Drilling his second homer in four games, catcher Jim DePalo rocketed a first-inning pitch from Vic Forte over the right field wall for Harvard's first two runs of the game.

Two batters later, Mike Pakalnis doubled in the gap, driving home McAndrews, who was running on the pitch.

But an Eli sweep became a distinct possibility when the Bulldogs scored four times in the bottom of the inning.

Crimson hurler Mike Presz (now 1-0), who threw four innings against Providence last Tuesday, was battered in the opening frame by Saadey (with his 19th RBI of the season), Greg Mihalik (doubling in a run), and John Brandt (RBI single to right).

Brandt--one of five freshmen in the Yale starting line-up--added an RBI single in the third inning, but Presz allowed only five hits after the disastrous first inning.

"I was just trying to keep us in the game," Presz said. "I knew we'd score runs, and it was just a matter of time."

But Presz had to wait until the seventh because Harvard--despite stolen bases by Kay, McAndrews, and DePalo, and two perfectly-executed sacrifices by Dave Jamieson--couldn't score in the middle innings.

Forte ended up stranding 10 Crimson baserunners through the seventh inning, after allowing the first batter to reach base in five of those frames.

With one out in the seventh, though, the relentless Crimson squad--confronted with the possibility of losing both ends of a doubleheader for the first time since early 1982--earned its reputation as the present-day Cardiac Kids.

Kay--on base with a walk--scored from third on an error by the Eli shortstop, who threw past the first baseman on Pakalnis's grounder. Morelli followed with a game-tying single up the middle, delivering DePalo from third.

The failure of the Bulldogs to score in the bottom of the inning sent the contest into extra frames.

Pat Sullivan, pinch-running for Paul Vallone, advanced to second on Frank Caprio's sacrifice--Harvard's fourth of the day--and scored on Kay's single to left field.

Crimson reliever Jim Chenevey picked up the save.

Harvard 6, Brown 2

Pity the inhabitants of the houses along the street just behind the left-field wall.