Harvard finally broke through in the fifth inning when shortstop Dave O'Connell led off with a walk and moved to second on secondbaseman Casey Cobb's single to right. DH Tom Konjoyan was then hit by a pitch while trying to sacrifice to load the bases.

In a weird replay of the previous inning, McConaghy's hard grounder struck Cobb for the first out of the inning. But with the bases still loaded, Durand blasted a double to the rightfield wall to drive in O'Connell and Konjoyan and knot the score at two.

With the left-handed Renninger coming up, Pellagrini brought in lefty hurler Tom Logan to get the lefty-lefty advantage. But that strategy backfired, as Renninger deposited Logan's third offering behind the rightfield fence for a three-run homer to put the Crimson up, 5-2.

Those runs would be all Harvard would need as Dorrington settled down from the second inning and began to dominate the Eagle batters. The big righthander, who had six strikeouts, yielded only one more hit and run to earn his first victory.

"I felt a little tired, but I knew I had good control of my breaking balls," Dorrington said. "When you get your breaking balls over, it's so much easier to get people out."

"He has his confidence now," Nahigian said. "Confidence is everything in baseball."

Harvard continued to score on B.C. pitching, sending four more runs across the plate in the sixth inning. Allen led off with a single and moved to third on O'Connell's walk and Cobb's sacrifice. Konjoyan drilled a double down the leftfield line to score Allen, and McConaghy drove in both O'Connell and Konjoyan with a line single to center. McConaghy then scored when Caprio, Renninger and Morelli walked.

Boston College 16, Harvard 5

Unfortunately, the Crimson didn't have quite as good pitching as it did in the opener. Four Harvard pitchers gave up 12 walks and ten hits in a game that was called after five innings due to darkness.

The game started with promise as Allen led off with a two-base error. After McConaghy and Caprio singled to load the bases, Renninger hit a sacrifice fly and Morelli singled to put Harvard up, 2-0.

Freshman Jon Biotti started on the mound for the Crimson, and the rookie got wild. Biotti walked four straight batters with two outs, but got a pop out to get out of the jam.

In the top of the second, the top of Harvard's lineup delivered another run. With two outs, Allen singled and scored when McConaghy's line-drive single rolled through McGourthy.

But that was the end of the Crimson's lead.

In the bottom of the inning, the Eagles sent 15 men to the plate and exploded for nine runs off of Biotti, losing pitcher Cody Weston (0-1) and Chip Lippman. The highlight of the rally was Radachowsky's grandslam, which put B.C. ahead, 5-3.

Despite being down, 10-3, after that inning, Harvard fought to stay in the game. In the top of the third, Caprio and thirdbaseman Tim Hurley scored two runs on an O'Connell single and a bases-loaded walk by Allen.

"We hung in there, and we didn't give up," Nahigian said. "We played with the same intensity when we were down by a lot as we were when we were even."

But it was not enough, as the Eagles scored four more runs in the third and three in the fourth to pull far ahead of the Crimson.

THE NOTEBOOK: Radachowsky had a whopping six RBIs in the nightcap...Renninger's homer was his first of the season...McConaghy, who hit .409 last season was 4-for-8 on the afternoon.