Yale had upped its lead to 5-2 by the bottom ofthe fifth, when Walsh switched to Marcucci inmiddle relief. Marcucci tossed one and two-thirdsinnings, allowing two earned runs to keep the gamewithin reach while the bats got back a roll.

That breakthrough came in the Harvard half ofthe sixth, as the Crimson chewed up and spat outfour Bulldog pitchers, including Gutshall, whotook an unlikely relief loss.

Starter Mike Finnegan opened the frame, but hitthe showers after senior designated hitter Brett.Vankoski's RBI double scored Keck to pull towithin 5-3. Yale Coach John Stuper then went toGutshall, who typically works ten innings in afour-game Ivy weekend, to close out Finnegan'seffort.

But Gutshall was nowhere near the plate,walking two and uncorking a wild pitch to key whatturned out to be an eight-run rally.

Junior rightfielder Andrew Huling provided thebig blow, driving a two-out, two run singlebetween first and second to push Harvard ahead6-5. Ralph's RBI single and Keck's two-run doubleclosed out the damage, as Gutshall was saddledwith no doubt the ugliest line of his sparklingcareer: one-third of an inning, six runs, allunearned due to errors from Kidwell and catcherTodd Kasper.

"[Gutshall] had been getting behind in thecount," Huling said. "So I waited on a fastballand I got one."

Sophomore closer Mike Madden replaced Marcucciin the bottom of the sixth, sitting down fourstraight, fanning two, to earn his third save.

Yale 5, Harvard 2

If Gutshall was the talk of the HarvardYALE, 5-2 (GAME 1) at Yale Field, New Haven,Conn.

R  H  EHarvard  110  000  0  --  2  6  2Yale  001  004  0  --  5  8  0

HARVARD  AB  R  H  BI  BB  SOKessler If  3  1  1  0  0  0Huling rf  3  0  1  0  0  0Ralph cf  2  0  0  1  1  0Keck c  3  0  1  0  0  0Woodfork 3b  3  1  1  0  0  0Forst ss  3  0  0  0  0  1Carey 2b  3  0  1  1  1  0Vankoski dh  3  0  1  0  0  0Binkowski 1b  2  0  0  0  0  1TOTALS  25  2  6  2  1  2

YALE  AB  R  H  BI  BB  SOJohnstone cf  3  0  2  0  0  2Kidwell 2b  2  0  0  0  0  0Coyne ss  2  1  2  2  0  0Miller rf  3  0  0  0  0  0Kasper c  3  1  1  0  0  0DeSantis If  3  1  0  0  0  0Farnen 3b  2  1  2  2  1  0Kahney 1b  2  0  1  1  0  0Janis dh  3  1  0  0  0  1TOTALS  23  5  8  5  1  1

E: Woodfork, Forst.DP: Yale 1LOB: Harvard 3, Yale 4. 2B: Kessler,Woodfork, Vankoski, Kasper, Farnen. 3B:None. HR: Coyne. SB: Kidwell,Kahney. CS: Ralph, Johnstone.