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NEW HAVEN, Conn.--It isn't often that one inning can salvage a weekend, but in the ultimate crunch-time frame of the season, the Crimson responded.
With its four-game set against Red Rolfe-rival Yale about to go the way of an unlocked car on a New Haven street, the Harvard baseball team woke up from a 27-inning slumber and rattled off two runs against Bulldog starter Sudha Reddy to break a 2-2 tie, escaping with a pair of doubleheader splits to maintain a threegame divisional lead.
Senior captain David Forst, who struggled through a 2-14 weekend, opened the prototype Crimson rally with a line-drive single into short centerfield and moved over on junior third baseman Todd Harris's sacrifice bunt. A passed ball later, Forst sprinted home with the go-ahead run when junior second baseman Hal Carey lifted a sacrifice fly to the rightfield corner.
"I wanted to do something productive," Carey said. "I had been hitting little grounders and tappers, and I wanted to get the ball up in the air."
Senior centerfielder Brian Ralph followed with an insurance RBI, plating pinch runner Rich Linden on a sinking fly ball to center good for two bases, staking Harvard to a 4-2 lead.
Sophomore righthander Derek Lennon, who had relieved starter James Kalyvas in the fourth, tossed a perfect bottom of the seventh to ice the Bulldogs, salvaging what could have been an absolutely horrendous weekend in southern Connecticut.
"The fourth game was a gut check for us," said Coach Joe Walsh. "It was when we found out what kind of a team we are--we get tough when the game is on the line, and that's a real positive." HARVARD (game 1) 2 YALE 5 The win took some of the sting out of two otherwise dreary days of baseball at Yale Field, as the Crimson (20-9,9-3 Ivy) overcame nine errors, hard-luck losses from aces Andrew Duffell and Garett Vail and quality starts from four Bulldog arms to hold Yale (14-17, 6-6) at bay in Harvard 4, Yale 2 Urgently needing the last of this fourgame set,Walsh looked to the junior righthander Kalyvas toprovide some muscle on the hill. Kalyvas obliged,working three and two-thirds innings of four-hitball before feeling a pop in his right elbow afterfiring a wild pitch. It was a tough break for Kalyvas, who hadsuffered a sore arm earlier in the season but wasthrowing effectively before he exited in thebottom of the fourth in the middle of a jam. With one run in on the wild pitch and runnerson second and third, Kalyvas gave way to Lennon,who inherited a two-strike count on sophomorefirst baseman Mike Kahney. Lennon trotted methodically in from the pen,took his warmups, gritted his teeth and snappedoff a hard slider, getting Kahney to bite as theball dipped across his kneecaps, stranding thepair and preserving the tie for the Harvard bats. "I had been throwing my slider a lot in thepen, and it was breaking nice," Lennon said."[Junior catcher Jason] Keck came out and told me,`This guy can't hit sliders,' so I broke it offand got the out." Lennon then found a serious groove, workingthree more no-hit innings to earn his secondstraight win in long relief. Reddy was strong all afternoon for theBulldogs, taking the loss in a complete-gameeffort, scattering five hits and allowing onlythree earned runs--Yale's third complete-gamestart of the series. Harvard could manage only two runs before theseventh, getting a RBI double from Keck in thefirst and a ribbie single from senior leftfielderAaron Kessler in the third. "They threw some good games, but we helped alot," Forst said. "We weren't confident at theplate and we swung at a lot of bad pitches." Yale 9, Harvard 3 In yesterday's opener, the Crimson finally gota taste of the real Eric Gutshall. The seniorrighthander, trumpeted as perhaps the Ivy's topstarter, bounced back with a complete-gamelockdown a day after getting tossed around inmiddle relief. Gutshall (4-5), was never overpowering,coughing up eight hits and five free passes, butfanned nine Crimson batters with a devastatingmixture of offspeed pitches to keep himself in thegame. Gutshall trailed 2-1 until the bottom of thefifth, when Harvard starter Vail (2-2) ran intoproblems with the bottom of the Bulldog order.With one out, a booted groundball by Forst anda double by Kahney put runners on second andthird. Vail handled designated hitter Greg Janis'sone-hopper back to the box, cutting off the run athome for the second out of the inning, then drewleadoff hitter Ben Johnstone. Walsh had no interest in pitching to thecenterfielder, who was a scorching 6-12 with sixruns scored on the weekend, and issued him anintentional walk to load the bags for secondbaseman Tommy Kidwell. The Bulldog captain made the move backfire,turning on Vail's fastball and drilling it overthe leftfield wall for a backbreaking grand slam. "I didn't want to let Johnstone hit," Walshsaid." And honestly I didn't think Kidwell couldgo yard. I still think it was the right move." That it was, but the