LIVE BLOG: Baseball Beanpot - Harvard vs. BC at Fenway Park

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Top 9, 2 out - Forceout. Stack scores and Zailskas is at first. 9-5 BC.

Top 9, 1 out - Stack grounded out, the Douglas singles to the gap. First and third with one out.

Top 9 - Rogers leads off with a single to left.

Bot 8, 3 outs - 1-2-3 innings for Stack, punctuated by a nice grab at first by Zailskas on a screaming liner.

Bot 8, 0 outs - Stack-Babich in to pitch.

Top 8, 3 outs - Meehan hits a ball out to center but it's hauled in.

Top 8, 2 outs - Albright and J.T. Tomes make two quick outs.

Bot 7, 3 outs - Way gets a groundout to second. Harvard needs to put a rally together now, although the shadows are not too hitter-friendly right now.

PITCHING CHANGE - Freshman Marcus Way takes over for Reynolds.

Bot 7, 2 outs - Quick pop-out to center, but we're going to have a pitching change.

Bot 7, 1 out - Tyler Albright is the best defensive catcher in the Northeast. I don't need to qualify that statement. It's just true. There's no reason to ever think running on him is a good idea.

Bot 7, 0 outs - Reynolds walks Harry Darling to start the inning.

Top 7, 3 outs - Roberts goes down swinging.

Top 7, 2 outs - "No luck from the DH spot today," says a fellow beat writer. No kidding - Cox just struck out.

Top 7, 1 out - Freshman Richard Cox joins the DH merry-go-round.

Top 7, 1 out - Zailskas grounds out to third.

Bot 6, 3 outs - Crazy run down action ends the inning. The runner on first tried to take second, but was beat by a mile by an Albright throw. The runner on third then tries to go home, but it doesn't work. Eventually Albright ends up back with the ball and makes a nice diving tag to get the out.

Bot 6, 2 out - slow roller to first, Reynolds covers but Zailskas makes a bad throw to first. Run scores. 9-4.

PITCHING CHANGE: Freshman Jeff Reynolds comes in for Watson. Reynolds has been solid in relief. Must be exciting for a rookie to take the mound at Fenway.

Bot 6, 2 out - RBI groundout makes it 8-4 Eagles.

Bot 6, 1 out - Watson gets the force at third on a bunt. But then two runners advance on a wild pitch.

Bot 6, 0 outs - That hurts. Douglas gets a double play ball and makes a bad throw to second. Meehan can't bring it in and everyone's safe.

Bot 6, 0 outs - And...wild pitch. Runner scores, although the play at the plate was close. 7-4 BC.

PITCHING CHANGE - Senior Ryan Watson replaces Nutter. Watson's a lefty, but has not seen much action in his career, and control issues plague him. It'll be interesting to see what happens.

Bot 6, 0 outs - Speedy leadoff man Anston blasts a triple to dead center. Nutter's coming out.

Top 6, 3 outs - Stack gets thrown out on a bizarre delayed steal.

Top 6, 2 outs - Sac fly for Douglas. 6-4 BC.

Top 6, 1 out - Stack-Babich draws a walk, bringing the tying run to the plate in Douglas.

Top 6, 1 out - Shadows are creeping over the plate, making it tough to hit. Meehan is on third after a passed ball.

PITCHING CHANGE - Dennhardt gets taken out for reliever Dave Laufer. Dennhardt line: 5 1/3 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K.

Top 6, 1 out - Rogers grounds to short, failing to advance the runner.

Top 6, 0 outs - Meehan hits a long fly ball. The centerfielder gets an awful jump on it and it goes over his head for a leadoff double.

Bot 5, 3 outs - Flyout to O'Neill ends the inning.

Bot 5, 2 out - Harvard gets a break. Harry Darling hits a sharp ground ball to short. Rogers boots it and the runner at second tries to advance, but Rogers recovers to gun him at third.

Bot 5, 1 out - Nutter's getting shelled. Another liner off the big wall. 6-3 BC.

Bot 5, 1 out - Butera K's.

Bot 5, 0 outs - Michael Belfiore smacks a shot off the Monster. Two runs come in and Belfiore heads to second. BC up, 5-3.

