A week before yesterday's doubleheader, Boston College Baseball Coach Moe Maloney called his counterpart Joe Walsh and asked to add a second game to the one already scheduled.

Crimson fans ought to be glad he did. The twin bill provided a pair of riveting, high-scoring matchups that Harvard (17-7, 7-1 Ivy) snared with a pair of come-from-behind wins, upping its winning streak to nine games with the 9-8, 9-7 sweep.

The Crimson battle eight errors and rough starts from sophomore Rich Linden and senior John Wells before getting late-inning heroics form some upper-classman stalwarts in the batting order.

Junior third baseman Peter Woodfork nailed a game-winning, two-run double in the bottom of the ninth in the opener while junior second baseman Hal Carey and senior centerfielder Brian Ralph keyed a five-run rally in the bottom of the sixth in the nightcap, handing the Eagles (10-14-1, 0-7-1 Big East) their sixth straight loss.

"This was about two schools five miles apart playing some great ball games," Walsh said. "We had balls leaving the yard, balls going into the gap, and these wins really show that we can come back."

Harvard 9, Boston College 8

It was a sweet reunion for Woodfork and sophomore closer Mike Madden, as the two combined to defeat their former Swampscott High School teammate, Brendan Nolan in the extra-inning front end.

Madden outdueled his high school bud, stifling the Eagles lineup and surrendering one unearned run in three innings and improving his record on the year to 2-0.

But the man who really did the damage was Woodfork, as he lined a two-out Nolan fastball into the gap in right-centerfield in the bottom of the ninth, scoring juniors Todd Harris and Jason Keck for the win.

Harvard sent Linden to the mound against junior Paul Bibbo. Heading into yesterday's contest Linden was enjoying a sensational rookie season, boasting a 1-0 record with a 3.66 ERA. Against the Eagles, however, Linden suffered his first rough outing of the season.

The Crimson jumped out to a 2-1 lead after one, on the strength of Ralph's third homer of his young season, a two-run shot that just cleared the leftfield fence.

In the bottom of the second Harvard continued the scoring barrage. Woodfork and Carey led off the inning with back-to-back singles. Woodfork then scored and Carey took second on a successful doubt steal.

Captain David Forst followed up with a single up the middle, moving Carey to third. Then Kessler drove him home with a sacrifice to left, and the Crimson found itself leading 4-1 after four.

Linden found his groove, retiring seven of eight after the first, but coughed up two in the B.C, half of the fourth. The top of the fifth proved no kinder to Linden, as he surrendered two runs no three singles, a double and an error.

After watching his team's lead evaporate, Walsh had seen enough and called on junior right hander James Kalyvas with runners at second and third and one out.