percentages burned theHarvard skipper, who then lifted Vail for seniormiddle reliever Mike Marcucci, trailing 5-2. Marcucci, sharp in his last several reliefappearances, simply didn't have it, surrenderingthree more runs on four hits in just a third of aninning to give Yale an insurmountable 9-2advantage. Harvard 10, Yale 7 Walsh got a less-than-par start from one of hisaces in Saturday's nightcap, and was forced torely on a last-ditch rally in the sixth to avert asweep. Jamieson, who had tossed seven andtwo-thirds heroic innings against Columbia inCambridge last weekend, never found his grooveagainst the Bulldog lineup. Jamieson lasted only four, coughing up eighthits and four earned runs, and fanning one in theno-decision. For at least four innings, however, this ballgame was a purely Twilight Zone affair, as Yaleput out an unnervingly good imitation of Harvardsmallball. The Bulldogs scrapped a pair in thebottom of the second, using a pair of singles, asac bunt, a wild pitch and, stealing a pagedirectly from Walsh's playbook, a suicide squeezeto bring two men in. Yale had upped its lead to 5-2 by the bottom ofthe fifth, when Walsh switched to Marcucci inmiddle relief. Marcucci tossed one and two-thirdsinnings, allowing two earned runs to keep the gamewithin reach while the bats got back a roll. That breakthrough came in the Harvard half ofthe sixth, as the Crimson chewed up and spat outfour Bulldog pitchers, including Gutshall, whotook an unlikely relief loss. Starter Mike Finnegan opened the frame, but hitthe showers after senior designated hitter Brett.Vankoski's RBI double scored Keck to pull towithin 5-3. Yale Coach John Stuper then went toGutshall, who typically works ten innings in afour-game Ivy weekend, to close out Finnegan'seffort. But Gutshall was nowhere near the plate,walking two and uncorking a wild pitch to key whatturned out to be an eight-run rally. Junior rightfielder Andrew Huling provided thebig blow, driving a two-out, two run singlebetween first and second to push Harvard ahead6-5. Ralph's RBI single and Keck's two-run doubleclosed out the damage, as Gutshall was saddledwith no doubt the ugliest line of his sparklingcareer: one-third of an inning, six runs, allunearned due to errors from Kidwell and catcherTodd Kasper. "[Gutshall] had been getting behind in thecount," Huling said. "So I waited on a fastballand I got one." Sophomore closer Mike Madden replaced Marcucciin the bottom of the sixth, sitting down fourstraight, fanning two, to earn his third save. Yale 5, Harvard 2 If Gutshall was the talk of the HarvardYALE, 5-2 (GAME 1) at Yale Field, New Haven,Conn. R H EHarvard 110 000 0 -- 2 6 2Yale 001 004 0 -- 5 8 0 HARVARD AB R H BI BB SOKessler If 3 1 1 0 0 0Huling rf 3 0 1 0 0 0Ralph cf 2 0 0 1 1 0Keck c 3 0 1 0 0 0Woodfork 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0Forst ss 3 0 0 0 0 1Carey 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0Vankoski dh 3 0 1 0 0 0Binkowski 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1TOTALS 25 2 6 2 1 2 YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 3 0 2 0 0 2Kidwell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0Coyne ss 2 1 2 2 0 0Miller rf 3 0 0 0 0 0Kasper c 3 1 1 0 0 0DeSantis If 3 1 0 0 0 0Farnen 3b 2 1 2 2 1 0Kahney 1b 2 0 1 1 0 0Janis dh 3 1 0 0 0 1TOTALS 23 5 8 5 1 1 E: Woodfork, Forst.DP: Yale 1LOB: Harvard 3, Yale 4. 2B: Kessler,Woodfork, Vankoski, Kasper, Farnen. 3B:None. HR: Coyne. SB: Kidwell,Kahney. CS: Ralph, Johnstone. HARVARD IP H R ER BB SODuffell, L(2-2) 5.2 7 5 1 1 0Madden 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 YALE IP H R ER BB SOLevy, W(3-3) 7.0 6 2 2 1 2 WP: None. PB: None. BK:None. HBP: None.HARVARD, 10-7 (GAME 2) at Yale Field, NewHaven, Conn. R H EHarvard 010 018 0 -- 10 11 5Yale 020 212 0 -- 7 12 2 HARVARD AB R H BI BB SOKessler If 5 2 2 0 0 0Huling rf 4 1 3 2 0 0Ralph cf 4 1 2 1 0 0Keck c 3 2 1 2 1 1Woodfork 3b 2 1 0 0 1 0Vankoski dh 3 1 1 1 0 0Harris ph 0 0 0 0 1 0Forst ss 3 0 1 0 1 0Carey 2b 4 1 1 2 0 0McKay 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1TOTALS 31 10 11 8 5 2 YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 4 2 2 0 0 1Kidwell 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0Coyne ss 4 0 2 1 0 0Miller rf 4 1 1 0 0 0Kasper c 3 2 2 0 1 1DeSantis If 3 1 1 0 0 2Farnen 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0Kahney 1b 3 0 2 1 0 0Baybrook pr 0 0 0 0 0 0Bryan 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0Costa dh 3 0 0 0 0 1TOTALS 32 7 12 5 1 5 E: Keck, Woodfork 2.DP: Harvard 1LOB: Harvard 6, Yale 7.2B: Keck,Vankoski, Coyne, Kathney. HARVARD IP H R ER BB SOJamieson 4.0 8 5 4 0 1Marcucci,W(4-1) 1.2 4 2 2 1 2Madden 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 YALE IP H R ER BB SOPinnegan 5.1 8 4 4 2 2Gutshall, L(3-5) 0.1 3 6 0 2 0Bogue 0.0 0 0 0 0 0Krupski 0.1 0 0 0 1 0Forman 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 WP: Jamieson 2, Finnegan, Gutshall,Krupski. PB: None. BK: None.HBP: