Harvard sent 16 men to the plate in an 11-run seventh inning. On the game, all nine starters tallied at least one hit, three subs did the same, and 10 different Crimson runners scored. Rivera and Maspons tied the tournament and Harvard records for runs scored in a game (five), and Maspons and Vierra each notched five RBI.

Right fielder Chris McAndrews, who lined the ball straight at Falcon fielders in his first five at-bats, didn't take any risks on his sixth. He pulled his fourth career home run straight down the left-field line.

"We've always been not the first day out, but I didn't expect anything like that," said Maspons, who became the 22nd player to tie the Crimson record for homers in a game.

Harvard 8, U.C. Riverside 6--Junior Doug Sutton's pitching stole the show Monday night, but only after his teammates stole the bases. Kay and McAndrews nabbed two bases apiece, and designated hitter DePalo, who went four-for-five, stole another. Three of those steal set up Harvard runs, and the Crimson built an 8-4 lead in the first six innings.

Highlander Paul Moralez halved the margin with his second homer of the game, a two-run shot with two out in the bottom of the seventh. A single later, as the tying run stood at the plate, Sutton strolled out to the mound in relief of Mike Press.

Sutton fanned the first better he faced to end the inning. In the eighth Sutton gave up a leadoff single and walked the tying run aboard. Unfazed, the junior right-hander struck out two straights before ending the inning on a fielder's choice.

In the ninth, Sutton struck out the side.

Overall, Sutton pitched to 10 batters and struck out six. The money pitch: a slider that had Riverside batters swinging at air.

"I was throwing it as fast as my fastball," Sutton said. "I was really pumped." He had reason to be. After two years of arm problems, he finally seemed healthy...relatively.

"I strained a muscle in my shoulder" this winter, he said. "It's not 100 percent. It's about 90, 95."

TUESDAY

San Diego State, Harvard 4--All-tournament hurler Mike Erb fooled everyone but Kay, who stroked three of Harvard's six hits, including a fifth-inning homer. Kay also picked up two more stolen bases, giving him a three-game total of four, already a quarter of his 1984 team-high of 16.

First baseman Chris Schindler was the only other Crimson player who hit anything productive with a bat, Schindler's fourth-inning triple scored Maspons and Vierra to give Harvard a 3-1 lead over last year's tournament champion.

Starter Jeff Muscleman couldn't hold the lead for long, as the Azaleas batted around in the fourth with the help of four walks. The four-run innings game SDSU a 5-3 edge.

Kay's dinger made it 5-4, but Erb held Harvard hitless for the final 19 outs. Meanwhile, Muscleman suffered through his worst control in more than two years.