CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Sophomore left-hander
Luca Alagheband threw a season-high 6.1 innings with a season-best eight strikeouts, and senior
Jordan Kang hit a two-run double, but Harvard University baseball fell to Brown University, 6-3, on Tuesday afternoon at O'Donnell Field.
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In a rescheduled series finale dating back to April 5, the Crimson (8-22, 6-9 Ivy) pulled within 4-2 in the bottom of the sixth and within 6-3 in the last of the seventh before the visiting Bears (18-14, 10-4 Ivy) held on for the decision.
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Alagheband threw a season-high 6.1 innings and tallied a season-best eight strikeouts, allowing just one earned run on four hits and two walks, while Kang posted a double, two RBIs, and a walk. First-year left-hander
Brett Gable tossed 1.1 innings of scoreless relief without allowing a hit, senior
Max Lane notched a double and a run, and sophomore
Cullen Stone added an RBI.
Harvard Highlights
- Sophomore left-hander Luca Alagheband threw a season-high 6.1 innings and tallied a season-best eight strikeouts, allowing just one earned run on four hits and two walks.
- First-year left-hander Brett Gable tossed 1.1 innings of scoreless relief, permitting no runs on no hits and one walk.
- Senior third baseman Jordan Kang posted a double, two RBIs, and a walk.
- Senior center fielder Max Lane notched a double and a run.
- Sophomore second baseman Cullen Stone added an RBI.
- Senior shortstop Jack Rickheim added a hit and a run.
- Harvard's pitching staff matched its season high with 11 strikeouts as a team.
Gallery: (4-21-2026) Baseball vs. Brown -- Game 3
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How It Happened
- Following three scoreless innings, Brown opened the game's scoring with an unearned run in the top of the fourth on an RBI single.
- The Bears extended their margin to 4-0 with three unearned runs in the top of the fifth on a groundball and a two-run double.
- Harvard cut the difference to 4-2 in the bottom of the sixth as Kang drove a two-run double to left center to plate Rickheim and first-year Aidan Colasante.
- Brown scored a pair of runs in the top of the seventh on a two-run homer to make the score 6-2.
- The Crimson plated the game's final run in the last of the seventh on a ground ball from Stone that brought home Lane.
- Junior right-hander Ryan McHugh and Gable combined to threw two innings of scoreless relief across the eighth and ninth innings.Â
Next Up
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.
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