Woodfork (by Bogue).YALE, 9-3 (GAME 3) at Yale Field, New Haven,Conn. R H EHarvard 010< 101 0 -- 3 8 2Yale HARVARD AB R H BI BB SORalp cf 3 0 2 2 0 0Huling rf 3 0 2 1 1 1Kessler If 3 0 1 0 1 1Vankoski dh 3 0 0 0 0 3Mckay ph 1 0 0 0 0 0Woodfork3d 1 0 0 0 1 1 Harris 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0Keck c 2 0 0 0 2 0Forst ss 4 0 0 0 0 3Carey 2b 3 2 1 0 0 0Binkowski 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0TOTALS 28 3 8 3 5 9 YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 3 0 2 0 0 2Kidwell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0Coyne ss 2 1 2 2 0 0Miller rf 3 0 0 0 0 0Kasper c 3 1 1 1 0 0 0DeSantis If 3 1 0 0 0 0Farnen 3b 2 1 2 2 1 0Kahney 1b 2 0 1 1 0 0Janis dh 3 1 0 0 0 1TOTALS 23 5 8 1 1 E: Woodfork, Forst, Coyne, KahneyDP: Harvard 1 LOBHarvard 10, Yale 4 2B: Coyne 2, Kasper, DeSantis,Kahney 3B: None. HR: Kidwell SB:Huling 2 Kessler, Johnstone. CS Kasper. HARVARD IP H R ER BB SOVail, L(2-2) 4.2 5 5 5 0 3Marcucci 0.1 4 3 3 0 0Wells 1.0 1 1 1 1 3 YALE IP H R ER BB SOGustshall,W(45) 7.0 8 3 1 5 9 WP: None. PB: None. BK:None.HBP:None.HARVARD, 4-2 (GAME 4) at Yale Field, New Haven,Conn. R H EHarvard 101 000 2 -- 4 5 0Yale 100 100 0 -- 2 4 1 HARVARD AB R H BI BB SORalph cf 3 0 0 1 1 1Huling rf 3 0 0 0 0 1Kessler If 2 1 1 1 1 0Keck c 3 0 2 1 0 0Vankoski dh 3 0 1 0 0 0Forst ss 3 1 1 0 0 0Harris 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0LaRocque 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1Woodfork ph 0 0 0 0 0 0Binkowski 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0Carey 2b 2 1 1 1 0 0TOTALS 23 4 5 4 3 3 YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 2 1 1 0 0 0Kidwell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0Coyne ss 3 0 0 0 0 0Miller rf 2 0 1 0 1 0Kasper c 3 1 1 0 0 1DeSantis if 3 0 1 0 0 2Farnen 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1Kahney 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2Janis dh 2 0 0 0 1 0TOTALS 22 2 4 0 3 6 E: Kasper. DP: Yale 2.LOB: Harvard 7, Yale 6. 2B: Carey,Keck, Johnstone. 3B:<\B> None HR: None.SB: Kessler, Johnstone, Miller. CS:Miller. HARVARD IP H R ER BB SOKalyvas 3.2 4 2 2 3 3Lennon W(2-1) 3.1 0 0 0 1 3 YALE IP H R ER BB SOReddy.L(3-4) 7.0 5 4 3 3 3 WP: Kalyvas 2. PB: KasperBK: None HBP: None.
The win took some of the sting out of two otherwise dreary days of baseball at Yale Field, as the Crimson (20-9,9-3 Ivy) overcame nine errors, hard-luck losses from aces Andrew Duffell and Garett Vail and quality starts from four Bulldog arms to hold Yale (14-17, 6-6) at bay in Harvard 4, Yale 2 Urgently needing the last of this fourgame set,Walsh looked to the junior righthander Kalyvas toprovide some muscle on the hill. Kalyvas obliged,working three and two-thirds innings of four-hitball before feeling a pop in his right elbow afterfiring a wild pitch. It was a tough break for Kalyvas, who hadsuffered a sore arm earlier in the season but wasthrowing effectively before he exited in thebottom of the fourth in the middle of a jam. With one run in on the wild pitch and runnerson second and third, Kalyvas gave way to Lennon,who inherited a two-strike count on sophomorefirst baseman Mike Kahney. Lennon trotted methodically in from the pen,took his warmups, gritted his teeth and snappedoff a hard slider, getting Kahney to bite as theball dipped across his kneecaps, stranding thepair and preserving the tie for the Harvard bats. "I had been throwing my slider a lot in thepen, and it was breaking nice," Lennon said."[Junior catcher Jason] Keck came out and told me,`This guy can't hit sliders,' so I broke it offand got the out." Lennon then found a serious groove, workingthree more no-hit innings to earn his secondstraight win in long relief. Reddy was strong all afternoon for theBulldogs, taking the loss in a complete-gameeffort, scattering five hits and allowing onlythree earned runs--Yale's third complete-gamestart of the series. Harvard could manage only two runs before theseventh, getting a RBI double from Keck in thefirst and a ribbie single from senior leftfielderAaron Kessler in the third. "They threw some good games, but we helped alot," Forst said. "We weren't confident at theplate and we swung at a lot of bad pitches." Yale 9, Harvard 3 In yesterday's opener, the Crimson finally gota taste of the real Eric Gutshall. The seniorrighthander, trumpeted as perhaps the Ivy's topstarter, bounced back with a complete-gamelockdown a day after getting tossed around inmiddle relief. Gutshall (4-5), was never overpowering,coughing up eight hits and five free passes, butfanned nine Crimson batters with a devastatingmixture of offspeed pitches to keep himself in thegame. Gutshall trailed 2-1 until the bottom of thefifth, when Harvard starter Vail (2-2) ran intoproblems with the bottom of the Bulldog order.With one out, a booted groundball by Forst anda double by Kahney put runners on second andthird. Vail handled designated hitter Greg Janis'sone-hopper back to the box, cutting