"They hit the ball well," Hochanadel said. "We had our chances to win, but our defense let down a little. We just didn't get the job done. They outhit us."
Senior Joe Weidenbach contributed a solid game, going 2-4 with two RBI. Senior outfielder Jamie Crowley, captain Bo Bernhard (who has come back strong from recent injury) and Doble also notched two hits.
Yesterday Dartmouth 6, Harvard 4(8 Inn.)
The comforts of home did not do much for Harvard. The first game yesterday was excruciatingly close, but to no avail for the Crimson faithful.
Harvard scored single runs in the first three innings to counter Dartmouth's two in the opening frame. After Dartmouth plated two more in the top of the fifth to take a 4-3 lead, Harvard came back to tie the game in the bottom of that inning. Neither team scored in the last two innings, sending the game into overtime.
However, with the help of some seeing-eye hits, the Big Green ended the suspense quickly, notching the two winning runs in the top of the eighth. Senior Jamie Irving, pitching right-handed, actually went into the extra frame, giving a gutty, shaky, poised performance. He ended up taking the loss to drop to 3-5, allowing six runs (five earned) and striking out six in seven-and-one-third innings.
"The first game [on Sunday] was like the first game [on Saturday]," said Hochanadel, who went 2-3 with an RBI and a double. "We didn't get the hits they needed, and they did. They scored the go-ahead run in extra innings on an infield single. They got a couple of cheap hits the last inning."
Doble again slammed a homer, going 1-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Bernhard also played another fine game, notching two hits, with an RBI and run scored, in four at bats.
Dartmouth 6, Harvard 1
This game lacked the drama of its immediate predecessor, but none of the pain. Harvard scored a run in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead, and it was way downhill from there.
The Crimson could only manage three hits (versus the Big Green's 12) all day against Dartmouth starter Travis Farrell. Throw in that the Crimson let three unearned runs cross the plate and committed two errors in the field, and you have the makings of just a bad game.
While this was perhaps the fitting end to the weekend, it nevertheless did not sit well with the players.
"In the second game, they jumped all over us," Hochanadel said. "Their pitcher was throwing pretty well. It has been that way all year. We've been competitive on any given weekend, but we just haven't got it done."
Hochanadel did say that the team probably did let down after the first three weekend losses, but his teammates and him did not make excuses.
"They outplayed us all four games," Vanksoski said.
Bernhard finished a stellar 7-12, one RBI weekend with 2-2 day.