"Their kid out there on the hill [Thom Serra] did a pretty good job against us, and I thought that their closer was one of the better kids we've seen all year," Walsh said. "He came in and had a pretty good fastball and a curveball. We just didn't do enough things throughout the ball game."

It only took another half-inning for Bentley to retake the lead, this time for good. With one out, Duffell walked DeMartinis, and with the Falcons' big gun at the plate--19-homer man Mike Hill--Walsh didn't want to take any chances and sent for the bullpen.

Sophomore Mike Marcucci entered the game, and though he let DeMartinis score, it really wasn't his fault. Hill reached on an infield single off the end of his bat, and a fielder's choice grounder by Tallent put runners at first and third with two out.

It wasn't a good time for a passed ball. DeMartinis came home, and the day's last run came home.

All in all, it was a good, close game--but one that Harvard really could have won. With two first-inning errors and eight left on base, the Crimson did not put its best foot forward.

"The first inning we were not playing the game that well," Walsh said. "We made a couple of mistakes early--it is a nine-inning ballgame, but what you do in the first inning is the same thing as in the ninth. A run there, and a run gets on the board."

Notes

Yesterday was the last game for Harvard's three seniors--Levy, Doble and Parrot.... Counted in the attendance was Harvard men's basketball coach Frank Sullivan, who coached at Bentley before coming to Cambridge. Bentley  4 Harvard  3

BENTLEY, 4-3 at Soldiers Field   R  H  E Bentley  201  000  010  -  4  8  2 Harvard  000  200  100  -  3  9  2 BENTLEY  AB  R  H  BI  BB  SO Peters cf  4  0  1  0  0  1 Patten 2b  3  1  0  0  1  1 DeMartinis 1b  2  3  2  1  2  0 Hill if  4  0  2  1  0  0 Tallent ss  4  0  1  1  0  0 Pedroli rf  4  0  0  0  0  0 Hayes dh  4  0  1  0  0  0 Begley 3b  4  0  1  0  0  1 McGreenery c  4  0  0  0  0  0 TOTALS  26  4  8  3  3  3 HARVARD  AB  R  H  BI  BB  SO Carey 2b  5  0  3  0  0  0 Woodfork 3b  4  0  1  1  0  0 Levy if-cf  4  0  1  0  0  2 Doble c  3  1  1  0  1  0 Parrot 1b  3  0  0  0  1  0 Vankoski rf  4  1  1  1  0  1 Hochanadel dh  4  0  1  1  0  0 Ralph cf  2  0  1  0  0  0 Kessler ph (8) if  2  0  0  0  0  0 Forst ss  2  1  0  0  1  1 Huling ph (9)  1  0  0  0  0  0 TOTALS  25  3  9  3  3  4

E: Tallent, McGreenery; Doble, Parrot. DP: Patten-Tallent-DeMartinis. LOB: Bentley 4; Harvard 8. 2B: DeMartinis, Hill, Hayes; Carey, Woodfork, Vankoski. CS: Peters; Carey, Ralph. BENTLEY  IP  H  R  ER  BB  SO Serra  6.1  9  3  3  3  3 Mason, W  2.2  0  0  0  0  1 HARVARD  IP  H  R  ER  BB  SO Duffell, L  7.1  7  4  2  3  3 Marcucci  1.2  12  0  0  0  0 PB: Doble.