven straight games as the home team from Apr. 17-26 to close out its 2026 home slate with all seven contests coming against Ivy opponents. The stretch includes a three-game series with Dartmouth (Apr. 17-18), a single game vs. Brown (Apr. 21), and a three-game set with Penn (Apr. 25-26).
• As a team during conference only play, Harvard ranks third in the Ivy League in team ERA (4.21). In Ivy play, six Crimson pitchers have posted ERAs of 5.00 or below, including Brett Gable (0.00), Gio Colasante (2.27), Jack Smith (2.84), Ryan McHugh (3.60), Brian Dowling (3.86), and Davis Kahn (4.50).
• In the series finale against Dartmouth (Apr. 18), 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 came back to beat Dartmouth, 7-6, at O'Donnell Field.
• Senior infielder/right-handed pitcher Gio Colasante – a member of the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award Watch List and a two-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Mar. 23 and Mar. 31) this season – has hit .309 on the year with seven home runs, 25 RBIs, 34 hits, 21 runs, and five doubles. As a pitcher, he has notched a 4.17 ERA over 45.1 innings. He ranks first in the Ivy League in home runs (seven), first in slugging (.564), second in OPS (.972), and 10^th in average (.309) as well as third in opposing average (.213), and ninth in ERA (4.17) as a pitcher. In Ivy only play, he has posted a .415 average with five homers, 14 RBIs, 22 hits, five doubles, and 12 runs as a batter while posting a 2.27 ERA and 3-0 record over 31.2 innings as a pitcher. In conference only play, he stands first in the Ancient Eight in home runs (five), second in slugging (.830), second in OPS (1.330), third in average (.415), fourth in OBP (.500), fourth in hits (22), and sixth in doubles (five), while ranking third in opposing average (.170), fourth in wins (three), seventh in ERA (2.27), and seventh in innings pitched (31.2) as a pitcher.
• Junior shortstop Jack Rickheim has hit .294 on the season with five home runs, 18 RBIs, 35 hits, 24 runs, and seven doubles. In Ivy only play, he has hit .345 with 20 hits, 16 runs, 13 RBIs, and five homers. Rickheim ranks fifth in the Ivy League in homers (five) and 10^th in slugging (.479). In conference only play, he stands third in home runs (four), third in slugging (.638), third in OPS (1.044), third in runs (16), sixth in doubles (five), and eighth in average (.345). In the series finale at Cornell (Mar. 30), he went 4-for-6 with two home runs, five RBIs, four runs, and a double.
• Sophomore right-hander Andrew Abler has registered a 4.82 ERA on the year with 29 strikeouts over 46.2 innings. He earned the win in the series finale at Cornell (Mar. 30), throwing 6.0 innings and permitting two runs – both unearned – with a season-high six strikeouts. Abler tallied a season-high six strikeouts over 4.0 innings at Tulane (Feb. 20) before throwing 6.0 innings and permitting just three runs at Liberty (Mar. 8).
• Out of the bullpen, first-year left-hander Brett Gable and junior right-hander Ryan McHugh have both registered ERAs at 4.00 or below. Gable has notched a 3.06 ERA with 18 strikeouts over 17.2 innings with two saves while McHugh has posted a 4.00 ERA with 13 strikeouts over 18.0 innings with two saves. In conference play, Gable has registered a 0.00 ERA with five strikeouts over 8.0 innings with two saves, and McHugh has compiled a 3.60 ERA with six strikeouts over 10.0 innings.
• The Crimson played its first 19 games of the season on the road. The stretch started with four series – at Tulane (Feb. 20-22), at Rice (Feb. 27 to Mar. 1), at Liberty (Mar. 6-8), and at California Baptist (Mar. 13-16) – outside the region. Harvard then played two Ivy series – at Columbia (Mar. 21-22) and at Cornell (Mar. 29-30) to close out the stretch.
• Harvard was selected to finish fourth in the 2026 Ivy League Baseball Preseason Poll. The Crimson totaled 73 points to land in the top half of the eight-team poll. Columbia (118 points, nine first-place votes), Yale (116 points, seven first-place votes), and Penn (100 points) took the poll's top three spots. Princeton (49 points), Cornell (45), Dartmouth (41), and Brown (34) rounded out the poll in order. 

Up Next

Harvard hosts 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+). The Crimson will celebrate Senior Day as part of Saturday's doubleheader.