off the run athome for the second out of the inning, then drewleadoff hitter Ben Johnstone. Walsh had no interest in pitching to thecenterfielder, who was a scorching 6-12 with sixruns scored on the weekend, and issued him anintentional walk to load the bags for secondbaseman Tommy Kidwell. The Bulldog captain made the move backfire,turning on Vail's fastball and drilling it overthe leftfield wall for a backbreaking grand slam. "I didn't want to let Johnstone hit," Walshsaid." And honestly I didn't think Kidwell couldgo yard. I still think it was the right move." That it was, but the percentages burned theHarvard skipper, who then lifted Vail for seniormiddle reliever Mike Marcucci, trailing 5-2. Marcucci, sharp in his last several reliefappearances, simply didn't have it, surrenderingthree more runs on four hits in just a third of aninning to give Yale an insurmountable 9-2advantage. Harvard 10, Yale 7 Walsh got a less-than-par start from one of hisaces in Saturday's nightcap, and was forced torely on a last-ditch rally in the sixth to avert asweep. Jamieson, who had tossed seven andtwo-thirds heroic innings against Columbia inCambridge last weekend, never found his grooveagainst the Bulldog lineup. Jamieson lasted only four, coughing up eighthits and four earned runs, and fanning one in theno-decision. For at least four innings, however, this ballgame was a purely Twilight Zone affair, as Yaleput out an unnervingly good imitation of Harvardsmallball. The Bulldogs scrapped a pair in thebottom of the second, using a pair of singles, asac bunt, a wild pitch and, stealing a pagedirectly from Walsh's playbook, a suicide squeezeto bring two men in. Yale had upped its lead to 5-2 by the bottom ofthe fifth, when Walsh switched to Marcucci inmiddle relief. Marcucci tossed one and two-thirdsinnings, allowing two earned runs to keep the gamewithin reach while the bats got back a roll. That breakthrough came in the Harvard half ofthe sixth, as the Crimson chewed up and spat outfour Bulldog pitchers, including Gutshall, whotook an unlikely relief loss. Starter Mike Finnegan opened the frame, but hitthe showers after senior designated hitter Brett.Vankoski's RBI double scored Keck to pull towithin 5-3. Yale Coach John Stuper then went toGutshall, who typically works ten innings in afour-game Ivy weekend, to close out Finnegan'seffort. But Gutshall was nowhere near the plate,walking two and uncorking a wild pitch to key whatturned out to be an eight-run rally. Junior rightfielder Andrew Huling provided thebig blow, driving a two-out, two run singlebetween first and second to push Harvard ahead6-5. Ralph's RBI single and Keck's two-run doubleclosed out the damage, as Gutshall was saddledwith no doubt the ugliest line of his sparklingcareer: one-third of an inning, six runs, allunearned due to errors from Kidwell and catcherTodd Kasper. "[Gutshall] had been getting behind in thecount," Huling said. "So I waited on a fastballand I got one." Sophomore closer Mike Madden replaced Marcucciin the bottom of the sixth, sitting down fourstraight, fanning two, to earn his third save. Yale 5, Harvard 2 If Gutshall was the talk of the HarvardYALE, 5-2 (GAME 1) at Yale Field, New Haven,Conn. R H EHarvard 110 000 0 -- 2 6 2Yale 001 004 0 -- 5 8 0 HARVARD AB R H BI BB SOKessler If 3 1 1 0 0 0Huling rf 3 0 1 0 0 0Ralph cf 2 0 0 1 1 0Keck c 3 0 1 0 0 0Woodfork 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0Forst ss 3 0 0 0 0 1Carey 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0Vankoski dh 3 0 1 0 0 0Binkowski 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1TOTALS 25 2 6 2 1 2 YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 3 0 2 0 0 2Kidwell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0Coyne ss 2 1 2 2 0 0Miller rf 3 0 0 0 0 0Kasper c 3 1 1 0 0 0DeSantis If 3 1 0 0 0 0Farnen 3b 2 1 2 2 1 0Kahney 1b 2 0 1 1 0 0Janis dh 3 1 0 0 0 1TOTALS 23 5 8 5 1 1 E: Woodfork, Forst.DP: Yale 1LOB: Harvard 3, Yale 4. 2B: Kessler,Woodfork, Vankoski, Kasper, Farnen. 3B:None. HR: Coyne. SB: Kidwell,Kahney. CS: Ralph, Johnstone. HARVARD IP H R ER BB SODuffell, L(2-2) 5.2 7 5 1 1 0Madden 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 YALE IP H R ER BB SOLevy, W(3-3) 7.0 6 2 2 1 2 WP: None. PB: None. BK:None. HBP: None.HARVARD, 10-7 (GAME 2) at Yale Field, NewHaven, Conn. R H EHarvard 010 018 0 -- 10 11 5Yale 020 212 0 -- 7 12 2 HARVARD AB R H BI BB SOKessler If 5 2 2 0 0 0Huling rf 4 1 3 2 0 0Ralph cf 4 1 2 1 0 0Keck c 3 2 1 2 1 1Woodfork 3b 2 1 0 0 1 0Vankoski dh 3 1 1 1 0 0Harris ph 0 0 0 0 1 0Forst ss 3 0 1 0 1 0Carey 2b 4 1 1 2 0 0McKay 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1TOTALS 31 10 11 8 5 2 YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 4 2 2 0 0 1Kidwell 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0Coyne ss 4 0 2 1 0 0Miller rf 4 1 1 0 0 0Kasper c 3 2 2 0 1 1DeSantis If 3 1 1 0 0 2Farnen 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0Kahney 1b 3 0 2 1 0 0Baybrook