Bot 5, 0 outs - Mickey Wiswall has been killing Harvard. He hits a double into the left field corner to set the Eagles up with runners on first and second and no outs.

Bot 5, 0 outs - Nutter's been knocked around this season, but he showed flashes of brilliance as a freshman. Who knows which Nutter we'll get today.

PITCHING CHANGE - Hofeld comes out after a gutsy outing. Nothing dominant but he kept his team in the game. 4 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1 K, 1 BB. Sophomore Anthony Nutter takes the mound in relief.

Bot 5, 0 outs - Tony Sanchez gets his second hit of the day as the middle of the Eagles lineup is up.

Top 5 - 3 outs - Easy 1-2-3 inning for BC, as Dennhardt settles down.

Top. 5 - 2 outs - Roberts pops out. Sophomore Tyler Albright is in at catcher and batting ninth, and he too pops out.

Bot. 4 - 3 outs - Miscues abound as BC runs itself out of the inning. The runner on first takes off on a 3-2 count and Rogers instinctively, and mistakenly covers second, this allows BC's Lawrence to sneak the ball through the hole at short and get the runner over to third. But an absent-minded Lawrence inexplicably takes off for second and gets gunned down easily by Jon Roberts.

Bot. 4 - 2 outs - a foul ball smacks the press box window, which thankfully seems pretty sturdy.

Bot. 4 - 2 outs - Centerfielder Robbie Anston ties up the game with a sac fly to left. 3-3.

Bot. 4 - 1 out - Eight-hole hitter Harry Darling hits a very, very hard single down the left field line that gets cut off before it hits the wall. No. 9 guy Brad Zapenas follows with a liner to the opposite field. First and third.

Bot 4 - 1 out - Hofeld gets a pop up to short to get a quick out.

Top 4, 3 outs - Ok so we're wrong again. Pinch hitter Taylor Helgren strikes out, and apparently there were two outs. Either way, 3-2 Harvard.

Top 4, 1 out - Exciting play puts Harvard on top. Douglas breaks for second, gets beaten by a mile and Rogers takes off for home. The throw comes home ahead of Rogers, but the catcher bobbles it and Rogers scores. Douglas follows up and steals third, keeping the sac fly in effect. Coach Walsh reminded us before the season that he likes to run, but we really haven't seen it until these last few games.

Top 4, 1 out - Douglas walks, and Dennhardt is looking vulnerable for the first time. Zailskas at the plate - he's been hitting well lately.

Top 4, 1 out - Tough start for Stack-Babich. He grounds out to the third baseman, who was playing in, keeping Rogers stranded at third. Douglas up to the plate.

Top 4, 0 outs - Rogers hits a long, high fly ball to right center, hitting the 379 sign. The centerfielder doesn't see it, and the bases are cleared while Rogers cruises into third with a triple. The game is tied at 2.

Top 4, 0 outs - O'Neill takes off on a hit and run, eliminating the double play. Meehan grounds to short, but the distracted shortstop bobbles the ball, allowing Meehan to reach first. The Crimson then continues to be aggressive on the basepaths, orchestrating a double steal. Runners on second and third for the hard-hitting Rogers with no outs.

Top 4, 0 outs - And O'Neill draws a leadoff walk. You'd like to see him steal, but he's been getting thrown out quite a bit this season.

Top. 4, 0 outs - Looks like the Crimson beat writers had one thing right - O'Neill is back in at the top of the lineup. Looks like Zollo had a good batting practice, but O'Neill is the catalyst.

Bot. 3, 3 outs - Great play at first by Dan Zailskas, who dives for a ground ball and flips it to Hofeld just in time to get the out and end the inning.

Bot. 3, 2 outs - Hofeld hits Belfiore. He needs to get out of this inning now before the floodgates open.

Bot. 3, 2 outs - Cleanup man Mickey Wiswall smashes a double to left center, bringing home Sanchez. 2-0, BC.

Bot. 3, 2 outs - BC's Tony Sanchez sneaks one through the right side of the infield to keep the inning going.
 
Bot. 3, 2 outs - Hofeld is going strong, inducing two quick flyouts.

