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Luca Alagheband
Nate Gardner
4
Winner Northeastern NU 17-14
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Harvard HARV 5-17
Winner
Northeastern NU
17-14
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Final
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Harvard HARV
5-17
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northeastern NU 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0
Harvard HARV 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2

W: Andrew Basel (1-0) L: Tahnk, Owen (0-1) S: Matthew Sapienza (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Battles Northeastern in Beanpot Semifinals, Falls 4-1

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Seven Crimson pitchers combined to allow just three hits, but Harvard University baseball fell to Northeastern University, 4-1, in the semifinals of The Baseball Beanpot on Wednesday afternoon at O'Donnell Field.
 
Playing in its first true mid-week game of the season, the Crimson (5-17) did not permit a run in the fifth through ninth innings but could not stage a comeback as the Huskies (17-14) plated the game's first three runs in the top of the second and held onto the lead the rest of the way.
 
First-year right-hander Davis Kahn threw 1.2 scoreless innings with a team-high four strikeouts, sophomore Luca Alagheband struck out a pair in a scoreless inning in the start, and junior right-hander Ryan McHugh, first-year left-hander Brett Gable, and senior right-hander Jack Smith all added scoreless relief appearances.
 
At the plate, junior shortstop Jack Rickheim went 1-for-2 with an RBI and two walks, and sophomore catcher Liam Wilson contributed a hit, a run, a walk, and a stolen base.
 
In the Beanpot's other semifinal, Boston College earned an 11-1 home win over Massachusetts in eight innings on Tuesday. In the final round on April 14, Harvard will meet UMass in the third-place game while Northeastern will face BC in the championship game.

Harvard Highlights

  • The Crimson featured seven pitchers in the contest with five of them throwing at least one inning without allowing a run.
  • As a staff, Harvard's pitchers tallied 10 strikeouts on the day, while allowing just four runs, three hits, and five walks. Harvard totaled double-figure strikeouts for the second time on the season.
  • First-year right-hander Davis Kahn threw 1.2 scoreless innings with a team-high four strikeouts, while permitting no runs on one hit and no walks. He struck out the side in the top of the third.
  • Sophomore left-hander Luca Alagheband tossed a scoreless inning in the start, striking out a pair of batters in the top of the first without giving up a hit or run.
  • Junior right-hander Ryan McHugh (1.0 inning, no runs, no hits, one strikeout), first-year left-hander Brett Gable (1.1 innings, no hits, no runs, two strikeouts), and senior right-hander Jack Smith (1.2 innings, no hits, no runs) all registered scoreless outings to close out the contest.
  • Junior shortstop Jack Rickheim went 1-for-2 with an RBI and two walks.
  • Sophomore catcher Liam Wilson posted a hit, a run, a walk, and a stolen base.
  • Junior second baseman Tyler Shulman, sophomore left fielder Gavin Smith, and first-year first baseman Matthew Witkow each added a hit.
Gallery: (4-8-2026) Baseball vs. Northeastern
 

How It Happened

  • Northeastern opened the game's scoring with three runs in the top of the second behind an RBI on an infield single and two RBIs on a single through the left side.
  • Kahn struck out the side in the top of the third to keep the Crimson within 3-0.
  • The Crimson cut the margin to 3-1 in the bottom of the third as Rickheim sent an RBI single through the left side to plate Wilson.
  • The Huskies scored the contest's final run in the top of the fourth with an RBI on an infield single to make the score 4-1.
  • The Crimson's pitching staff did not allow a run in the fifth through ninth innings. 

Next Up

Harvard plays a three-game series at Yale with a doubleheader on Saturday, Apr. 11 at 11:30 a.m. (ESPN+) and a single game on Sunday, Apr. 12 at noon (ESPN+).

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