pr 0 0 0 0 0 0Bryan 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0Costa dh 3 0 0 0 0 1TOTALS 32 7 12 5 1 5 E: Keck, Woodfork 2.DP: Harvard 1LOB: Harvard 6, Yale 7.2B: Keck,Vankoski, Coyne, Kathney. HARVARD IP H R ER BB SOJamieson 4.0 8 5 4 0 1Marcucci,W(4-1) 1.2 4 2 2 1 2Madden 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 YALE IP H R ER BB SOPinnegan 5.1 8 4 4 2 2Gutshall, L(3-5) 0.1 3 6 0 2 0Bogue 0.0 0 0 0 0 0Krupski 0.1 0 0 0 1 0Forman 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 WP: Jamieson 2, Finnegan, Gutshall,Krupski. PB: None. BK: None.HBP: Woodfork (by Bogue).YALE, 9-3 (GAME 3) at Yale Field, New Haven,Conn. R H EHarvard 010< 101 0 -- 3 8 2Yale HARVARD AB R H BI BB SORalp cf 3 0 2 2 0 0Huling rf 3 0 2 1 1 1Kessler If 3 0 1 0 1 1Vankoski dh 3 0 0 0 0 3Mckay ph 1 0 0 0 0 0Woodfork3d 1 0 0 0 1 1 Harris 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0Keck c 2 0 0 0 2 0Forst ss 4 0 0 0 0 3Carey 2b 3 2 1 0 0 0Binkowski 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0TOTALS 28 3 8 3 5 9 YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 3 0 2 0 0 2Kidwell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0Coyne ss 2 1 2 2 0 0Miller rf 3 0 0 0 0 0Kasper c 3 1 1 1 0 0 0DeSantis If 3 1 0 0 0 0Farnen 3b 2 1 2 2 1 0Kahney 1b 2 0 1 1 0 0Janis dh 3 1 0 0 0 1TOTALS 23 5 8 1 1 E: Woodfork, Forst, Coyne, KahneyDP: Harvard 1 LOBHarvard 10, Yale 4 2B: Coyne 2, Kasper, DeSantis,Kahney 3B: None. HR: Kidwell SB:Huling 2 Kessler, Johnstone. CS Kasper. HARVARD IP H R ER BB SOVail, L(2-2) 4.2 5 5 5 0 3Marcucci 0.1 4 3 3 0 0Wells 1.0 1 1 1 1 3 YALE IP H R ER BB SOGustshall,W(45) 7.0 8 3 1 5 9 WP: None. PB: None. BK:None.HBP:None.HARVARD, 4-2 (GAME 4) at Yale Field, New Haven,Conn. R H EHarvard 101 000 2 -- 4 5 0Yale 100 100 0 -- 2 4 1 HARVARD AB R H BI BB SORalph cf 3 0 0 1 1 1Huling rf 3 0 0 0 0 1Kessler If 2 1 1 1 1 0Keck c 3 0 2 1 0 0Vankoski dh 3 0 1 0 0 0Forst ss 3 1 1 0 0 0Harris 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0LaRocque 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1Woodfork ph 0 0 0 0 0 0Binkowski 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0Carey 2b 2 1 1 1 0 0TOTALS 23 4 5 4 3 3 YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 2 1 1 0 0 0Kidwell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0Coyne ss 3 0 0 0 0 0Miller rf 2 0 1 0 1 0Kasper c 3 1 1 0 0 1DeSantis if 3 0 1 0 0 2Farnen 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1Kahney 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2Janis dh 2 0 0 0 1 0TOTALS 22 2 4 0 3 6 E: Kasper. DP: Yale 2.LOB: Harvard 7, Yale 6. 2B: Carey,Keck, Johnstone. 3B:<\B> None HR: None.SB: Kessler, Johnstone, Miller. CS:Miller. HARVARD IP H R ER BB SOKalyvas 3.2 4 2 2 3 3Lennon W(2-1) 3.1 0 0 0 1 3 YALE IP H R ER BB SOReddy.L(3-4) 7.0 5 4 3 3 3 WP: Kalyvas 2. PB: KasperBK: None HBP: None.
Harvard 4, Yale 2
Urgently needing the last of this fourgame set,Walsh looked to the junior righthander Kalyvas toprovide some muscle on the hill. Kalyvas obliged,working three and two-thirds innings of four-hitball before feeling a pop in his right elbow afterfiring a wild pitch.
It was a tough break for Kalyvas, who hadsuffered a sore arm earlier in the season but wasthrowing effectively before he exited in thebottom of the fourth in the middle of a jam.
With one run in on the wild pitch and runnerson second and third, Kalyvas gave way to Lennon,who inherited a two-strike count on sophomorefirst baseman Mike Kahney.
Lennon trotted methodically in from the pen,took his warmups, gritted his teeth and snappedoff a hard slider, getting Kahney to bite as theball dipped across his kneecaps, stranding thepair and preserving the tie for the Harvard bats.
"I had been throwing my slider a lot in thepen, and it was breaking nice," Lennon said."[Junior catcher Jason] Keck came out and told me,`This guy can't hit sliders,' so I broke it offand got the out."
Lennon then found a serious groove, workingthree more no-hit innings to earn his secondstraight win in long relief.
Reddy was strong all afternoon for theBulldogs, taking the loss in a complete-gameeffort, scattering five hits and allowing onlythree earned runs--Yale's third complete-gamestart of the series.
Harvard could manage only two runs before theseventh, getting a RBI double from Keck in thefirst and a ribbie single from senior leftfielderAaron Kessler in the third.
"They threw some good games, but we helped alot," Forst said. "We weren't confident at theplate and we swung at a lot of bad pitches."
Yale 9, Harvard 3
In yesterday's opener, the Crimson finally gota taste of the real Eric Gutshall. The seniorrighthander, trumpeted as perhaps the Ivy's topstarter, bounced back with a complete-gamelockdown a day after getting tossed around inmiddle relief.
Gutshall (4-5), was never overpowering,coughing up eight hits and five free passes, butfanned nine Crimson batters with a devastatingmixture of offspeed pitches to keep himself in thegame.