Bot. 3, 0 outs - So much for being on top of things. Matt Rogers, normally the starting left fielder, is at short, not Sean O'Hara. The Crimson beat writing team is befuddled, but obviously Coach Walsh knows what he's doing, because Rogers has been playing a great shortstop.

Top. 3, 3 outs - Wortzman grounds into a double play to end the inning.

Top. 3, 1 out - Senior Jon Roberts gets hist by a pitch.

Top. 3, 1 out - DH Chris Rouches pops out to second.

Top. 3, 0 outs - Harvard was lucky to escape the last inning just a run down, and the Crimson needs to capitalize now on the offensive side.

Bot. 2, 3 outs - Sean O'Hara was recruited by Harvard for his defense, and he just showed why. Fielding a grounder deep in the hole at short, O'Hara guns a strike to first to get the Crimson out of the inning. [Correction: Never mind...Matt Rogers is starting at shot, not O'Hara. Good defense nonetheless.]

Bot. 2, 2 outs - Nice play by Stack-Babich, who runs down a ball in the right-centerfield gap, keeping the runner on second and preventing an extra-base hit.

Bot. 2, 1 out - Garrett Smith grounds out weakly to short, but a run scores. This comes after Douglas couldn't get a beat on a high pop-up in foul territory. 1-0, BC.

Bot. 2, 0 outs - The runner on first steals second. Senior catcher Jared Wortzman, getting a rare starting nod, fires the ball into center field but shortstop Sean O'Hara [Correction: Matt Rogers] backs up nicely to prevent the run. Could be some Fenway jitters for Wortzman, who's a big-time Red Sox fan.

Bot. 2, 0 outs - Stack gets a bad break on a line drive to right field, then bobbles it. Belfiore advances to third and the Eagles are set up with runners on first and third and no outs.

Bot. 2, 0 outs - Leadoff walk to BC's Michael Belfiore. Let's see if it comes back to bite the Crimson.

Top 2, 3 outs - Junior Dan Zailskas pops out to short right field. "Dennhardt's gonna be a problem," laments a Crimson reporter.

Top 2, 2 outs - Captain Harry Douglas goes down swinging. Harvard's going to have to pray that Dennhardt makes a mistake, cuz this kid is nasty.

Top 2, 1 out - Harvard cleanup hitter Tom Stack-Babich gets called out on strikes to start off the second inning. Stack strikes out a lot, but if he gets a hold of one it's going over the Monster in a hurry.

Bot. 1, 3 outs - Hofeld gets a lazy fly ball to right to end the inning. Good start for the second-year hurler.

Bot. 1, 2 out - Woah. Eagles designated hitter Tony Sanchez, who has "slugger" tatooed on his forehead, smashes a fastball that darts foul at the last second to prevent a home run. Hofeld learns his lesson, and gets Tony to chase a breaking ball in the dirt.

Bot. 1, 1 out - BC left field Andrew Lawrence rips a double on a one-hopper off the Green Monster.

Bot. 1, 1 out - Sophomore Zach Hofeld gets the starting nod for the Crimson and gets a grounder to second to start off the game. Hofeld pitched well in relief in last week's Round 1 matchup against Northeastern, and earns the start here.

Top 1, 2 outs - Senior Taylor Meehan flies out to right field, bringing classmate Matt Rogers to the plate. Rogers had been on a tear, hitting eight homers early in the season, but has cooled down of late. He grounds out to short to end the inning.

Top 1, 1 out - So much for that. Zollo struck out. BC pitcher Mike Dennhardt has some nasty stuff. Could be a long day for the Crimson bats.

Top 1, 0 outs - Sophomore Tom Zollo, who's starting in center, is leading off the game. Coach Joe Walsh occasionally has the hottest hitter in batting practice lead off, which might be why normal starter Dillon O'Neill isn't in his customary spot at the top of the order.

Welcome to The Harvard Crimson's live blog of the Harvard baseball team's Beanpot consolation game against Boston College at Fenway Park. We just heard the national anthem, and it's time to play ball!

- Staff writer Loren Amor is live at Fenway Park.