"We made mistakes," Walsh said. "We have to throw strikes, play solid defense, and run the bases well to win, and we did none of those today."
After UMass got two in the sixth to take the lead, 7-3, Harvard elected to use the remaining three innings to give the bench and bullpen some playing time. In the end, 23 players, including nine pitchers, saw action.
Ralph went 3-5 and scored two runs for the Crimson while registering four put-outs and an assist in centerfield.
For the Minutemen, Doug Clark received the tournament co-MVP award for his 5-5 performance, including three runs scored and an RBI. Umass 11 Harvard 4 UMass, 11-4 at Fenway Park R H E UMass 210 022 040 -- 11 18 4 Harvard 000 000 000 -- 13 10 3 UMASS AB R H BI BB SO Gorrie ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 Mazzaferro ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 Thistle 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 Correa 3b/ss 4 2 2 0 2 0 Dagliere 2b 6 0 0 0 0 0 Clark cf 5 3 5 1 1 0 Gautreau rf 5 1 2 1 1 0 Samela c 4 2 3 4 0 0 Braunstein lf 3 3 1 0 2 0 Giglio ib 4 0 2 1 0 1 Wolcott ph/1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 Kudrikow dh 5 0 2 2 0 1 TOTALS 43 11 18 9 6 4
E: Gorrie 2, Gautreau 2, Ralph, Hochanadel, Harris. DP: UMass 1, Harvard 1. LOB: UMass 12, Harvard 9. 2B: Clark, Gautreau, Samela, Giglio, Kudrikow 2, Ralph, Albers. 3B: None. HR: None. SB: Gorrie 3, Correa, Gautreau, Kessler, Vankowski. CS: Albers, Carey.
WP: Marcucci 2, Hogan. PB: Keck. BK: None. HBP: None. HARVARD AB R H BI BB SO Kessler lf 2 1 0 0 2 1 Menkiti ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ralph cf 5 2 3 0 0 1 Huling rf/p 4 1 2 0 0 0 Wells p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Giampaolo p 1 0 1 0 0 0 Albers 1b 4 0 1 1 1 1 Vankoski dh/rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 Carey 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 Kreck c 3 0 0 0 0 1 Larocque ph/c 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hochanadel 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 Bridich ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 Forst ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 Binkowski ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 Harris ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilke ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 TOTALS 36 4 10 2 4 6 UMASS IP H R ER BB SO Puleri 3 4 3 3 2 0 Robinson, W (2-0) 5 3 1 0 2 4 Hartman 1 3 0 0 0 2 HARVARD IP H R ER BB SO Marcucci 1 3 3 2 1 0 Schafer 2 3 0 0 2 1 Duffell 1 1 0 0 1 0 Hogan, L (5-2) 1 2 2 0 1 0 Vail 0.2 3 2 2 1 0 Magnuson 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 Huling 0.2 4 4 2 0 1 Wells 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 Giampaola 1 1 0 0 0 0