Gutshall trailed 2-1 until the bottom of thefifth, when Harvard starter Vail (2-2) ran intoproblems with the bottom of the Bulldog order.With one out, a booted groundball by Forst anda double by Kahney put runners on second andthird.
Vail handled designated hitter Greg Janis'sone-hopper back to the box, cutting off the run athome for the second out of the inning, then drewleadoff hitter Ben Johnstone.
Walsh had no interest in pitching to thecenterfielder, who was a scorching 6-12 with sixruns scored on the weekend, and issued him anintentional walk to load the bags for secondbaseman Tommy Kidwell.
The Bulldog captain made the move backfire,turning on Vail's fastball and drilling it overthe leftfield wall for a backbreaking grand slam.
"I didn't want to let Johnstone hit," Walshsaid." And honestly I didn't think Kidwell couldgo yard. I still think it was the right move."
That it was, but the percentages burned theHarvard skipper, who then lifted Vail for seniormiddle reliever Mike Marcucci, trailing 5-2.
Marcucci, sharp in his last several reliefappearances, simply didn't have it, surrenderingthree more runs on four hits in just a third of aninning to give Yale an insurmountable 9-2advantage.
Harvard 10, Yale 7
Walsh got a less-than-par start from one of hisaces in Saturday's nightcap, and was forced torely on a last-ditch rally in the sixth to avert asweep. Jamieson, who had tossed seven andtwo-thirds heroic innings against Columbia inCambridge last weekend, never found his grooveagainst the Bulldog lineup.
Jamieson lasted only four, coughing up eighthits and four earned runs, and fanning one in theno-decision.
For at least four innings, however, this ballgame was a purely Twilight Zone affair, as Yaleput out an unnervingly good imitation of Harvardsmallball. The Bulldogs scrapped a pair in thebottom of the second, using a pair of singles, asac bunt, a wild pitch and, stealing a pagedirectly from Walsh's playbook, a suicide squeezeto bring two men in.
Yale had upped its lead to 5-2 by the bottom ofthe fifth, when Walsh switched to Marcucci inmiddle relief. Marcucci tossed one and two-thirdsinnings, allowing two earned runs to keep the gamewithin reach while the bats got back a roll.
That breakthrough came in the Harvard half ofthe sixth, as the Crimson chewed up and spat outfour Bulldog pitchers, including Gutshall, whotook an unlikely relief loss.
Starter Mike Finnegan opened the frame, but hitthe showers after senior designated hitter Brett.Vankoski's RBI double scored Keck to pull towithin 5-3. Yale Coach John Stuper then went toGutshall, who typically works ten innings in afour-game Ivy weekend, to close out Finnegan'seffort.
But Gutshall was nowhere near the plate,walking two and uncorking a wild pitch to key whatturned out to be an eight-run rally.
Junior rightfielder Andrew Huling provided thebig blow, driving a two-out, two run singlebetween first and second to push Harvard ahead6-5. Ralph's RBI single and Keck's two-run doubleclosed out the damage, as Gutshall was saddledwith no doubt the ugliest line of his sparklingcareer: one-third of an inning, six runs, allunearned due to errors from Kidwell and catcherTodd Kasper.
"[Gutshall] had been getting behind in thecount," Huling said. "So I waited on a fastballand I got one."
Sophomore closer Mike Madden replaced Marcucciin the bottom of the sixth, sitting down fourstraight, fanning two, to earn his third save.
Yale 5, Harvard 2
If Gutshall was the talk of the HarvardYALE, 5-2 (GAME 1) at Yale Field, New Haven,Conn.
R H EHarvard 110 000 0 -- 2 6 2Yale 001 004 0 -- 5 8 0
HARVARD AB R H BI BB SOKessler If 3 1 1 0 0 0Huling rf 3 0 1 0 0 0Ralph cf 2 0 0 1 1 0Keck c 3 0 1 0 0 0Woodfork 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0Forst ss 3 0 0 0 0 1Carey 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0Vankoski dh 3 0 1 0 0 0Binkowski 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1TOTALS 25 2 6 2 1 2
YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 3 0 2 0 0 2Kidwell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0Coyne ss 2 1 2 2 0 0Miller rf 3 0 0 0 0 0Kasper c 3 1 1 0 0 0DeSantis If 3 1 0 0 0 0Farnen 3b 2 1 2 2 1 0Kahney 1b 2 0 1 1 0 0Janis dh 3 1 0 0 0 1TOTALS 23 5 8 5 1 1
E: Woodfork, Forst.DP: Yale 1LOB: Harvard 3, Yale 4. 2B: Kessler,Woodfork, Vankoski, Kasper, Farnen. 3B:None. HR: Coyne. SB: Kidwell,Kahney. CS: Ralph, Johnstone.
HARVARD IP H R ER BB SODuffell, L(2-2) 5.2 7 5 1 1 0Madden 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
YALE IP H R ER BB SOLevy, W(3-3) 7.0 6 2 2 1 2
WP: None. PB: None. BK:None. HBP: None.HARVARD, 10-7 (GAME 2) at Yale Field, NewHaven, Conn.
