Opening Miscues

Four errors in the first game enabled the Eagles to rally from a two-run deficit in the sixth inning and overtake the Crimson, spoiling a fine pitching performance by freshman Mike Giardi.

"Mike Giardi should have won that game 8-2," Hogan said.

But that possibility was shot by the second inning, when three singles and an error led to four Boston College runs that erased an early 1-0 Harvard lead.

The Crimson rallied for two runs of its own in the bottom half of the inning. Harvard eventually took a 7-5 lead after four innings on the strength of its four-run fourth.

Shortstop Eric Weissman was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, and Jim Mrowka singled to put runners on first and second. Mike Hill then sacrificed both runners along, which set the stage for Marcel Durand's base-hit that scored two runs. The Crimson knocked home two more runs on Dan Scanlan's triple and Nick DelVecchio's double.

Both teams picked up a run in the fifth. But for the Crimson, that was all the runs it could muster.

The Eagles, however, were not through. B.C. scored twice in the sixth to tie the game, and went ahead, 9-8, on a wind-aided Andrew Brown home run to left center. Harvard reliever Chris Kenaszchuk, who came on in the sixth inning, picked up the loss.