Like the weather, the varsity baseball team opened hot and finished cold, allowing four runs during the seventh and eighth innings and bowing to Northeastern, 6 to 2, at the winners' field Saturday.

Sloppy base running and a failure to hit with men on base plagued the Crimson all day. Two men were thrown out on the bases, two at the plate, and ten others were left stranded, as the nine-hit attack produced only single runs in the first and fifth innings.

Until the seventh, varsity starter Byron Johnson had gotten by successfully on his control and slow curve, scattering eight hits and allowing only a pair of runs in the first inning. But during the last two frames his control faltered and he gave up two bases on balls and hit three batters.

Northeastern Takes Lead

Northeastern took a 3-2 lead in the seventh when leadoff hitter John Quinlin waltzed three feet out of the batters' box faking a bunt and managed to get nicked by a slow curve. After a sacrifice, he was brought home on a single by leftfielder John Erickson, who batted in three runs.

The Huskies collected three more hits in the eighth on two hits, a walk and two hit batsmen--both glancing blows off the buttons. After Johnson forced the second and third runs across the plate, Wally Cook was called in to prevent further damage, which he did neatly by striking out catcher Tom Cangiano on a fast ball and two curves. The loss, the varsity's second against two victories was the first for Johnson.

A walk to George Harrington and a double by John Davis got the Crimson a quick 1-0 lead in the first inning. A wicked liner to second by Davis in the third inning was nearly turned into a triple play after walks to Harrington and Al Martin. singles by Johnson and Harrington and a walk to Davis loaded the bases in the fifth, but the Crimson scored only once when Harrington was thrown out at the plate trying to follow Johnson on Charlie Ravenel's single to right.