R H EHarvard 010 018 0 -- 10 11 5Yale 020 212 0 -- 7 12 2
HARVARD AB R H BI BB SOKessler If 5 2 2 0 0 0Huling rf 4 1 3 2 0 0Ralph cf 4 1 2 1 0 0Keck c 3 2 1 2 1 1Woodfork 3b 2 1 0 0 1 0Vankoski dh 3 1 1 1 0 0Harris ph 0 0 0 0 1 0Forst ss 3 0 1 0 1 0Carey 2b 4 1 1 2 0 0McKay 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1TOTALS 31 10 11 8 5 2
YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 4 2 2 0 0 1Kidwell 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0Coyne ss 4 0 2 1 0 0Miller rf 4 1 1 0 0 0Kasper c 3 2 2 0 1 1DeSantis If 3 1 1 0 0 2Farnen 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0Kahney 1b 3 0 2 1 0 0Baybrook pr 0 0 0 0 0 0Bryan 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0Costa dh 3 0 0 0 0 1TOTALS 32 7 12 5 1 5
E: Keck, Woodfork 2.DP: Harvard 1LOB: Harvard 6, Yale 7.2B: Keck,Vankoski, Coyne, Kathney. HARVARD IP H R ER BB SOJamieson 4.0 8 5 4 0 1Marcucci,W(4-1) 1.2 4 2 2 1 2Madden 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 YALE IP H R ER BB SOPinnegan 5.1 8 4 4 2 2Gutshall, L(3-5) 0.1 3 6 0 2 0Bogue 0.0 0 0 0 0 0Krupski 0.1 0 0 0 1 0Forman 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 WP: Jamieson 2, Finnegan, Gutshall,Krupski. PB: None. BK: None.HBP: Woodfork (by Bogue).YALE, 9-3 (GAME 3) at Yale Field, New Haven,Conn. R H EHarvard 010< 101 0 -- 3 8 2Yale HARVARD AB R H BI BB SORalp cf 3 0 2 2 0 0Huling rf 3 0 2 1 1 1Kessler If 3 0 1 0 1 1Vankoski dh 3 0 0 0 0 3Mckay ph 1 0 0 0 0 0Woodfork3d 1 0 0 0 1 1 Harris 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0Keck c 2 0 0 0 2 0Forst ss 4 0 0 0 0 3Carey 2b 3 2 1 0 0 0Binkowski 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0TOTALS 28 3 8 3 5 9 YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 3 0 2 0 0 2Kidwell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0Coyne ss 2 1 2 2 0 0Miller rf 3 0 0 0 0 0Kasper c 3 1 1 1 0 0 0DeSantis If 3 1 0 0 0 0Farnen 3b 2 1 2 2 1 0Kahney 1b 2 0 1 1 0 0Janis dh 3 1 0 0 0 1TOTALS 23 5 8 1 1 E: Woodfork, Forst, Coyne, KahneyDP: Harvard 1 LOBHarvard 10, Yale 4 2B: Coyne 2, Kasper, DeSantis,Kahney 3B: None. HR: Kidwell SB:Huling 2 Kessler, Johnstone. CS Kasper. HARVARD IP H R ER BB SOVail, L(2-2) 4.2 5 5 5 0 3Marcucci 0.1 4 3 3 0 0Wells 1.0 1 1 1 1 3 YALE IP H R ER BB SOGustshall,W(45) 7.0 8 3 1 5 9 WP: None. PB: None. BK:None.HBP:None.HARVARD, 4-2 (GAME 4) at Yale Field, New Haven,Conn. R H EHarvard 101 000 2 -- 4 5 0Yale 100 100 0 -- 2 4 1 HARVARD AB R H BI BB SORalph cf 3 0 0 1 1 1Huling rf 3 0 0 0 0 1Kessler If 2 1 1 1 1 0Keck c 3 0 2 1 0 0Vankoski dh 3 0 1 0 0 0Forst ss 3 1 1 0 0 0Harris 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0LaRocque 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1Woodfork ph 0 0 0 0 0 0Binkowski 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0Carey 2b 2 1 1 1 0 0TOTALS 23 4 5 4 3 3 YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 2 1 1 0 0 0Kidwell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0Coyne ss 3 0 0 0 0 0Miller rf 2 0 1 0 1 0Kasper c 3 1 1 0 0 1DeSantis if 3 0 1 0 0 2Farnen 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1Kahney 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2Janis dh 2 0 0 0 1 0TOTALS 22 2 4 0 3 6 E: Kasper. DP: Yale 2.LOB: Harvard 7, Yale 6. 2B: Carey,Keck, Johnstone. 3B:<\B> None HR: None.SB: Kessler, Johnstone, Miller. CS:Miller. HARVARD IP H R ER BB SOKalyvas 3.2 4 2 2 3 3Lennon W(2-1) 3.1 0 0 0 1 3 YALE IP H R ER BB SOReddy.L(3-4) 7.0 5 4 3 3 3 WP: Kalyvas 2. PB: KasperBK: None HBP: None.
HARVARD IP H R ER BB SOJamieson 4.0 8 5 4 0 1Marcucci,W(4-1) 1.2 4 2 2 1 2Madden 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
YALE IP H R ER BB SOPinnegan 5.1 8 4 4 2 2Gutshall, L(3-5) 0.1 3 6 0 2 0Bogue 0.0 0 0 0 0 0Krupski 0.1 0 0 0 1 0Forman 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
WP: Jamieson 2, Finnegan, Gutshall,Krupski. PB: None. BK: None.HBP: Woodfork (by Bogue).YALE, 9-3 (GAME 3) at Yale Field, New Haven,Conn.
