Cicero cruised through the first four innings, allowing only one run but hurt by a shaky Harvard defense, struggled in the fifth and starting the sixth. By that time, however, the game was well decided thanks to the effective Harvard aluminum.

"On Saturday, we got a few key singles in clutch situations," sophomore infielder Peter Albers said. "We had some ground balls go through the middle, and we got some breaks that we haven't got all year."

Hochanadel again led Harvard, going 2-4 with four RBI. Freshman outfielder Aaron Kessler also contributed three RBI, and junior catcher Dennis Doble added two RBI.

Brown 10, Harvard 4

Sunday was a different day in many ways for Harvard. With Irving on the mound, Harvard led 4-2 going into the bottom of the fifth. But then disaster struck, as Bear A. Ran Malick popped a three-run homer that gave Brown a lead it would never relinquish.

"I hung a pitch in the fifth to give up the home run," Irving, who took the loss to fall to 3-4, said. "It was one awful pitch. You usually can get away with one. It was just one of those days."

Irving was not helped in the field either, as of the seven runs he gave up in 42/3 innings, only five were earned.

Brown scored five runs in the fifth to take a 7-4 lead, and then closed the scoring by adding three more unearned runs in the seventh.

Junior first baseman Scott Parrot paced the Harvard offense, going 2-3 with two RBI. Albers also drove in two runs.

Brown 5, Harvard 4

The final game of the weekend was also the closest. Brown jumped out to an early 3-0 lead by scoring three runs in the first, and led 4-2 after three frames. But the Crimson refused to lie down.

Hochanadel hit a two-run homer in the fourth to tie the game up, and it looked like Harvard might take three of four and not repeat what happened last year against Brown at Brown--winning the first two but losing the last two.

However, Brown made sure history did repeat itself by scratching together what proved to be the winning run in the bottom of the sixth. A single, a sacrifice, and a single to right center scored the decisive run, and despite collecting an impressive 11 hits on the day, Harvard could not push across a run in its last two at bats.

"We really wanted to take three of four," Albers said. "We battled and battled (in Sunday's second game), but we just couldn't pull it out. We made a few mistakes in the field, and we just couldn't come back."

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