DePalo, after being hit by a pitch from Army starter Parker King, swiped two bases--the fourth time this season that he has stolen both second and third in the same journey on the basepaths. He came in to score on a Chris McAndrews single.
In the third inning, Crimson Captain and second baseman Bob Kay tripled to right field, scoring Jamieson and Vallone. Pakalnis followed by driving in Kay with a single.
Already down 4-0, the Cadets closed the gap in the bottom of the inning. Kirk, who accounted for Army's lone RBI in the opening contest, doubled in Eric Howard and Mike Spurr. With two outs, Kirk scored on a single by Karl Tappert.
Harvard 4, Columbia 2
The Lions roughed up Harvard pitcher Kevin Curtin (now 2-2) for three singles and two runs in the first inning, forcing Nahigian to remove his starter in favor of reliever Greg Ubert.
Ubert, who threw twice in short relief against Penn last weekend, pitched the rest of the way yesterday. In his 6-1/3 innings, he yielded only three hits and one walk while lowering his team-leading ERA to 0.86.
As Ubert silenced the Lions' hitting, his teammates rallied in the third inning to capture the lead.
After Jamieson scored on an error by Columbia's first baseman, Pakalnis doubled to deep left field--driving in Vallone from second base. Pakalnis eventually tallied the winning run on a wild pitch by Tom Keffury.
Columbia lost an opportunity to tie the game when Lance Bonneau, trying to come home on a single to centerfield, was cut down by Paul Vallone's throw to catcher Frank Morelli.
Columbia 1, Harvard 0 (8 inn.)
In another great pitching duel--one of several for Harvard this year--Crimson hurler Doug Sutton battled Lion starter Pete Murphy for eight innings before Columbia scored with two outs in the bottom of the eighth.
Murphy (3-3), who mowed down the Crimson line-up with an effective fastball, compiled 11 strikeouts in the nightcap and surrendered only two hits, to Kay and Jamieson. Sutton, meanwhile, yielded four hits.
The Crimson's biggest threat came in the top of the seventh, when Kay singled, Vallone sacrificed him to second, and DePalo received an intentional walk. But Murphy extinguished Harvard's hopes by striking out McAndrews and Morelli.
The game was on the brink of the ninth inning, as Sutton recorded two outs in the bottom of the eighth. But after Art Angulo walked and Kay dropped a pop-up under glaring sunlight, Joe Yastremski--facing ar 0-2 count--stroked a game-winning RBI single up the middle.