R H EHarvard 010< 101 0 -- 3 8 2Yale HARVARD AB R H BI BB SORalp cf 3 0 2 2 0 0Huling rf 3 0 2 1 1 1Kessler If 3 0 1 0 1 1Vankoski dh 3 0 0 0 0 3Mckay ph 1 0 0 0 0 0Woodfork3d 1 0 0 0 1 1 Harris 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0Keck c 2 0 0 0 2 0Forst ss 4 0 0 0 0 3Carey 2b 3 2 1 0 0 0Binkowski 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0TOTALS 28 3 8 3 5 9 YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 3 0 2 0 0 2Kidwell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0Coyne ss 2 1 2 2 0 0Miller rf 3 0 0 0 0 0Kasper c 3 1 1 1 0 0 0DeSantis If 3 1 0 0 0 0Farnen 3b 2 1 2 2 1 0Kahney 1b 2 0 1 1 0 0Janis dh 3 1 0 0 0 1TOTALS 23 5 8 1 1 E: Woodfork, Forst, Coyne, KahneyDP: Harvard 1 LOBHarvard 10, Yale 4 2B: Coyne 2, Kasper, DeSantis,Kahney 3B: None. HR: Kidwell SB:Huling 2 Kessler, Johnstone. CS Kasper. HARVARD IP H R ER BB SOVail, L(2-2) 4.2 5 5 5 0 3Marcucci 0.1 4 3 3 0 0Wells 1.0 1 1 1 1 3 YALE IP H R ER BB SOGustshall,W(45) 7.0 8 3 1 5 9 WP: None. PB: None. BK:None.HBP:None.HARVARD, 4-2 (GAME 4) at Yale Field, New Haven,Conn. R H EHarvard 101 000 2 -- 4 5 0Yale 100 100 0 -- 2 4 1 HARVARD AB R H BI BB SORalph cf 3 0 0 1 1 1Huling rf 3 0 0 0 0 1Kessler If 2 1 1 1 1 0Keck c 3 0 2 1 0 0Vankoski dh 3 0 1 0 0 0Forst ss 3 1 1 0 0 0Harris 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0LaRocque 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1Woodfork ph 0 0 0 0 0 0Binkowski 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0Carey 2b 2 1 1 1 0 0TOTALS 23 4 5 4 3 3 YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 2 1 1 0 0 0Kidwell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0Coyne ss 3 0 0 0 0 0Miller rf 2 0 1 0 1 0Kasper c 3 1 1 0 0 1DeSantis if 3 0 1 0 0 2Farnen 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1Kahney 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2Janis dh 2 0 0 0 1 0TOTALS 22 2 4 0 3 6 E: Kasper. DP: Yale 2.LOB: Harvard 7, Yale 6. 2B: Carey,Keck, Johnstone. 3B:<\B> None HR: None.SB: Kessler, Johnstone, Miller. CS:Miller. HARVARD IP H R ER BB SOKalyvas 3.2 4 2 2 3 3Lennon W(2-1) 3.1 0 0 0 1 3 YALE IP H R ER BB SOReddy.L(3-4) 7.0 5 4 3 3 3 WP: Kalyvas 2. PB: KasperBK: None HBP: None.
HARVARD AB R H BI BB SORalp cf 3 0 2 2 0 0Huling rf 3 0 2 1 1 1Kessler If 3 0 1 0 1 1Vankoski dh 3 0 0 0 0 3Mckay ph 1 0 0 0 0 0Woodfork3d 1 0 0 0 1 1 Harris 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0Keck c 2 0 0 0 2 0Forst ss 4 0 0 0 0 3Carey 2b 3 2 1 0 0 0Binkowski 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0TOTALS 28 3 8 3 5 9
YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 3 0 2 0 0 2Kidwell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0Coyne ss 2 1 2 2 0 0Miller rf 3 0 0 0 0 0Kasper c 3 1 1 1 0 0 0DeSantis If 3 1 0 0 0 0Farnen 3b 2 1 2 2 1 0Kahney 1b 2 0 1 1 0 0Janis dh 3 1 0 0 0 1TOTALS 23 5 8 1 1
E: Woodfork, Forst, Coyne, KahneyDP: Harvard 1 LOBHarvard 10, Yale 4 2B: Coyne 2, Kasper, DeSantis,Kahney 3B: None. HR: Kidwell SB:Huling 2 Kessler, Johnstone. CS Kasper.
HARVARD IP H R ER BB SOVail, L(2-2) 4.2 5 5 5 0 3Marcucci 0.1 4 3 3 0 0Wells 1.0 1 1 1 1 3
YALE IP H R ER BB SOGustshall,W(45) 7.0 8 3 1 5 9
WP: None. PB: None. BK:None.HBP:None.HARVARD, 4-2 (GAME 4) at Yale Field, New Haven,Conn.
R H EHarvard 101 000 2 -- 4 5 0Yale 100 100 0 -- 2 4 1
HARVARD AB R H BI BB SORalph cf 3 0 0 1 1 1Huling rf 3 0 0 0 0 1Kessler If 2 1 1 1 1 0Keck c 3 0 2 1 0 0Vankoski dh 3 0 1 0 0 0Forst ss 3 1 1 0 0 0Harris 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0LaRocque 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1Woodfork ph 0 0 0 0 0 0Binkowski 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0Carey 2b 2 1 1 1 0 0TOTALS 23 4 5 4 3 3
YALE AB R H BI BB SOJohnstone cf 2 1 1 0 0 0Kidwell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0Coyne ss 3 0 0 0 0 0Miller rf 2 0 1 0 1 0Kasper c 3 1 1 0 0 1DeSantis if 3 0 1 0 0 2Farnen 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1Kahney 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2Janis dh 2 0 0 0 1 0TOTALS 22 2 4 0 3 6
E: Kasper. DP: Yale 2.LOB: Harvard 7, Yale 6. 2B: Carey,Keck, Johnstone. 3B:<\B> None HR: None.SB: Kessler, Johnstone, Miller. CS:Miller.
HARVARD IP H R ER BB SOKalyvas 3.2 4 2 2 3 3Lennon W(2-1) 3.1 0 0 0 1 3
YALE IP H R ER BB SOReddy.L(3-4) 7.0 5 4 3 3 3
WP: Kalyvas 2. PB: KasperBK: None HBP: None.
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